Ethiopia accepts call for immediate ceasefire in Tigray

An injured victim of an alleged airstrike on a village arrives in an ambulance at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region (AP)

Ethiopia’s government says it has “positively accepted” a call for an immediate, unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region.

The statement, carried by state media, came shortly after the Tigray interim administration – appointed by the federal government – fled the regional capital, Mekele, and called for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds so that desperately needed aid can be delivered.