The Ministry of Peace is an

Ethiopian government The government of Ethiopia () is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. T ...

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

created in 2018 that aims to encourage

peace process A peace process is the set of sociopolitical negotiations, agreements and actions that aim to solve a specific armed conflict. Definitions Prior to an armed conflict occurring, peace processes can include the prevention of an intra-state or in ...

es to prevent and resolve armed conflict in Ethiopia and to support equitable development among the

Regions of Ethiopia Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states ( Amharic: plural: ክልሎች ''kililoch''; singular: ክልል ''kilil''; Oromo: singular: ''Naannoo''; plural: ''Naannolee'') and chartered cities (Amharic: ...

Creation

The Ministry of Peace evolved from the Ministry of Federal Affairs, established in 2001, which initially was responsible for "regional affairs" and "urban development". In 2005, urban development was removed from the ministry's tasks. In 2009, the ministry gained more powers in handling religions, with the aim of encouraging tolerance between people of different religions. In 2010, the ministry gained powers related to registering charities and societies, and to "possession or use of arms, fire arms and explosives". In October 2018, the Ministry of Peace was re-created as a new ministry, aiming to promote "peace, democracy and development" and to "focus on maintaining law and order, and create political unity among he peoplesof the nation".

Leadership

Muferiat Kamil Muferihat Kamil Ahmed ( Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, ''mufärihat kamil ähmäd''; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Ministry of Labour and Skills Development in Ethiopia. She was the Speaker of the Hou ...

was appointed the first Minister of Peace, in October 2018. She was succeeded by Binalf Andualem in October 2021.

Responsibilities

In its new form as the Ministry of Peace, the ministry's direct responsibilities in October 2018 included: *

National Intelligence and Security Service The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) () is an intelligence agency of the Ethiopian federal government tasked with gathering information of national interests. It does counter-terrorism in the country by informing the federal p ...

(NISS); *

Information Network Security Agency The Information Network Security Administration or INSA ( am, የመረጃ መረብ ደህንነት አስተዳደር , translit=yämäräǧa märäbə dähənənätə ʾäsətädadär) is the national signals intelligence and cybersecurity age ...

(INSA); * Federal Police Commission; * Federal and Pastoralist Development Affairs; * National Disaster Risk Management Commission; * Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs; * Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs.

Actions

In December 2020, to help solve the

Metekel conflict The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until peace agreement signed between the rebel groups and the government of Ethiopia in October 20 ...

, the Ministry of Peace planned to coordinate the creation of a reconciliation committee consisting of people from the Benishangul-Gumuz and

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Re ...

s. Also in December 2020, the Ministry of Peace signed an agreement with the German development agency GIZ to "expand access to drought-stricken communities", to provide peacekeeping and

conflict resolution Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information abo ...

training to women and youth, and to "create joint development" in the border area between Benishangul-Gumuz Region on the Ethiopian side and the state of

Blue Nile The Blue Nile (; ) is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water to ...

on the Sudanese side.

References

External links

Official website
(offline ; ) Government ministries of Ethiopia 2018 establishments in Africa

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

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