Beitrag vom 05.10.2022

The Africa Report

NEW HOPE

Ethiopia: Abiy agrees to peace talks; Eritrea’s hardline position on TPLF could be stumbling block

By Fred Harter

Ethiopia’s federal government says it has accepted an invitation to attend peace talks mediated by the African Union, raising hopes of an end to one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts after nearly two years of fighting, and more active troops than in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In a letter dated 1 October 2022, African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat invited leaders of the Tigray region and the federal government to talks on Sunday 8 October 2022 in South Africa.

Redwan Hussein, the national security advisor of the prime minister, wrote on Twitter that the government “has accepted this invitation, which is in line with our principled position regarding the peaceful resolution of the conflict and the need to have talks without preconditions”.

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