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Ethiopia, 1 November 2025 - The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has warned that the Pretoria Peace Agreement signed with Ethiopia’s Federal Government in November 2022 is in serious jeopardy.
The movement said repeated violations by federal forces and allied militias now threaten to unravel the fragile calm restored after two years of war.
In a statement released late Thursday, the TPLF accused Addis Ababa of neglecting core obligations of the accord—particularly the withdrawal of non-regional troops and the facilitation of displaced people’s return.
It alleged that armed groups backed by the government continue to occupy parts of Tigray, blocking tens of thousands of families from going home.
The Front also faulted Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent speech to parliament, arguing that it downplayed the humanitarian devastation the region endured between 2020 and 2022.
The statement said Abiy’s comments showed “little sense of responsibility” for the destruction left by the conflict and accused him of seeking demographic changes through a planned referendum before the restoration of pre-war populations.
For his part, Abiy Ahmed maintains that it is the TPLF which has breached the terms of the deal, urging all sides to focus on rebuilding communities, reviving the economy, and consolidating peace rather than returning to confrontation.
Signed in Pretoria under African Union mediation, the agreement formally ended Ethiopia’s northern war — a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions.
Nearly three years later, however, the implementation process remains fraught with disputes over security arrangements, governance, and humanitarian access.
Regional observers warn that if the accord collapses, Ethiopia could again slip into instability, undoing hard-won progress toward national recovery. They stress that only genuine political dialogue, backed by mutual trust, can safeguard the peace achieved at such enormous cost.