Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to Tigray’s capital

Описание: (28 Dec 2022)
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Mekele - 28 December 2022
1. Wide of airport
2. Various of first Ethiopian Airlines flight arriving
3. Various of passengers disembarking
4. Various of Nigesty Hailemariam arriving and collecting her bags from baggage claim (Hailemariam is a resident of Mekele who was stuck in Addis Ababa after she visited her daughter there and was unable to return home to Mekele)
5. SOUNDBITE (Tigrinya) Nigesty Hailemariam, passenger:
"I am overwhelmed with joy right now. My happiness is beyond expression. I went to Addis Ababa to help my daughter deliver her baby. Sadly, every transportation was blocked when I wanted to get back to my family here."
6. Various of passengers at baggage claim
7. Various of Tewelde Alema leaving airport (Alema is a father of four who was unable to be around his children who live in Zalambessa, Tigray. He was jailed in Saudi Arabia as an illegal immigrant before he came to Addis Ababa seven months ago, hoping to go back to his families in Tigray.)
8. SOUNDBITE (Tigrinya) Tewelde Alema, passenger:
"I am glad that I am part of the first peace deal implementation. I just want to express how extremely happy I am."
9. Various of Alema getting into taxi outside airport
STORYLINE:
Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday resumed scheduled flights to Tigray’s capital, Mekele, as the result of a peace agreement signed between the federal government and Tigray officials in November.

The move came a day after a federal government delegation led by the speaker of Ethiopia’s parliament visited Mekele, paving the way for more engagement between the two sides that have fought a deadly war for two years in which hundreds of thousands of people have died.

The Tigray region had been largely cut off from the rest of the world during the two-year conflict, but communications are slowly resuming as phone lines start to be restored in parts of the region.

Ethiopia’s state-owned telecom provider, Ethio Telecom, also announced on Wednesday the resumption of its services to Mekele.

According to the Ethiopian prime minister’s office, 28 towns including Mekele now have access to telecom services.

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