The announcement comes just over a month after the signing of a peace agreement on November 2 between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigrayan rebels, aimed at ending two years of devastating conflict.
"The electricity control centre in the town of Mekele, which had been disconnected from the national power grid for more than a year due to the war in northern Ethiopia, has been reconnected," the state-owned Electricity of Ethiopia announced in a statement. "The line has been connected to the national grid after the repair work was completed," the statement said.
Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost region and home to six million people, has been deprived of many basic facilities such as, electricity, telecommunications, banks, fuel, etc. for over a year since the start of a conflict between the federal government led by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and regional authorities from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
The fighting began in November 2020, when Abiy Ahmed sent the federal army to arrest the region's leaders who had been challenging his authority for months and whom he accused of attacking federal military bases.
In recent weeks, authorities have regularly reported abuses against civilians in Tigray, including by troops from Eritrea, whose authorities did not participate in the Pretoria negotiations, and by Amhara forces.
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