Implementing the ceasefire agreed by the Ethiopian government and forces from the northern region of Tigray will be fraught with difficulties, while thorny political and territorial disputes will need to be tackled to achieve lasting peace.
Two years of war between Ethiopia's federal army and Tigray forces have killed thousands of people, displaced millions from their homes, brought hunger to towns and villages across the region and caused catastrophic destruction.
"The truce is largely on the government's terms and reflects the heavy pressures Tigray faced," said Alan Boswell, project director, Horn of Africa, at the International Crisis Group. Another complication is the role of Eritrean troops, who were in Tigray fighting on the side of the Ethiopian government at the time when the peace talks started.
The government-TPLF joint statement also said the parties had agreed to implement a "Transitional Justice Policy framework to ensure accountability, truth, reconciliation and healing", without explaining what that would look like in practice.
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