But they agreed to end the campaign and return to talks, said an envoy of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “Both sides have also agreed to resume talks soon,” he told reporters. Protest leaders vowed to name a new ruling body to replace the generals. The crackdown came after negotiations between protest leaders and the generals collapsed late last month over who should lead the new governing body – a civilian or a soldier. The US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, plans to meet both the generals and protest leaders in Khartoum, the State Department said.

Source: The Express Tribune June 12, 2019 07:17 UTC