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Mar
31
2023
By The African Mirror
South Sudan president appoints own defence minister, breaching peace deal

South Sudan president appoints own defence minister, breaching peace deal

NEWS
WAAKHE WUDU SOUTH Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed a member of his own party as defence minister, according to a decree read on state media, breaching a peace deal in which the role should be selected by the party of opposition leader Riek Machar. Kiir fired defence minister Angelina Teny, who is also First Vice President Machar's wife, along with the interior minister this month, re-igniting long-standing disagreements over how the two war veterans share power. Kiir and Machar's forces signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended five years of civil war that killed 400,000 people and triggered Africa's biggest…
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Feb
06
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopian PM meets Tigray region leaders for first time since peace deal

Ethiopian PM meets Tigray region leaders for first time since peace deal

NEWS
ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces for the first time since they signed a peace deal with the national government ending two years of war, the state-run broadcaster said. "PM Abiy ... and other officials met today and held a discussion with the TPLF delegation regarding the progress of the peace process," the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said on its Twitter account. "As a result, PM Abiy passed decisions about increasing flights, banking and other issues that would boost trust and ease the lives of civilians." The Addis Ababa government and forces of the…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
OPINION: Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray war and the new peace deal

OPINION: Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray war and the new peace deal

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
RICHARD ALI FOR BIRD STORY AGENCY THE Ethiopian conflict centred on the Tigray region has concerned African security watchers since November 2020, when the fighting started. Last week, the former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, announced a cessation of hostilities in his capacity as the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa. This unexpected but welcome development likely will not have been possible without the regional knowledge of Uhuru Kenyatta, former president of Kenya, who serves as Special Peace Envoy for Ethiopia, with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South Africa’s former Deputy President, completing the troika. The peace deal represents a fine…
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