Redwan Hussein, representative of the Ethiopian government, left, and Getachew Reda, representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), right, sign a peace agreement between the two parties during a news conference regarding the African Union-led negotiations to resolve conflict in Ethiopia at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) offices in Pretoria [Phill Magakoe/AFP]
Regional and world leaders have hailed the peace agreement between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray rebels, raising hopes for an end to two years of brutal conflict marked by atrocities, including killings, gang rapes and starvation.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union mediator, said the agreement signed on Wednesday in South Africa marked a new “dawn” for Ethiopia.
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