Ethiopia’s allies give up on talks, call for peace and safety of civilians

Ethiopian refugees.

Ethiopian refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray province queue to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province, on November 16. Recently, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spent several days dispelling calls for dialogue. He sees the TPLF as a junta. PHOTO | AFP

Ethiopia’s regional and international allies are blunting at calls for dialogue with the embattled Tigray People’s Liberation Front on which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military operation on November 4.

Instead, the calls have now been directed at peace, after parties showed no regard to sit down and talk.