{"id":5861,"date":"2023-11-06T13:04:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:04:21","slug":"ethiopia-tigray-observe-year-since-ceasefire-challenges-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2023\/11\/06\/ethiopia-tigray-observe-year-since-ceasefire-challenges-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia, Tigray Observe Year Since Ceasefire, Challenges Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Fighting and severe abuses of human rights continue in northern Ethiopia a year following the signing of the cessation of the hostilities agreement. The African Union led the agreement in Pretoria, South Africa on November 2, 2022, between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayn authorities through the signing. The agreement was meant to end active hostility in the Tigray region, which sparked after Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces attacked the northern command headquarters of the Ethiopian National Defense Force on November 2, 2020. Hundreds of people were displaced and killed. Yet, the USAID and World Food Programme withdrew their assistance after an investigation of human rights showed Eritrea (sided with the Ethiopian government) diverted humanitarian aid away from Tigray camps. The UN was ordered to investigate possible war crimes in Tigray but halted with no country calling for its continuation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prime example of world countries contributing only to their own self-interest is evident in the Tigray-Ethiopia dispute. When it comes to war crimes, the UN (United Nations) halted their efforts to investigate. Similarly, major world powers such as the United States, a member of the UN, historically stayed out of matters if they did not benefit the country. A well-known example of this is the United States’ failure to aid Rwandians in the Rwandan genocide. Nonetheless, the lasting impacts in the region may continue to spark conflict. Since war crimes are not accounted for, tensions may arise again. On the other hand, when Africa was being colonized, borders were poorly drawn, not accounting for disputing territories. All of which, may have contributed to the Tigray-Ethiopia dispute, since Tigray is a region of different ethnic groups than in Ethiopia itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a global level of analysis, major world players, such as countries in the UN, may fail to render aid or investigate war crimes in conflicting countries; yet, on a regional level, there may be lasting impacts, which may occur between Tigray and Ethiopia. Individually analyzed, the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) is viewed by the Ethiopian government as a terrorist organization. However, this view is not shared by the UN or the US. As an IGO (Inter-governmental organization), the UN is responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Nonetheless, disregarding the Tigray-Ethiopia conflict, with the possible war crimes, goes against this goal. Overall, the UN should investigate the war crimes inflicted on the Tigrayans, regardless of self-interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/allafrica.com\/view\/group\/main\/main\/id\/00087470.html Fighting and severe abuses of human rights continue in northern Ethiopia a year following the signing of the cessation of the hostilities agreement. The African Union led the agreement in Pretoria, South Africa on November 2, 2022, between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayn authorities through the signing. The agreement was meant to end active hostility in the Tigray… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5871,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5861\/revisions\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}