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Ethiopia takes Tigray’s TPLF party off terrorism list
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 02, 2022 Redwan Hussein (L), Representative of the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (R), Representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), shake hands a peace agreement between the two parties during a press conference regarding the African Union-led negotiations to resolve conflict in Ethiopia at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) offices in Pretoria. - Ethiopia's parliament on March 22, 2023 removed the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the peace process following the two-year conflict in the country's north. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Eritrean troops withdrawing from towns in Tigray, witnesses say
Troops in Eritrean uniforms walk in the town of Bizet, Ethiopia, March 14, 2021.Picture taken March 14, 2021.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Eritrean dictator emerges as Horn of Africa’s biggest winner after Ethiopian war
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrives at the Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Ethiopian police enter Tigray capital under peace agreement
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, accompanied by House speaker Tagesse Chafo, right, addresses the parliament in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Abiy said Tuesday that the future status of disputed territory in the western part of the country's Tigray region will be settled according to the Ethiopian constitution, following the signing of a truce earlier this month. (AP Photo)
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Meta accused in lawsuit of allowing posts that inflamed Ethiopia conflict
Kenyan lawyer Mercy Mutemi (C) speaks to the media after filing a lawsuit against Meta accusing Facebook's parent company of fanning violence and hate speech in Africa at Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on December 14, 2022. - The constitutional petition filed in the High Court claims that Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the war in Tigray that has raged for two years. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia’s Tigray despite truce, witnesses say
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 10, 2022 A truck, carrying grains to Tigray and belonging to the World Food Programme (WFP), burns out on a route 80 kilometers from the Semera, Ethiopia. - The Ethiopian government said on November 11, 2022 that 70 percent of the war-stricken northern region of Tigray was now under federal army control and that aid was being sent in, claims swiftly denied by Tigrayan rebels. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ethiopia, Tigray military leaders agree on peace roadmap
African Union envoy and former Nigerian president Olesegun Obasanjo, center, arrives for Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. A new round of ongoing talks aims to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a "permanent" cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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The Tigray deal could end the war in Ethiopia – but implementation won’t be easy
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Recognize genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, experts urge Canadian committee
FILE - People walk from a rural area towards a nearby town where a food distribution operated by the Relief Society of Tigray was taking place, near the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. Ethiopia's warring sides have formally agreed to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict, negotiators for the parties announced Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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UN hopeful it can restart aid into Ethiopia’s Tigray region “in days”
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussien and Tigray delegate Getachew Reda pass documents during the signing of the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia, in Pretoria, South Africa, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Surge of dehumanizing hate speech points to mounting risk of mass atrocities in northern Ethiopia, experts say
An armed militia stands next to a house damaged during the fight between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, in Kasagita town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. Picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
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New offensive in Tigray brings heavy death toll for civilians
In this image made from video, medics attend the scene of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Two airstrikes hit the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region Wednesday morning, the director of the city's flagship Ayder Referral Hospital said. (AP Photo)
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Peace talks in Ethiopian conflict delayed for logistical reasons, diplomats say
FILE PHOTO: Workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deliver lifesaving medical supplies into Mekelle, in Tigray region, Ethiopia January 26, 2022. Picture taken January 26, 2022. International Committee of the Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT./File Photo
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More than 50 killed in Tigray region air strike as Ethiopia’s government accepts peace talk invitation
FILE PHOTO: Workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deliver lifesaving medical supplies into Mekelle, in Tigray region, Ethiopia January 26, 2022. Picture taken January 26, 2022. International Committee of the Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT./File Photo
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UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
FILE - A man crosses near a destroyed truck on a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 11, 2021. A spokesman for Tigrayan authorities said Tuesday, Sept 20, 2022 that Eritrea had launched a full-scale offensive along the country's border with northern Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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Eritrea accused of starting offensive on Ethiopia’s Tigray
FILE - A man crosses near a destroyed truck on a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 11, 2021. A spokesman for Tigrayan authorities said Tuesday, Sept 20, 2022 that Eritrea had launched a full-scale offensive along the country's border with northern Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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At least 10 people killed after two air strikes hit Ethiopia’s Tigray capital, doctor says
In this image made from video, medics attend the scene of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Two airstrikes hit the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region Wednesday morning, the director of the city's flagship Ayder Referral Hospital said. (AP Photo)
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Ethiopia’s economy struggles as war reignites in Tigray
Traders sell sheep in Sholla Market, the day before the Ethiopian New Year, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Once home to one of Africa's fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and Ethiopians are experiencing the highest inflation in a decade, foreign exchange restrictions and mounting debt amid reports of massive government spending on the war effort. (AP Photo)
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More than 20 million at risk as famine emerges in Horn of Africa
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2022 People wait for water with containers at a camp, one of the 500 camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in town, in Baidoa, Somalia. - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on September 5, 2022 that Somalia was "at the door of famine" after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that has caused a devastating drought. "Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning," Griffiths said at a press conference in Mogadishu, saying famine was likely in two areas in south central Somalia between October and December this year. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an African Union-led peace process in Ethiopia
FILE PHOTO: Ammunition is seen next to a tank destroyed in a fight between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. Picture taken February 25, 2022.REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
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Heavy fighting erupts again in northern Ethiopia, ending a five-month ceasefire
In this file photo taken on June 20, 2021, ocal farmers walk next to a tank allegedly belonging to the Eritrean army that is abandoned along the road in Dansa, southwest of Mekelle in Tigray region, Ethiopia.
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New evidence emerges of atrocities in Tigray as UN investigators battle for access
HAMDAYET, SUDAN - DECEMBER 7: Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia board buses to a Um Rakuba refugee camp after spending days to weeks at a UNHCR reception center located in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on December 7, 2020 in Hamdayet, Sudan. Last week, the Ethiopian government declared victory in its nearly month long battle with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which sent 45,000 people fleeing to Sudan and displaced thousands more within the Tigray Region. In recent days, Ethiopian forces have prevented even more people from crossing the border into Sudan, while a TPLF spokesman said that fighting had continued outside of Mekelle, Tigray's regional capital. (Photo by Byron Smith/Getty Images)
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Ethiopia’s civil war has doused hopes of prosperity under Abiy Ahmed’s government
A railway construction site in Kombolcha, Ethiopia, is now used as a makeshift camp for hundreds of people displaced by the ongoing war is pictured in May, 2022. Photo credit: Samuel Getachew.
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PM, rebel group trade blame for mass killing in western Ethiopia
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a question and answer session with lawmakers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
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Witnesses say more than 200 killed in Ethiopia ethnic attack
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2022, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, addresses the public during the first congress of the ruling Prosperity Party, in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - For the first time since war erupted in Ethiopia's north 19 months ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has signalled in June 2022, he's open to negotiate with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Analysts say a stalemate, economic and diplomatic pressure, and a growing humanitarian crisis have nudged Abiy toward the table -- but any talk of peace risks alienating former allies. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Millions face severe hunger in Horn of Africa amid ongoing drought concerns, UN agencies warn
FILE PHOTO: A woman collects grain at a camp for the Internally Displaced People in Adadle district in the Somali region, Ethiopia, January 22, 2022. Claire Nevill/World Food Programme/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT./File Photo
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-elected as head of WHO for another five years
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS
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Ethiopian regional authority arrests four staff members of media group
FILE PHOTO: A military tank destroyed recently during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces is seen on the roadside in Damot Kebele of Amhara region, Ethiopia December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kumera Gemechu
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Tigray forces say they will release 4,000 prisoners of war as part of an amnesty
FILE PHOTO: A destroyed tank is seen in a field in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
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Clashes in Ethiopia kill 20 Muslim worshippers: regional Islamic leader
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 14, 2016, Peacekeeper troops from Ethiopia and deployed in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) patrol outside Abyei town, in Abyei state. - More than 500 UN peacekeepers from war-torn Tigray have refused to return to Ethiopia, citing fears for their safety and highlighting deepening fissures in the East African country as they request political asylum in Sudan. Until last year, Ethiopian forces accounted for the vast majority of the around 4,000-member peacekeeping mission in Abyei (UNISFA), a disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan. The Ethiopian contingent was replaced by a multinational force on Sudan's request, as relations between Addis Ababa and Khartoum deteriorate over a territorial dispute and Ethiopia's mega-dam on the Blue Nile, which Sudan fears will threaten its access to water. Most of the Ethiopian forces have returned home, but some have now requested asylum, a UN peacekeeping spokesperson told AFP in New York in April 2022. (Photo by ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN / AFP) (Photo by ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ethnic cleansing campaign in Western Tigray documented in new probe
FILE Ñ A bus carrying civilians passes a destroyed tank outside Mekelle, the capital of EthiopiaÕs Tigray region, on June 29, 2021. EthiopiaÕs government on Thursday, March 24, 2022, announced what it called a Òhumanitarian truceÓ with forces it has been fighting for 17 months in the northern Tigray region, where millions are hungry and food aid has not been delivered since December. (Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
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Aid convoy enters area controlled by Tigray forces in Ethiopia: World Food Programme
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 15, 2021 Men carry a sack of wheat during a food distribution by the World Food Programme (WFP) for internally displaced people (IDP) in Debark, 90 kilometres of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia. - The first international aid convoy in three months will soon enter Ethiopia's war-stricken Tigray region, the UN said on April 1, 2022, one week after the government and Tigrayan rebels agreed to a conditional truce. The arrival of aid in Tigray, where hundreds of thousands of people face starvation, could help shore up the shaky ceasefire between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Abiy's government last week declared an indefinite humanitarian truce in the 17-month conflict, with the TPLF agreeing to a "cessation of hostilities" if aid arrives in Tigray. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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New front in Ethiopian war displaces thousands, hits hopes of peace talks
A militia member and guard walks through a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri SEARCH "NEGERI ETHIOPIA AFAR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES
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Ethiopia’s government declares an ‘indefinite humanitarian truce’ in war-ravaged Tigray region
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 19, 2021 People who fled the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region wait to receive injeras, Ethiopia's staple food of sour fermented flatbread, from their kitchen as only meal of the day at May Weyni secondary school, now hosting 10500 displaced people as an IDP camp, in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region. - Ethiopia's government on March 24, 2022 declared "an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately", saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)