Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral truce in the northern Tigray region, where a civil war that’s raged since November 2020 has displaced millions of people and brought hundreds of thousands to the brink of starvation.
"The government of Ethiopia hopes that this truce will substantially improve the humanitarian situation on the ground and pave the way for the resolution of the conflict in northern Ethiopia without further bloodshed,” the government’s communication services said in a statement on Thursday.
The rebels ignored a previous government offer of a cease-fire, but have called for international intervention to end the war. This time, the group said it is committed to implementing the truce "effective immediately.”