Map of Ethiopia locating northern regions Amhara, Tigray and Afar, and the town of Debre Sina. The Tigray People's Liberation Front rebel group, which announced its withdrawal from the Amhara and Afar regions this week and called for a ceasefire, did not immediately react to the government's claims. "The Ethiopian National Defence Forces and the Amhara region security forces which are... destroying the fleeing terrorist clique are marching on Abergele," the government said, referring to a district in Tigray. - No breakthrough -But an African Union led effort to broker a ceasefire has so far failed to yield a breakthrough. But the TPLF mounted a shock comeback, recapturing most of Tigray by June and then advancing into Afar and Amhara.

Source: Ethiopian News December 22, 2021 17:53 UTC