The African Union successfully facilitated a peace agreement in November 2022 between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), aimed at ending the extensive violence of the Tigray conflict. Throughout the brutal Tigray war, widespread allegations of atrocities emerged against all fighting factions, with Eritrean troops being implicated in some of the gravest offenses. Additionally, Abiy detailed the military’s actions in Tigray, stating that allied forces, including Eritrean troops, engaged in widespread looting, property destruction, and demolition of homes in cities such as Adwa, Aksum, Adigrat, and Shire. He specified that during the height of the conflict, he had made several attempts to persuade Eritrean officials to cease the ongoing killings and destruction. The toll of the Tigray war has been staggering, with an African Union envoy estimating that approximately 600,000 individuals lost their lives throughout the two-year conflict.

Source: Ethiopian News February 07, 2026 02:32 UTC