Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels agree ceasefire ending two-year war

The agreement comes after the warring parties began their first public face-to-face talks in South Africa since the onset of hostilities in November 2020.

‘Today is the beginning of a new dawn for Ethiopia, for the Horn of Africa and indeed for Africa as a whole. Let me hasten to thank God for this new dawn,’ said Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president