Fighting continues in Ethiopia’s Tigray regionFighting continued in Ethiopia’s Tigray region this week, in the continuation of a conflict that began earlier this month. 3-decade ceasefire between Morocco and Western Sahara endsSimmering, decades-old tensions between Morocco and Western Sahara boiled over late last week as Morocco launched a military incursion into the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone between the two countries. Last weekend, G-20 finance ministers met to discuss debt relief for affected countries and agreed on a common approach for restructuring government debt. On Thursday, November 19, China announced that it had extended debt relief to developing countries worth $2.1 billion total under the G-20 framework. These steps toward debt relief come as Zambia defaulted on its debt after failing to pay $42.5 million owed at the expiration of a grace period for repayment last Friday.

Source: Ethiopian News November 21, 2020 12:33 UTC