Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told the country’s parliament that the ceasefire agreement signed by the federal government and Tigrayan leaders will be implemented.
Abiy went on to say that now was not the time to address the issue of western Tigray, which had been occupied by forces from the neighbouring Amhara region at the start of the war in 2020.
The African Union brokered the truce, which was signed on November 2, 2022. Despite the agreement, humanitarian supplies had not arrived in Tigray until today, prompting the World Health Organisation’s chief, Tedros Adhanom, to call for aid to be delivered as soon as possible.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced today that their first convoy of emergency medical supplies had arrived in Tigray’s capital, Mekelle.