Ethiopia's federal police began to deploy on Thursday in the capital of war-torn Tigray for the first time in 18 months, the police said, marking the latest step in a nearly two-month-old peace deal. Federal police, "based on the power given... by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia constitution to protect/guard federal institutions" entered Mekele "and started work", their agency said in a statement on Facebook. War between the federal government and Tigray began in November 2020. On Monday, a federal delegation made their first visit to Mekele since the peace deal was signed, bringing along the CEOs of major corporations. On Wednesday, the national carrier Ethiopian Airlines resumed commercial flights between Addis Ababa and Mekele after an 18-month shutdown.

Source: Ethiopian News December 29, 2022 17:34 UTC