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ETHIOPIA: Tigray Cabinet Unveiled

ETHIOPIA: Tigray Cabinet Unveiled A key step in the peace process is completed.A 27‐member cabinet for Ethiopia's war‐scarred Tigray was unveiled on April 5th, official media in the region reported, the latest step in a peace process to end two years of brutal conflict.The cabinet includes members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and military commanders who fought federal forces during the war, according to Tigrai TV.Ethiopia Insider added that members of the National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona Party) also featured in the new line‐up.The establishment of an interim administration was a key tenet of a peace deal signed in South Africa's capital Pretoria in November 2022 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the TPLF (Vol. 59, p. 23795A).In March, the Ethiopian government said TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda, the public face of the rebels during the war, had been appointed head of the interim government (p. 23945C).That followed the Ethiopian parliament's move to remove the TPLF from an official list of terrorist groups in line with the November deal.Debretsion Gebremichael, who had been president of the Tigray region since 2018, formally handed over the reins to Getachew during a ceremony on April 5th, according to Tigrai TV.“Members of the interim http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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10.1111/j.1467-825x.2023.11018.x
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A key step in the peace process is completed.A 27‐member cabinet for Ethiopia's war‐scarred Tigray was unveiled on April 5th, official media in the region reported, the latest step in a peace process to end two years of brutal conflict.The cabinet includes members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and military commanders who fought federal forces during the war, according to Tigrai TV.Ethiopia Insider added that members of the National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona Party) also featured in the new line‐up.The establishment of an interim administration was a key tenet of a peace deal signed in South Africa's capital Pretoria in November 2022 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the TPLF (Vol. 59, p. 23795A).In March, the Ethiopian government said TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda, the public face of the rebels during the war, had been appointed head of the interim government (p. 23945C).That followed the Ethiopian parliament's move to remove the TPLF from an official list of terrorist groups in line with the November deal.Debretsion Gebremichael, who had been president of the Tigray region since 2018, formally handed over the reins to Getachew during a ceremony on April 5th, according to Tigrai TV.“Members of the interim

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Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: May 1, 2023

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