Association of Tigrayan Communities in Canada

Peace deal ending Ethiopia’s Tigray war yet to dispel fear of more atrocities

 
Gen. Tadesse Werede, commander in chief of the Tigray rebel forces, left, and Birhanu Jula, field marshal of the Ethiopian armed forces, second from right, greet former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, second from left, and former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta after signing a peace deal in Nairobi in November. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
 
Despite widespread reports of a pullout by the Eritreans, who have supported Ethiopian government forces, residents in three Tigrayan cities said in interviews that they had seen Eritrean soldiers as recently as Tuesday. Others said family members in rural areas had informed them that soldiers there also had not left.