Will the Tigray ceasefire hold? | Inside Story
A surprise deal has been reached to stop Ethiopia’s civil war in Tigray after talks in South Africa.
The Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front have agreed to a ‘permanent cessation of hostilities’.
Up to half a million people have died during two years of conflict.
Hundreds of thousands have escaped, and nine million urgently need food.
What are the terms of the deal?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault
Guests:
Kaiderin Tezera – Ethiopian MP and Assistant Professor of Social Anthropolocy, Addis Ababa University
Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie – Founder, Tghat.com
Martin Plaut – Senior research fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
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