Ethiopian refugees who fled fighting in Tigray province rest in a hut at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 18, 2020. The African Union has appointed special envoys to Ethiopia over the Tigray crisis. PHOTO | EBRAHIM HAMID | AFP
The African Union will be sending a team of mediators to Ethiopia over the Tigray crisis, despite continued rejection of dialogue by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
On Friday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a team of ‘Distinguished Statespersons’ to help end the conflict that has raged for the last two weeks as Ethiopian forces battle the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
