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Ethiopia has been on the brink of a civil war. On November 4, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared war on the country’s Tigray region. The Tigray region is ruled by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) . The war was declared in response to the TPLF’s attack on a federal military base in Tigray. Members of the Oromya Regional Special Police with protesters in Bishoftu, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia (A picture from 2016) Ethiopia needs a political solution, restoring the balance among ethnicities and regions When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s Prime Minister in April 2018, hopes were high that the former Army intelligence office r would bring a new dawn to the country known for its ethnic fault-lines. Early on, he reached out to the political opposition, lifted curbs on the media and made peace with Eritrea — moves that won him the Peace Nobel in 2019. But things fell apart rather quickly. Last week, Mr. Abiy declared war on the country’s Tigray region, which is ruled by the pow...

The measure is a deliberate, unfriendly step, says Kremlin . Alexei Navalny | Photo Credit: AP The move came a day after Russia’s Foreign Minister warned that Moscow might respond with similar measures The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on six Russian officials and one organisation over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a Soviet-era nerve agent . The move came a day after Russia’s Foreign Minister warned that Moscow might respond with similar measures. The decision was agreed upon among the 27 EU envoys to Brussels. The adopted restrictive measures consist of a travel ban to the EU and an asset freeze for individuals, and an asset freeze for the entity,” the EU said in a statement. The list includes two high level officials in the Presidential Executive Office, a director of the federal security service and two deputy ministers in the Russian defense ministry. The EU is also targeting the State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemi...