The Tigray region, which has been embroiled in a two-year conflict, has agreed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to everyone who needs it, the rebels and federal authorities in Ethiopia said at a press conference in Nairobi.
The announcement follows discussions on the implementation of the peace deal that was reached on November 2 in Pretoria, South Africa, in particular with regard to the disarmament of the rebel forces, the restoration of federal authority to Tigray, and the distribution of aid.
a map displaying the Tigray region of Ethiopia’s website
The agreement between General Tadisi Waridi, Commander-in-Chief of the Tigray rebel forces, and Marshal Burhano Joula, Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces, calls for “the arrival of humanitarian aid to all those who need them.”
Former Nigerian President Olocon Obasango, the Special Envoy of the African Union, said his application will be “immediately.
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Tadisi Wardy stated, “We have fought for the past two years to protect our interests. We are still in pain.
Our goal is to bring about stability and peace.
The Special Envoy of the African Union and former president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, stated that this agreement is a way to “silence guns.”
The statement continued, “We are making efforts to provide humanitarian assistance in most of Tigray, which is under the control of the Federal Army “In some places, basic services are being slowly restored.
” The Ethiopian government has confirmed that the aid was “flowing as it has not happened before” to the region, pointing out that it controls about 70 percent of the region.
Following that, a spokesperson for the rebel Gitashio Reda informed France Press in a statement that these assurances had been “do not have any basis in reality.
A humanitarian worker in Tigray also denied the arrival of any aid to the region, which has a population of six million people, is virtually cut off from the rest of the world, and is experiencing a very serious humanitarian crisis, in a statement to France Press.
Tedros Adhanum, the Tigrayan-born former senior official of the party from which the rebel authorities have emerged and the director general of the World Health Organization, criticised the lack of aid to the region since the signing of the peace accord in Pretoria on Wednesday.
It is impossible to verify these claims and determine the precise military situation of the warring parties since journalists are still not permitted to enter a region of northern Ethiopia, including Tigray, despite the signing of the peace agreement.
A deal to send humanitarian aid to the province of Ethiopia
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