Read audioPeace talks due in South Africa this weekendConflict has raged since 2020, uprooting millionsNAIROBI, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s government and rival Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday they have accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict. The talks, slated for this weekend in South Africa, will be the first formal negotiations between the two sides since the war broke out in November 2020, two diplomatic sources said. In a statement Tigrayan forces said they had accepted the invitation, and asked for clarification on who had been invited as participants, observers and guarantors. No formal talks between the two sides were held during a five-month ceasefire between March and August. Abiy’s government accuses the TPLF, which dominated Ethiopia’s ruling coalition until Abiy came to power in 2018, of trying to reassert Tigrayan dominance over Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News October 06, 2022 13:02 UTC