State-affiliated Fana TV said on Monday that banking services have resumed in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for the first time, since war broke out there on November 4.

It comes as the government seeks to restore normality.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government declared victory after seizing Mekelle from the former local ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), on Nov. 28.

By mid-December, it was sending civil servants back to work and reopening air space, while some power and telecoms links were restored after a blackout.

Imoh Edet reports.