Addis Abeba– Greater than forty five,000 aged warring parties from the Tigray situation beget been demobilized and reintegrated into their communities, Ethiopia’s Nationwide Rehabilitation Price (NRC) said, marking a pointy increase after no longer as a lot as 2 months since it reported that handiest 17,000 had done the technique.
According to the deliver-flee Ethiopian Information Agency (ENA), the up as a lot as now figures had been shared during a Program Implementation Overview Meeting held with the DDR Partners Assignment Power on 17 June. The NRC said over 56,000 ex-warring parties beget been demobilized across four areas, with the bulk — extra than forty five,000 — from Tigray.
The Price said that the DDR program is “a key component of the country’s peace process” and is intended to reinforce the “transition of ex-combatants back into civilian life” through scientific, psychosocial, and financial assistance.
In a social media post cited by ENA, NRC Commissioner Temesgen Tilahun described the pattern as “a major milestone” in the implementation of the Conclude of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) and a “critical step” in direction of “lasting peace and stability” in Ethiopia. He added that with “ongoing partnership and unwavering commitment,” the principal piece of this technique in Tigray is anticipated to be done “within the next two months.”
In April, Temesgen instructed Deutsche Welle (DW) that handiest 17,000 of the deliberate 75,000 ex-warring parties in Tigray had been reintegrated in the imply time. He said the technique had been “interrupted for months” as a consequence of what he known as “political instability,” adding that delays in verifying combatant information and the “organization and handover of weapons” had extra slowed progress. By the tip of December 2024, he famed, handiest “around 8,000” individuals had done demobilization.
The DDR program in Tigray formally began in November 2024 and is piece of a national conception to demobilize extra than 371,000 ex-warring parties across seven areas. The main piece in Tigray is funded by 1 billion birr from the Ethiopian authorities and $60 million in international strengthen.
