The Ethiopian civil war of the past two years may be a case in which the two sides realized that “no one would be left alive to enjoy a victory,” as Helga Zepp-LaRouche has characterized the Peace of Westphalia. After several weeks of African Union negotiations overseen by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to permanently end hostilities. Their statement, as reported by CNN, read, “We have also agreed on a detailed program of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration for the TPLF combatants, taking into account the security situation on the ground.”
Between war and famine, millions of Ethiopians have died, or are dying, and the chief negotiator of the Tigray Liberation Front, Getachew Reda, said that thousands of fighters and civilians had died just in the recent days’ resumption of intense fighting. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asked for international aid for reconstruction in the North, where most of the fighting has taken place.
