Ethiopia government declares truce to allow aid into Tigray

FILE PHOTO: A volunteer holds an Ethiopian flag during a blood donation ceremony for the injured members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) fighting against Tigray's special forces on the border between Amhara and Tigray, at the stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The Ethiopia government on Thursday declared it would begin observing a truce with rebellious Tigrayan forces in order to allow aid into the war-ravaged northern province.

More than 90 percent of 5.5 million Tigrayans need food aid, according to the United Nations, but only a tiny trickle has entered since Ethiopian troops withdrew from Tigray at the end of June last year.