Ethiopia faces more hurdles on peace quest as TPLF joins fold
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa on March 15, 2023. Blinken said the US will channel $1.9 million towards independent investigations into theTigray conflict. PHOTO | US DEPARTMENT OF STATE / HANDOUT / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP
Ethiopia is remaining with bigger hurdles to clear the way for long-term peace, even after making major steps to readmit the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to its fold.
This week, Ethiopian legislators unbanned the TPLF as a terrorist group, arguing the country was striving to “bring sustainable peace” and that removing the TPLF from the list of terrorist organisations will help the group abandon violence as is proposed in the peace agreement and entice them to re-join nation building.
