Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets members of Sudan's opposition alliance to mediate in its political crisis at the Ethiopian Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, June 7, 2019. Two Sudanese rebel leaders were arrested early on Saturday, opposition sources said, shortly after meeting visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is trying to mediate in a crisis threatening a transition to democracy. While no breakthrough was announced at the end of Abiy’s one-day visit, an aid to the Ethiopian prime minister said the talks went well and that Abiy would be returning to Sudan soon. “This amounts to a practical response from the military council that effectively rejects the Ethiopian prime minister’s mediation effort,” Khalid Omar Yousef, a DFCF leader, told Reuters after Esmat’s arrest. The Sudanese opposition would not agree to any deal before all of its conditions are met, he said.

Source: Ethiopian News June 08, 2019 14:03 UTC