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- Rebels in the Ethiopian region of Tigray have set up a team of negotiators to discuss peace with the Ethiopian government. Earlier, federal authorities named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks
Rebels in the Ethiopian region of Tigray have set up a team of negotiators to discuss peace with the Ethiopian government. Earlier, federal authorities named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks. The Ethiopian federal government accused the rebels of taking no “steps towards peace“, which the rebels accused of diverting attention from the real issues.
So far, no step has been taken to start the negotiations. No date, place, or framework have been set, except the fact that in June Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed mentioned the need for talk to find an amicable solution. But there are vexatious issues to be sorted out before the start of the negotiations. While Addis Ababa only wanted to discuss under the aegis of the African Union (AU), the rebels are demanding mediation by outgoing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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The rebels, from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) decries the “closeness” of the AU mediator, Nigerian Olusegun Obasanjo, to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. In the meantime, the rebel’s spokesperson insisted the status of the disputed Western Tigray zone was non-negotiable.
