“The Church is providing this humanitarian support and will continue to strengthen it,” CBCE members say in their message dated December 22. The November 2 “Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities”, which was brokered by the African Union (AU) aimed to end the conflict in Tigray that started in November 2020 when TPLF allegedly launched an attack on Ethiopia’s Federal Government Army base in the region. TPLF and people in the Tigray region were reportedly opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s bid to centralize power in Africa's second most populous country. In a joint statement issued after the deal was signed in Pretoria, TPLF and the Ethiopian government agreed to implement transitional measures that include restoring Constitutional order in Tigray, solving political differences, and a Transitional Justice Policy framework to ensure accountability, reconciliation, truth, and healing. On November 25, the General Secretary of the CBCE said Ethiopians are eagerly waiting for the results of the peace agreement.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2022 01:57 UTC