Ethiopia’s government has declared an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office, stated that Abiy Ahmed’s government is committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency humanitarian aid into the Tigray region.
The statement expressed hope that this will help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation.
Since war broke out in northern Ethiopia in November 2020, thousands have died, and millions remain displaced as the conflict has expanded from Tigray to the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar.