Kenya sees ‘possible’ ceasefire in Ethiopia, US urges inclusive dialogue

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo at Serena Hotel in Nairobi on November 17, 2021. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said Ethiopia’s warring parties should be welcomed to the negotiating table, in what could easily irk Addis Ababa, which insists the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is a terrorist group.

On the day Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo had said there were signs of a possible ceasefire in Ethiopia, her US counterpart said Washington endorses dialogue with all groups that have an axe to grind with the government in Addis Ababa.