Ethiopia: TPLF says Eritrean forces still in Tigray regionFILE: TPLF forces have been handing over heavy arms to federal forcesADDIS ABABA - The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has refuted remarks by African Union (AU) mediator Olusegun Obasanjo that Eritrean forces have withdrawn from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region following a truce to end two years of civil war. Mr Obasanjo told Financial Times last week that “all Eritrean forces” who had been fighting alongside Ethiopian federal troops in the Tigray war that broke out in November 2020 had pulled back to the Eritrean border. “The fact is Eritrean forces are still in Tigray, not at the borders! Tigray had handed over heavy weapons, and Eritrean and non-ENDF forces should have concurrently left Tigray as per the pact,” he said. The Wolkayit-Tsegede region was captured by Amhara forces during the civil war leading to deadly violence.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2023 16:25 UTC