Nairobi: The army from Eritrea has resigned from the three main cities in the Tigray Ethiopia area a day after Tigray’s fighters controlled the regional capital, Ethiopian forces retreated and the Ethiopian government was declared a direct and unilateral ceasefire.
Fast shaking in the war for almost eight months has made people scramble to understand what really happened in the area of ​​6 million because the communication relationship was mostly down.
People with close contact with witnesses who confirm withdrawals speak with the terms of anonymity for their safety.
The Eritrean army, was accused by witnesses about the worst cruelty of war, leaving the cities of Shire, Axum and Adwa but were not immediately clear whether they had left another community, where they left, or whether the retreat was temporarily.
Information on the Eritrean Ministry, explained by human rights groups as one of the most repressive countries in the world, not immediately answering questions.
The former Tigray leader said they were now controlling the regional capital, Mekele.
The leaders of Tigray, who have carried out guerrilla wars since November after a political decline with the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in a statement issued overnight asking for supporters to intensify their struggle until the enemy we actually left Tigray.
“The spokesman for Tigray’s troops, Getachew subsided, could not be contacted immediately.
The arrival of Tigray’s troops in Mekele on Monday met with cheerful after the temporary regional government, appointed by the Ethiopian government, fled.
Tigray fighters then moved to Shire on Tuesday, their latest advantages after several of the most intense war fightes in the second most dense state in Africa.
Shire in recent months saw the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people escaping from intimidation in West Tigray and the main performance area for humanitarian assistance.
Tigray’s troops are now controlling most of the regions after a large counter-attack with popular mass support, WILLIAM DAVISON’s international crisis group analyst in a statement.
Prevent the hunger conditions that grow in this region` `must be a priority of TDF leadership, given their current strength in positions to facilitate access to many areas that have previously been difficult to reach, ‘said Davison, urging the Ethiopian government to not sabotate urgent humanitarian efforts.
The main question remains about the fate of more than 1 million civilians that the United Nations has said it remains in some difficult parts of Tigray, if it is not impossible, to reach with help.
The United States has said up to 900,000 people now facing hunger conditions, in the worst hunger crisis in the world in a decade.
It is not clear whether other combatants, especially the tellers and warriors of the neighboring Amhara area who have occupied many West Tigray, will comply with a ceasefire or whether the disbursement of access access will be removed.
Ethiopia said a ceasefire was part of the delivery of aid but would only last until the end of the planting season was important in Tigray – which in September.
In the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, people said they were not sure who had to believe in the midst of the battlefield claims, and hope for peace.
“ These are innocent children, farmers and poor people who are in front of the war and suffer, said Resident Behind Dessalegn.