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The Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, says a ceasefire agreement between the government and officials from the Tigray region is a monumental step for the country.

The deal signed in South Africa after two years of war requires the disarming of combatants from the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The two sides also pledged to allow unhindered humanitarian access and to rebuild communities devastated by the two year war. However, there is concern that one of the warring parties, the neighbouring country Eritrea, was not part of the agreement.

Rashid Abdi is a Horn of Africa analyst at the Nairobi-based Sahan Research think-tank. He told Newsday: 鈥淲e should not minimise the impact of this agreement especially because the situation in Tigray is dire鈥�I鈥檓 still worried that there will be elements which are outside this peace process but are very powerful, especially Eritrea. Very little has been said about the Eritrean role in this conflict鈥�Eritrea may seek to undermine it.鈥�

(Picture: Redwan Hussein (L), representative for the Ethiopian government and Getachew Reda (R), representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), shake hands following a peace agreement between the two parties in Pretoria on November 2nd 2022. Credit: Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images.)

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