Ethiopia: Violence during the Tigray War at the centre of a complaint filed in Germany

Between 2020 and 2022, the conflict between the Tigray Liberation Front and the Ethiopian federal government had killed at least 600,000 people. Eight witnesses of these atrocities decided to file a complaint in Germany against senior Ethiopian officials and officers such as Eritreans for "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity." The first of its kind.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced today that he will appoint a new chairman of the interim administration of Tigray, in a bid to calm rising tensions in the troubled region. In a social media post today, the prime minister said that “taking into account the realities on the ground,” it was “necessary to appoint a new chairman of the interim administration.” In an unexpected move, Ahmed then called on the people of Tigray to suggest c…