 Amharan security forces were seen patrolling the streets of Humera in Tigray's region on Thursday as the Ethiopian government urged rebels to join a ceasefire in their conflict. The government declared a ceasefire, but the Tigray People's Liberation Front, TPLF, dismissed this as a joke and hostilities persisted on Thursday. On Monday, the TPLF, the rulers of Ethiopians' Tigray region, said they were back in control of the region or capital Mkele after eight months of fighting. Shear and other and several other towns in the region are now controlled by the Tigray Armed Forces. Government Allied Forces in the neighboring region of Amhara control territory on the other side of the Tekeze River.