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The longer a war persists, the harder are the prospects for peace. Additionally, sustaining peace is as difficult as bringing it about, if not more. To tackle the above problems, what is
urgently required is a clear path, agreed to by all parties, towards ceasefires, peace-building talks, post-war reconstruction, and addressing the extensive human rights violations that have
taken place over the past 11 months, as argued in _The Hindu_. A top-down peace would involve transparent talks between Ahmed and senior members of administrations with the rebel leaders of
the TPLF. A bottom-up peace would require trust-building amongst the Tigrayans and the other ethnicities in Ethiopia, especially the Oromos and the Amharas. After all, they are all
Ethiopians. External intervention directed at peace would require mediation from African countries like Ghana and Rwanda, who want the resurgence of Africa as a strong economic and political
unit of the world, reported _The Conversation_. Such countries would be better situated than the West to bring about peace, as they have a closer understanding of the cultural aspects of
the civil war. _(With inputs from the United Nations, The Guardian, Reuters, Vox, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Hindu, and The Conversation.)_