At Addis Ababa airport, passengers are preparing to board the first commercial flight to Makalé for eighteen months, on December 28, 2022. This announcement comes nearly two months after the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan rebels signed an agreement on November 2 ending the war that ravaged this region of northern Ethiopia for two years. This announcement is a further sign of the normalization of relations between the federal authorities and the former rebel zone. On Wednesday, the first commercial flight for eighteen months from Ethiopian Airlines linked the capital, Addis Ababa, to Makale. One of the “world’s deadliest” conflictsThe African Union (AU) announced Thursday the launch in Makalé of a mission of “monitoring, verification and compliance” of the peace agreement.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2022 23:10 UTC