That seems highly unlikely. The Tigray forces have set several preconditions for talks and say Abiy no longer has the legitimacy to govern. What began as a political dispute has now killed thousands of people. Discussing what pressure the U. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on policy discussions.
Officials and lawmakers in Washington have signaled impatience as Ethiopian officials deny widespread human rights abuses such as gang-rapes and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans or blame the Tigray forces. Jim Risch tweeted on Thursday. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Next Up In World. Delivered Fridays. Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email required. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy.
For more newsletters, check out our newsletters page. The Latest. How a simple solution slashed child mortality in rural Kenyan villages By Dylan Matthews. But a year on, it's far from over. A damaged tank on a road north of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, on February What atrocities have been committed?
For months at the start of the conflict, Abiy denied that civilians were being harmed or that soldiers from Eritrea had joined the fight. But reports from international observers, human rights groups and CNN proved both of those claims wrong. Thousands of people have died in the fighting, by many estimates, with reports of razed refugee camps, looting, sexual violence, massacres and extrajudicial killings.
Many more have fled to Sudan, in what the United Nations has called the worst exodus of refugees from Ethiopia seen in two decades. They describe a disastrous conflict that's given rise to ethnic violence. Ethiopia's government has severely restricted access to journalists, and a state-enforced communications blackout concealed events in the region, making it challenging to gauge the extent of the crisis or verify survivors' accounts.
But evidence of atrocities began to leak out earlier this year. Tigrayans grieve by a mass grave in the city of Wukro, north of Mekele, on February 28, Separate investigations by CNN and Amnesty International in February uncovered evidence of massacres carried out by Eritrean forces in the Tigrayan towns of Dengelat and Axum late last year. The report identified one the perpetrators of the massacre, geolocated human remains to the site of the attack.
In an exclusive report from Tigray in April, CNN captured Eritrean troops -- some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military uniforms -- operating with total impunity in central Tigray, manning checkpoints and blocking vital humanitarian aid to starving populations more than a month after Abiy pledged to the international community that they would leave.
Massacre in the mountains. All actors in the conflict have been accused of carrying out atrocities, but Eritrean forces have been linked to some of the most gruesome. In addition to perpetrating mass killings and rape, Eritrean soldiers have also been found blocking and looting food relief in multiple parts of Tigray. Eritrea's government has denied any involvement in atrocities.
Ethiopia's government has pledged investigations into any wrongdoing. The conflict, which erupted during the autumn harvest season following the worst invasion of desert locusts in Ethiopia in decades, plunged Tigray even further into severe food insecurity.
Later that month, the UN aid chief Martin Griffiths declared that swathes of the war-torn region were in the throes of a "man-made" famine and urged the Ethiopian government to facilitate access.
The Ethiopian government has repeatedly rejected allegations that it is blocking aid. Just days after Griffiths' comments, Ethiopia ordered seven senior UN officials to be expelled from the country, including from organizations coordinating relief efforts. How did Abiy win the Nobel Peace Prize? Less than a year before Abiy launched an assault on his own people, he described war as "the epitome of hell" during his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the honor for his role in ending a long-running conflict with neighboring Eritrea and for pushing significant reforms in Ethiopia.
Eritrea was once a part of Ethiopia, but won independence in after a year armed struggle. From to , Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a war that killed thousands on both sides, which led to a long, dangerous stalemate and a total freeze in cooperation.
Once in power, Abiy moved quickly to normalize relations with Eritrea, in part by accepting the ruling of an international commission on boundaries between the two states. Abiy also made significant moves towards domestic reforms, raising hopes that he would bring about lasting change.
As well as forging a truce with Eritrea, he lifted a severe security law, released thousands of political prisoners, moved to open up the telecommunications industry and expand private investment. But his reputation as a leader who could unite Ethiopia has swiftly deteriorated, and his much-lauded peace deal with Eritrea appears to have paved the way for the two countries to go to war with their mutual foe -- the TPLF.
Since the conflict began, ethnically-driven violence has broken out into other parts of the country, including in Abiy's home region, Oromia, the country's most populous region.
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