Combatants in Ethiopia's Tigray war agree to stop fighting

FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo speaks during Concordia Americas Summit, in Bogota, Colombia May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

PRETORIA (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands facing famine.

Just over a week after formal peace talks mediated by the African Union (AU) began in the South African capital Pretoria, delegates from both sides signed an agreement on a "permanent cessation of hostilities".