Call for Tigray ceasefire as fighting raises humanitarian fears

Chairperson of the African Union commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, left, meets United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres (Craig Ruttle, Pool/AP)

Diplomats have called on Ethiopia’s federal authorities and their rivals in the northern region of Tigray to agree to a ceasefire as heavy fighting raises humanitarian fears.

African Union (AU) commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed “grave concern” in a statement on Sunday over the fighting and called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire and the resumption of humanitarian services”.