BBC News, Addis Ababa and London. ... Rebels agree Ethiopia truce for aid deliveries; ... A lack of cash has forced the UN to halt live-saving aid to 650,000 women and children from May.

Redwan Hussien Rameto (L) from the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (R), who represents Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), shook hands on the deal. A surprise deal has been reached in ...

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The agreement is founded on faith that Mr Abiy will lead Ethiopia out of its crisis. The very first test of that optimistic assumption was whether the guns would fall silent on Thursday. That did ...

A five-month humanitarian truce was shattered in August. In October, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the conflict was “spiralling out of control” and that a military end did not ...

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Foreign powers have hailed the truce signed by the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan leaders to end the brutal war in the north of the country and open up the flow of aid to those at risk of ...

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Truce agreed Image source, AFP Image caption, Redwan Hussien Rameto (L) from the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (R), who represents Tigray People's Liberation ...