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Special Envoy Hammer Travels to Djibouti and Ethiopia
MEDIA NOTE

OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON

JULY 5, 2024

In Djibouti, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Ambassador Mike Hammer will consult on regional and security issues with the Djiboutian government and with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

In Ethiopia, SEHOA Hammer will attend the African Union’s second meeting to review implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) on northern Ethiopia. The United States remains committed to supporting the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Interim Regional Administration in achieving a lasting peace, including through an effective disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program for ex-combatants; an orderly and peaceful return of internally displaced persons; and advancing transitional justice and accountability. Special Envoy Hammer will also discuss with Ethiopian officials their efforts to advance dialogue to end the violence in the Amhara and Oromia regions.

https://www.state.gov/special-envoy-ham ... -ethiopia/

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Special Envoy Hammer Travels to Djibouti and Ethiopia
MEDIA NOTE

OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON

JULY 5, 2024

In Djibouti, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Ambassador Mike Hammer will consult on regional and security issues with the Djiboutian government and with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

In Ethiopia, SEHOA Hammer will attend the African Union’s second meeting to review implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) on northern Ethiopia. The United States remains committed to supporting the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Interim Regional Administration in achieving a lasting peace, including through an effective disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program for ex-combatants; an orderly and peaceful return of internally displaced persons; and advancing transitional justice and accountability. Special Envoy Hammer will also discuss with Ethiopian officials their efforts to advance dialogue to end the violence in the Amhara and Oromia regions.

https://www.state.gov/special-envoy-ham ... -ethiopia/

It seems that they are more concerned than we are for the issue assumed is ours.

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It seems that they are more concerned than we are for the issue assumed is ours.

International bodies in the area of conflict resolution know that ceasefire agreements fail at a rate of about 80 percent. Both parties and the peace brokers agreed that implementation must be monitored and verified. These meetings will help to insure that the agreement if fully implemented. Who would have thought IDPs would still be living in IDP tents 20 month after the signing of the agreement?! We are really a long way from fully implementing the Pretoria Agreement. Such meeting will help in building sustainable peace.

the implementation reviews are part of the agreement. I don't know what area of business you work, but I am sure you are familiar with the management guru Peter Drucker who said “What gets measured, gets done.” If performance is not evaluated regularly, nothing will be done.

[Fiyameta]

[DefendTheTruth]

It seems that they are more concerned than we are for the issue assumed is ours.

International bodies in the area of conflict resolution know that ceasefire agreements fail at a rate of about 80 percent. Both parties and the peace brokers agreed that implementation must be monitored and verified. These meetings will help to insure that the agreement if fully implemented. Who would have thought IDPs would still be living in IDP tents 20 month after the signing of the agreement?! We are really a long way from fully implementing the Pretoria Agreement. Such meeting will help in building sustainable peace.

the implementation reviews are part of the agreement. I don't know what area of business you work, but I am sure you are familiar with the management guru Peter Drucker who said “What gets measured, gets done.” If performance is not evaluated regularly, nothing will be done.

I don't condone a citizen spending a single day in a tent in his/her own country, which would be unfortunate enough. That is why we say don't try through the devastating way of "defending your rights" (it is better if we talk for 100 years, instead of waging a war for 100 days, or something like that was said).

Once we are in then there are issues that become just inevitable, like the suffering of the people you raised here, no matter how many of them.

Those who caused the war could possibly still sleep in a comfort bed and enjoy their lives as usual. Of course in this case there are also who have been held accountable for their adventures undertaking.

Once we are in, then there will be always many challenges to alleviate the problems in a manner that we would have loved or simply can afford. There are challenges of different sorts, even if we might have a good intent. We have to act in accordance to many criteria, taking into account the consequences of our own handling. We can create more problems to get the current problem solved. We have many wishes, at different levels, it is necessary to reconcile them as much as possible. It is in our interest, long term or short term.

Third party has also an interest its own, it comes primarily to pursue its own interest before that of ours.

If the two are concordant to each other, then that would be great and we can all exert the maximum effort we have to alleviate the apparent problem at hand, but the interests of two different bodies can rarely get concordant to each other.

They have their interest and we have our own interest, that is why we have such a media shows in the first place. Exerting pressure on those whose interest is not so concordant to theirs.

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We are a million miles away from fully implementing the Pretoria Agreement. Who would have thought the residents of Western Trigray would be sleeping in muddy IDP tents 20 months after the signing of the agreement while their villages are still under annexation and occupation by Prosperity Party forces?

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[Abere]

Most of these people were not true resident or native born of Welqait Humera, these are TPLF recruited cadres and militias who settled illegaly by cleansing Amhara decades ago. Their ancestral farm land is in Tigray province, not really in Gondar, Welqait. I am not saying they cannot be Ethiopian and cannot live any where, but this stubbornness and falsely trying to steal and break-away from Ethiopia is totally impossible. You guys have to think outside of the box. None of Welqait, Raya and Humera will be under Tigray province - even if Abiy Ahmed try or Mike Hammer insists, it will be deadly and the cylce of violence will continue - if you are ready to live under constant war not only 20 months in tent, 10 years will not end your agony. This is not the 1990s where Woyane was like a kid in a candy store, stealing whatever it wants from Amhara. That party is over - accept the new reality. The only solution for Tigray is the end of Tribal federation. Unless Tigray wants to break-away stealing land and people, the so-called ethnic apartheid will hurt Tigray badly the most, because single handedly access to the honey jar (Ethiopia) is over - Orommuma is playing Tigray. Now, Oromuma is eating the honey, but with poison on top of it

We are a million miles away from fully implementing the Pretoria Agreement. Who would have thought the residents of Western Trigray would be sleeping in muddy IDP tents 20 months after the signing of the agreement while their villages are still under annexation and occupation by Prosperity Party forces?

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African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security
@AUC_PAPS

Second Strategic Reflection on the Implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) in #Ethiopia. Key objectives: I) Reflect on the progress made, address any challenges encountered, and re-strategize towards comprehensive implementation of the Permanent #COHA. 1/2

II) Mobilize support for key aspects of the peace process, including humanitarian support, DDR, and rehabilitation and reconstruction of the region. 2/2 #Ethiopia #COHA

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Why 2 years after the signing of Pretoria 100s thousands of Tigrayan IDPs from Western Tigray still live in muddy tents

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They are never going back for many reasons.

1) The settlers from various Agame areas committed heinous crimes against the native Welketot during the 27 years of TPLF genocidal campaigns to change the demographics of the area.

2) When the TPLF goons started the war, they massacred over a 1000 Amharas in May Cadra.

3) Tigray has been defeated. Asking to send the criminal squatters to the lands they stole from Amharas is really a very idiotic expectation. You better accept the realities of your defeat. Otherwise, it will be another million Agames who will be sent to their maker.

Why 2 years after the signing of Pretoria 100s thousands of Tigrayan IDPs from Western Tigray still live in muddy tents

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Sarc,
Delusional. There is no such thing called Western Tigray, it was created in 1991 by TPLF, by force.

You are asking the clown to deliver what is not yours. He is not capable of doing that. Hey I am not holding you from wasting your time.
The clown is fighting for dear life and you are annoying him with this nonstop request of an impossible task.

Now the question is what you gone do? Fight? I strongly suggest to try that option. But first you have to liberate Zalanbessa. What a fool.