![]() The Ethiopian government officials and representatives of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have signed up to a disarmament plan and the restoration of crucial services, including aid supplies. This time though, the agreements have gone further. This is not the first ceasefire in the conflict - a previous one was breached in August, just months after both sides committed to it. The agreement between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces should allow aid deliveries to resume.Īlmost 90 percent of people in the northern Tigray region need food aid, the World Health Organization says.Ībout a third of the region's children are suffering from malnutrition.Īlthough it's a major breakthrough, it'll be received with some degree of caution. The African Union (AU) has called it a new "dawn", AFP news agency says. Photo: PHILL MAGAKOE / AFPĪ surprise deal has been reached in the Ethiopian civil war with both sides agreeing to halt their two-year conflict which led to thousands of deaths and warnings of a famine. Redwan Hussien Rameto (L) from the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (R), who represents Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), shook hands on the deal. ![]()
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