The Tigrayan rebels have offered a conditional truce as fighting intensifies between rebels and pro-government forces and humanitarian aid is cut off in northern Ethiopia, a rebel spokesman said Friday. Tigray, located in northern Ethiopia, is cut off from the rest of the country and deprived of electricity, telecommunications networks, banking services, and fuel. Despite humanitarian truce in Tigray, millions still wait for aid https://t.co/InqKsKTEfr — africanews 😷 (@africanews) March 30, 2022Journalists do not have access to northern Ethiopia, making independent verification impossible. Ethiopia, Eritrean forces launch joint offensive in Tigray https://t.co/cjuHmANTcp — africanews 😷 (@africanews) September 1, 2022The Ethiopian government has not officially responded to this letter. The conflict in northern Ethiopia broke out in November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent the army to Tigray to dislodge dissident authorities in the region, accusing them of attacking military bases.

Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2022 09:09 UTC