The path to peace in Ethiopia Updated: Updated: Post-conflict reconstruction work must go beyond meetingshort-term security and humanitarian needs Share Article AAA Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region gather on the banks of a border river with Sudan. File | Photo Credit: AFP Post-conflict reconstruction work must go beyond meetingshort-term security and humanitarian needs The cataclysm in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and the country’s humanitarian crisis give rise to concerns of long-term regional deterioration. Without a clear framework for peace-building, post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice, the country is at risk of drastically postponing both political and economic recovery. This has implications not only for Ethiopia but also the entire Horn of Africa region which is already plagued by low-level conflicts, uneven economic development, border disputes, continued food insecurity, climate change, a precarious political situation, and a dire refugee crisis.