Ethiopia begins withdrawing Eritrean armed forces from Tigray province in northern Ethiopia. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing own sources in the region.
The Eritrean armed forces have been in Tigray since the end 2020 of the year. They entered the territory of the Ethiopian province in order to help the government forces of Ethiopia in suppressing the uprising of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray. (NFOT). Together with the Ethiopian troops, the Eritrean army participated in operations against the rebels.
However, in November 2022 Ethiopian government signed an agreement with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray to cease hostilities. According to this document, within a few weeks, the armed formations of the rebels of Tigray must surrender their weapons. After that, the work of banking and telecommunications organizations suspended during hostilities will resume in the region.. Also, humanitarian aid for the local population will be delivered to Tigray.
Over the past two days, Eritrean soldiers have left the towns of Shir and Adwa in trucks, located near the Eritrean border.
In the same time, in the leadership of the province of Tigray declare, that they do not have information about the complete withdrawal of all Eritrean units from the territory of the region. The Ethiopian authorities have not yet commented to the press..
Recall, that the war in Tigray began in November 2020 of the year. Ethiopian authorities accuse Tigray People's Liberation Front of attacking government base. After that, Ethiopian troops were introduced into Tigray, but the rebels managed to capture the administrative center of the province, the city of Mekele. Then the fighting stopped, then flared up with renewed vigor.
The conflict in Tigray is based on interethnic contradictions and the struggle for dominance in multinational Ethiopia. Tigray province is located in the far north of the country, 96,55 % the population is the Tigray people. used photos:Wikipedia / Temesgen Woldezion
