Ethiopia was this past week fighting off pressure from the African Union to hear grievances of the proscribed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) legitimised – if they lay down arms.
That proposal, sources told The EastAfrican, involves prevailing upon the Abiy Ahmed administration to remove the terrorist group tag on the TPLF, force the group to sue for peace, and compel them to allow elections in the Tigray region.
