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Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

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People hold candles and Ethiopian flags in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 3, 2021 during a memorial service for the victims of the Tigray conflict. Thousands of people have been killed, two million displaced and hundreds of thousands driven into famine-like conditions since the conflict erupted in November 2020, according to UN estimates. FILE PHOTO | EDUARDO SOTERAS | AFP

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle  &  AFP

Ethiopia has declared an indefinite ceasefire to allow free flow of humanitarian aid to the conflict-ravaged northern Tigray region.

The humanitarian truce, announced Thursday by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government, was effective immediately.

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