
TPLF reject truce with Ethiopian government
Tigray People's Liberation Front or the TPLF, have rejected any notion of peace talks with the Ethiopian Government, as thousands of Tigrayans are set free from detention camps.
Tigray People's Liberation Front or the TPLF, have rejected any notion of peace talks with the Ethiopian Government, as the United Nations facilitates the release of thousands of Tigrayans, after more than eight months in detention camps in Semera; the capital of the Afar region.
Also on the program, as Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto is forging ahead with creating a new administration, while the opposing coalition of Raila Odinga maintained its challenge to the presidential election results.
Plus, we head to Sudan where its Interior Ministry has posted a public order announcement, informing citizens of intensive campaigns by community police against what they term 'immoral behaviour'. Human Right groups are however concerned, that this campaign by police seems to be directed at the fashion of young women in the country.
Photo: Demonstrators with Tigray flags and posters march on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Credit: Getty Images
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