Following a
peace agreement last month between the federal government and Tigray
authorities, Ethiopia's federal police announced on Thursday that its members
had entered Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, for the first time in
more than a year.
The peace
agreement put an end to the fight between federal and regional forces, which
according to U.S. estimates began in November 2020 and resulted in hundreds of
thousands of fatalities and millions of displaced persons.
The federal
police said on Facebook that officers in Mekelle will “protect federal
properties as part of the country’s constitution,” and will be guarding
airports, power and telecom installations and banks.
Photos
shared by state media outlets in Ethiopia showed hundreds of police officers
entering Mekelle in convoys.
Basic
services and humanitarian aid deliveries are gradually resuming in the northern
Tigray region. On Thursday, the towns of Adirkay, Enchiko, May Tsebri and Rama
were reconnected to the power network after more than a year and half off the
grid.
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