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‘My brothers and sisters are dying’: Inside the conflict in Ethiopia’s Afar region - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world
Fighting between Ethiopia’s federal government and forces from the country’s Tigray region has displaced more than two million people since November 2020, according to the U.N. This year, the fighting has shifted in the country’s Afar region, displacing more Ethiopians as well as refugees from neighboring Eritrea seeking safety. For VOA, Vinicius Assis reports from Afdera in Ethiopia’s Afar region.
A new front in Ethiopia's war in the Afar region is imperilling efforts to get enemies to sit down to peace talks, three regional officials and three diplomats said, and a ceasefire declared last week may have been breached in some places. The flare-up of violence in Afar this year came after fighting in the neighbouring regions of Tigray and Amhara had ground to a stalemate and as moves were gathering pace to get the government in Addis Ababa and Tigrayan rebels to agree to peace negotiations.
The rebels ignored a previous government offer of a cease-fire, but this time the group said it is committed to implementing the truce "effective immediately.”
As government officials downplay the fighting in Afar, families are separated, children killed and young people ready to take up arms, while hopes of peace talks fade