Ethiopia: Tigray rebels accept ceasefire but set out conditions

Call for withdrawal of Eritrean forces from war-torn region and restoration of rebel government

Rebels in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region have accepted a ceasefire in principle" but posed strict conditions for it to be formalised.

Notable among those conditions was the withdrawal from the region of Eritrean forces as well as fighters from the neighbouring Ethiopian region of Amhara, who have been supporting the Ethiopian army during the eight-month long conflict.