Ethiopia’s federal government has accepted a ceasefire according to going by credible reports available to Africa Daily News, New York.
Earlier the interim administration in Tigray had asked the government to agree to call a halt to the fighting.
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The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party in the region, said on Monday it was back in control of Mekelle, and residents reported seeing troops in Tigray regional uniforms in the city for the first time since November.
The statement on the ‘immediate, unilateral’ ceasefire on Monday carried by state media came shortly after the Tigray interim administration, appointed by the federal government after routing TPLF forces, fled Mekelle and called for a truce to allow desperately needed aid to be delivered.
‘This unilateral ceasefire declaration starts from today June 28, 2021 and will stay until the farming season ends’.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
