Pretoria’s Broken Promise: Why Tigray’s Peace Failed Its People
The Pretoria Agreement failed to deliver lasting peace because its promises lacked strong enforcement, displaced Tigrayans remained unable to return home, and justice remained incomplete. Tigrayan leaders deserve scrutiny for accepting inadequate safeguards and allowing political divisions to undermine recovery. The African Union must answer for ineffective monitoring, while Western partners should explain why diplomatic and economic cooperation advanced without sufficient accountability. Allegations of deliberate betrayal or favoritism remain unproven; the clearest failure is the continued suffering of civilians.
Current SituationThe Price Paid to Hold a Country Together
Tigray played a pivotal role in defeating Ethiopia’s dictatorship in 1991 and shaping the federal system that followed. Although the EPRDF’s rule deserves scrutiny, its failures cannot justify collective blame against Tigrayans. The subsequent war inflicted documented mass killings, sexual violence, starvation, and displacement on civilians, creating a profound betrayal of the promise of shared citizenship. Ethiopia’s unity must rest on equal protection, historical truth, and accountability—not on any community’s suffering or silence.
Current SituationBack to the brink: what we know about the fighting that began on 22 September
Months of rising tension between Mekelle and Addis Ababa turned into open fighting across Tigray, Afar and Amhara. Here is what has been reported so far.
Peace ProcessFrom Pretoria to collapse: how the 2022 peace deal unravelled
The agreement that ended the last war left the hardest questions for later. Four years on, those questions brought the parties back to conflict.
HistoryThe 2020–2022 war: a timeline
Two years of fighting reshaped Tigray. A short guide to how it began, how it spread, and how it stopped.
Western TigrayWestern Tigray: Ethnic Cleansing, Historical Belonging and the Right to Return
Ethinic cleansing happening in western Tigray, Western Tigray has longstanding historical ties to Tigray that predate Ethiopia’s modern federal system. Haile Selassie’s imperial reorganisation placed western territories under Begemder/Gondar, while punitive boundary changes following the 1943 Woyane rebellion detached southern territories from Tigray. These changes challenge claims that the areas have always been Amhara land. During the war beginning in 2020, human rights organisations documented ethnic cleansing, forced displacement and pillage against Tigrayans in Western Tigray. The Pretoria agreement did not settle the territorial question; lasting peace requires recognition of history, accountability and the safe return of displaced communities.
HistoryFifty years of the TPLF: from armed struggle to a fractured party
Founded in 1975, the TPLF went from guerrilla movement to the centre of national power, and then to open conflict with Addis Ababa.
AdyaboTigray Under Renewed Attack: Civilians Need Protection, Truth, and Accountability
We are collecting first-hand accounts of the war years and the present crisis from people in and from Adyabo.
OpinionEditor's note: why Adyabo Times exists
Opinion. A space for Tigrayan voices to explain their own history and argue about their own future.