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Ethiopia, Europe
Abiy sends team to Brussels in bid to emerge from EU's bad books

A few days before the European Foreign Affairs Council meets to discuss the Horn of Africa, Ethiopian justice minister is due in Brussels to plead his country's cause. [...]

Published on 15/06/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abiy Ahmed
Demeke Mekonnen
Ethiopian National Defense Force
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Mark Lowcock
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Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Ethiopia is ready to soften its stance on the work of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), which it has been trying to obstruct, according to sources in UN and diplomatic circles.

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Addis pushes its agenda on transitional justice

Less than a month before a potentially crucial vote on the future of a UN commission on human rights in Ethiopia, the government has launched consultations on post-civil war justice arrangements.

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New WFP aid package for Ouagadougou, Abuja and N'Djamena

The UN World Food Programme decided on a new support plan for Africa in early February. The budget is close to €30m.

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Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

The annual conference of Ethiopian ambassadors will take place in Addis Ababa in mid-December, four months late, as Abiy embarks on a diplomatic campaign following the ceasefire with the TPLF.

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Abiy uses Pretoria deal to reconnect with the West

The Ethiopian prime minister is making the most of the peace agreement signed in South Africa on 2 November to rekindle relations with his European and US partners. In recent days, he has held numerous meetings with Western leaders.

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Somalia
Eunavfor's vessels want into Somali waters

Some ships were not allowed to enter Somali waters, despite Atalante's mission to protect ships that are part of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) all the way to the ports in Somalia.

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Ethiopia
EU cooperation in Addis faces tricky relaunch

European embassies in Ethiopia are drawing up a detailed roadmap paving the way for a possible resumption of cooperation between the EU and Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia
TPLF suffers significant defection among its Afar allies

Une figure importante de l'Afar Federalist Alliance (AFA), un parti allié du Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Shami Mohamed Ahaw, a fait défection mi-juin.

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Ethiopia
EU commissioner Janez Lenarcic expected in Addis shortly

While the Ethiopian justice minister is expected in Brussels this weekend, the European commissioner for humanitarian affairs, Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, is due to travel in the opposite direction

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Ethiopia
Abiy and TPLF blow hot and cold over humanitarian truce

There are signs of a lull in the Afar region, following the truce declared by Prime Minister Abiy, with the withdrawal of the insurgent coalition from the Erepti region. However, activity in the disputed areas of western Tigray has been far from peaceful.

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Ethiopia
Tigray war "truce" hinges on key variables

Abiy Ahmed Ali's government declared a truce on Thursday, which was conditionally accepted by the TPLF. This is a turning point in the conflict, but its success depends on a few crucial variables.

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Ethiopia
Few signs of hope for meaningful peace talks between Abiy and TPLF

The parties in the conflict ravaging Ethiopia are sending out very different signals about their willingness to sit down and talk peace. Prime Minister Abiy for his part has shown no intention of talking to the Tigray People's Liberation Front after eleven months of civil war.

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Demeke Mekonnen
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Gedion Timothewos
Mark Lowcock
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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ethiopia, Europe
Abiy sends team to Brussels in bid to emerge from EU's bad books

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Ethiopia
Addis pushes its agenda on transitional justice

West Africa
New WFP aid package for Ouagadougou, Abuja and N'Djamena

Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy uses Pretoria deal to reconnect with the West

Somalia
Eunavfor's vessels want into Somali waters

Ethiopia
EU cooperation in Addis faces tricky relaunch

Ethiopia
TPLF suffers significant defection among its Afar allies

Ethiopia
EU commissioner Janez Lenarcic expected in Addis shortly

Ethiopia
Abiy and TPLF blow hot and cold over humanitarian truce

Ethiopia
Tigray war "truce" hinges on key variables

Ethiopia
Few signs of hope for meaningful peace talks between Abiy and TPLF