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Updated: October 07, 2022

African Union-Led Ethiopia Peace Talks Delayed Over Logistics

By Quadri Adejumo
October 07, 2022
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The African Union-led peace talks to end the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has been delayed for logistical reasons, two diplomatic sources told Reuters news agency on Friday.

The diplomatic sources, who asked not to be named, said the postponement was related to organising logistics and that a new date had not yet been scheduled.

Getachew Reda, a spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that leads the regional government added that AU did not consult Tigrayan leaders before sending out the invitations.

The negotiations will be led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU’s high representative for the Horn of Africa, supported by former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

The conflict in Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians and uprooted millions.