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Hope for peace as Eritrean army withdraws from Tigray region

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Ethiopian security forces patrol a street after they took control of Dessie town of Amhara city from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on December 16, 2021. PHOTO | ANADOLU AGENCY | AFP

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Correspondent in Addis Abba, Ethiopia

Nation Media Group

Ethiopia’s Tigray region, at war for the last two years, may finally be looking up to long-term peace after Eritrean forces, a key party to the war began packing to leave the battlefield.

The decision for Eritrea to leave Tigray was reached this week after a delegation of Ethiopian government officials for the first time toured Makelle, the capital of the region, since the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA).

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