news, worldEthiopia's government has urged Tigrayan rebels to join a unilateral ceasefire in their conflict as aid agencies struggle to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing famine. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray region, said on Monday it was back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting. Shire and several other towns in Tigray are now controlled by the Tigrayan forces. With electricity and phone and internet lines cut to the region, aid agencies are limited in their ability to reach people in need of food and other services. A TPLF spokesman said government troops were forced out.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2021 18:56 UTC