Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told lawmakers in parliament he is committed to a peace deal struck with Tigrayan leadership in South Africa earlier this month to end two years of deadly conflict in northern Tigray region. In his address to parliament Tuesday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the warring parties must now ensure they follow through on the agreement. “Even if you are winning, war is bad all the time because you are killing people, you are firing dollars.”The Ethiopian prime minister was responding to questions from lawmakers. The cease-fire deal signed in Pretoria commits the federal government to ensuring unhindered aid access to Tigray, where the region’s six million people need urgent food and medicine. Over the weekend, Ethiopia’s federal government said basic services were “slowly being restored to Tigray.”

Source: Ethiopian News November 16, 2022 04:02 UTC