Ethiopia’s federal police mentioned Thursday that its members have entered the Tigray area’s capital Mekele for the primary time in additional than a yr, below final month’s peace deal between the federal authorities and Tigray leaders.
The peace settlement ended the battle between federal and regional forces that began in November 2020 and in accordance with U.S. estimates claimed lots of of 1000’s of lives, displacing hundreds of thousands of individuals.
The federal police mentioned on Fb that officers in Mekele will “shield federal properties as a part of the nation’s structure,” and will likely be guarding airports, energy and telecom installations and banks.
Images shared by state media shops in Ethiopia confirmed lots of of law enforcement officials coming into Mekele in convoys.
Fundamental providers and humanitarian support deliveries are step by step resuming within the northern Tigray area. On Thursday, the cities of Adirkay, Enchiko, Could Tsebri and Rama have been reconnected to the facility community after greater than a yr and half off the grid.
Ethiopian Airways, which launched a scheduled flight to Mekele on Wednesday, additionally introduced it was resuming providers to the city of Shire and rising flights to Mekele on account of robust demand.
On Thursday, a delegation from the African Union and the Ethiopian authorities arrived in Mekele to arrange an agreed mission to observe progress in implementing the peace deal.
Three African military generals have been assigned to steer the monitoring group and ambassadors from 32 international locations entered Mekele on Thursday.
