Ethiopia, Tigray sign deal in Pretoria for cessation of hostilities
Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta claps as Ethiopian government representative Redwan Hussien (left) exchanges documents of an agreement on peace with TPLF representative Getachew Reda in South Africa on November 2, 2022. PHOTO | PHILL MAGAKOE | AFP
The Ethiopian government and rival Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, who control the northern Tigray region, on Wednesday signed a "permanent cessation of hostilities" deal in a bid to end one of Africa's recent bloodiest civil war.
According to the signed agreement, the warring parties will cease hostilities and "silence guns in principle" in the war-torn Tigray region, and work on ending the two-year old war "without delay."
