Ethiopia's PM says Eritrea will withdraw troops from Tigray

Announcement by Abiy Ahmed may signal end to fighting that has included mass killings and rapes

Eritrea will pull its troops out of the Tigray region, Ethiopia's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has said, a potential breakthrough in a conflict in which both countries have been accused of abuses against civilians.

Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel peace prize, faces mounting pressure to end fighting in the drawn-out conflict in which troops are thought to have carried out mass killings and rapes.