Tigrayan authorities on Friday accused Ethiopia’s authorities of finishing up a drone strike on civilians, lower than 48 hours after the opponents signed a deal to finish their bloody battle.
The breakthrough settlement sealed in South Africa has been hailed internationally as a key step in direction of stopping a warfare that started precisely two years in the past on Friday.
“Based on sources at Lemlem-Karl Hospital, drone of #Ethiopia has attacked civilians,” Kindeya Gebrehiwot mentioned on Twitter.
AFP was not in a position to independently confirm the claims.
There was no rapid response from Ethiopian authorities officers or the African Union (AU) to requests from AFP.
Ethiopia’s authorities “stays dedicated to the peace settlement,” he mentioned on Twitter.
However observers say that key particulars and a transparent roadmap that will assist maintain momentum are absent, and mistrust runs deep.
Even because the AU-led negotiations started in Pretoria final week, fierce preventing was underneath manner in Tigray between TPLF fighters and federal forces backed by troopers from neighbouring Eritrea.
Observers and diplomats have warned of the troublesome highway forward, with the EU’s international coverage chief Josep Borrell on Friday saying that arriving at a everlasting ceasefire was “going to be very troublesome”.
“The world is Ukraine and blaming Russia. However Ethiopia is for positive the worst humanitarian disaster… and warfare within the final two years,” Borrell mentioned.
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Initially printed as Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of assaults after peace deal
