Christian Meyer
Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
Christian Meyer is Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford
December 02, 2022
After almost two years, the government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have agreed to stop their violent and destructive conflict. The deal agreed in South Africa is an immensely important first step to peace and recovery.
The international community, particularly Brussels and Washington, must step up to support the ceasefire agreement by ensuring a large economic upside to peace without meddling in the fragile process that will shape the future of Ethiopia and the broader region.