According to a report, the u.n. are relocating families of international staff in Ethiopia, though not personnel, due to conflict in the Tigray region. Reportedly, the war began in November following independent elections in Tigray. According to the report, the government suspended funds to the region in October.
Reportedly, Eritrea became a seperate nation in 1993, but a boundary dispute in the Tigray region resulted in Eritrea invading Ethiopia in 1998. According to reports, u.n. mediation led to intervention in 2000, consisting of military observers, inspectors and the establishment of a military cooperation commission. Reportedly, a 2002 peace innitiative demarked disputed territories along colonial lines, most given to Eritrea, Ethiopia didn’t recognise the ruling.
Reportedly, a 2018 peace agreement arbitrated by a u.n. cartographer reinforced the 2002 territorial ruling. According to a report, the Ethiopian prime minister was awarded the nobel peace prize for his work in ending the conflict. Reportedly, only two have declined the nobel peace prize, Jean Paul Satre, nominated for his work on behalf of freedom and truth, and Le Duc Tho, a Vietnamese politician.
According to a report, following news that the Tigray people’s liberation front are advancing, prime minister Abiy Ahmed said, Let’s meet at the front.