ADDIS ABABA, 01 July 2021, (TON): Tigrayan rebels vowed to hunt down Ethiopian and Eritrean troops on the run around the regional capital, Mekelle, after taking full control of the city in a sharp reversal of eight months of war.

People in Mekelle said “the incoming Tigrayan fighters were greeted with cheers. There were similar scenes on video footage from the northern town of Shire, where residents said government-allied Eritrean forces pulled out and Tigrayan forces re-entered.”

The Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire on Monday after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) territorial gains.

However, Getachew Reda, a TPLF spokesman, said that the ceasefire was a joke and hundreds had been killed in fighting near the border with the Afar region, information that could not be independently verified.

Getachew told media “rebel forces would not stop fighting until the entire region was liberated.”

The aim of the Tigrayan forces is to push back to make sure that every inch of Tigray is in their control.