Ethiopian government, Tigray agree on "permanent" end to 2-year civil war
CBSN
Ethiopia's warring sides formally agreed during negotiations in South Africa Wednesday to a "permanent cessation of hostilities" in a two-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands.
African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president who has facilitated the peace talks in South Africa along with former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, discussed the agreement during a news briefing.
Obasanjo said Ethiopia's government and authorities in the country's northern Tigray region have agreed to an "orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament." Other key points included in the agreement were "restoration of law and order," he said, as well as "restoration of services" and "unhindered access to humanitarian supplies."
