Tigray residents say Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region are yet to leave, despite a truce.

Tigray residents say Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region are yet to leave, despite a truce.
Catholic Relief Services workers were killed amid unrest due to government decision to disband regional security forces.
The move comes a day after Ethiopia’s parliament voted to remove the TPLF from a list of ‘terrorist’ organisations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity.
Blinken’s trip is latest in a series of visits to Africa by senior US officials amid competition from China and Russia.
Abiy Ahmed holds first face-to-face talks with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed in November.
Ethiopia has a managed exchange rate for the birr, whose official value to the dollar is half the black market rate.
The disarmament is a key part of the peace deal signed two months ago between the government and the rebel group.
Withdrawal reported as federal and Tigray regional governments finalise a plan on how to disarm the rebels.
Under the implementation deal, humanitarian aid is to be allowed into Tigray, where rebels are expected to be disarmed.
Ethiopia’s Tigray still awaiting aid, agencies say, as US urges immediate help.
AU chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo made the revelation as both parties meet in Kenya to discuss implementing the truce.
Ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Ethiopia’s civil war, there are concerns about the latest peace deal.
Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels sign agreement to end two-year conflict.