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Ethiopia: Peace agreement between Government and Tigray ‘a critical first step’: Guterres

Women and children wait at a food distribution site in Adimehamedey in Tigray, Ethiopia.

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 Women and children wait at a food distribution site in Adimehamedey in Tigray, Ethiopia.

A peace deal between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed on Wednesday in South Africa, represents “a critical first step” towards ending the brutal two year war, said the UN chief.

In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres said the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities brokered by the African Union and mediated by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, was a promising start to finally stopping the fighting which erupted in November 2020 after months of tension, and which has destroyed so many lives and livelihoods.
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