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Michael Fitzpatrick

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels ready to accept ceasefire and AU-led peace process

The aftermath of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. AP

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said on Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the Addis Ababa government to end almost two years of fighting.

The announcement was made following a flurry of international diplomacy after fighting flared in August for the first time in several months in northern Ethiopia, ending a humanitarian truce.

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