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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis lays groundwork for transitional justice

Ethiopian justice minister Gedion Timothewos in Addis Ababa on November 2021. © Eduardo Soteras/AFP

The Ethiopian Ministry of Justice yesterday published a discussion paper on how to deal with perpetrators of war crimes in the country's civil war. The report, drafted in September, follows last week's agreement to set up a ceasefire monitoring body, and aims to meet the expectations of Brussels and Washington, whose budgetary aid to Ethiopia is still frozen. [...]

Published on 04.01.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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