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Ethiopia government agrees to AU peace talks
The African Union has invited both sides of the conflict to negotiations in South Africa.
Ethiopia’s government has agreed to attend AU-brokered negotiations in South Africa aimed at ending the long-running conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
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