Ethiopia’s Tigray forces withdraw '65 percent of fighters from frontline'

A destroyed tank is seen in a field in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Kasagita town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. REUTERS - TIKSA NEGERI

The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces has said that 65 percent of his forces have "disengaged", a month after a ceasefire agreement over Ethiopia's war-torn northern region.

"We have started disengagement and relocation of our forces from battlelines ... out of our forces, 65 percent of them have passed through this process, disengaging from battlelines and moved to designated places," General Tadesse Worede, chief of staff of Tigray's fighters, told reporters on Saturday.