The two-year conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan forces has been causing numerous fatalities. Concerning aid, the Tigray region has severely lacked resources that can help sustain its civilians. Research carried out by the World Health Organization claims that about 90% of people in the northern Tigray region need food aid and about a third of the children in this region are suffering from malnutrition.
It is important to keep in mind that this is not the first time there has been a breakthrough with regard to the civil war. Agreements this time have gone further and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has signed up to a disarmament plan. This agreement will invite the restoration of crucial services including aid and supplies. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has described the agreement as "monumental" and committed to implementing it. For the past few years, the man-made famine in Tigray has caused the region to be cut off from the outside world completely. The people of this region have been denied basic services such as electricity, medicine, phone, and banking along with the internet. Both sides have been blamed and accused of the atrocities caused against these people. The new truce requires to be proceeded with much caution and should divert its focus towards the well-being of the innocent people in Tigray.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63490546
-Aryan Shah
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