The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said its forces will be pulling out from several neighbouring areas of northern Ethiopia and returning back to Tigray. Ahmed promised a swift victory over the Tigrayan forces but the fighting has continued for 13 months. The Ethiopian government called for a ceasefire in June but Tigrayan forces continued to make significant gains. At the end of November, the Ethiopian military began an offensive to push back the advancing Tigrayan forces, regaining control of strategic territories including the towns of Dessie, Kombolcha and Shewa Robit, a town 135 miles from the capital Addis Ababa. The fighting has also displaced over 2 million people who have been forced to flee the region in search of safer conditions.

Source: Ethiopian News December 21, 2021 23:38 UTC