Nearly four years after the Pretoria Agreement was signed to end Ethiopia's devastating Tigray war, the peace it promised has proven more fragile than its framers hoped. The TPLF has quietly reorganized its political and military structures, formed unlikely alliances with former adversaries, and clashes have resumed in disputed territories — raising the sobering possibility that the 2022 accord was less a genuine resolution than a strategic pause. For the 1.9 million people still displaced and the young men now facing forced recruitment, the distance between a signed agreement and a lasting pe
Ethiopia's Pretoria peace deal unravels as TPLF regroups and old enemies align
Approximately 1.9 million people were displaced by the war; many remain unable to return to contested areas, and reports of forced recruitment threaten renewed mobilization of civilians.