Conflict in Tigray: AU calls on Ethiopia to leave free access to humanitarian workers
A destroyed vehicle at the side of a road, in the Tigray region.
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Tigray has been at war for ten months, and now affected by famine.
The continental organization recently appointed Olusegun Obasanjo as its new representative for the Horn of Africa.
The former Nigerian president is in charge of the Tigrayan dossier.
The African Union calls on the TPLF rebels and the government of Abiy Ahmed to end hostilities to manage the humanitarian crisis.
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With our correspondent in Addis Ababa,
Noé Hochet-Bodin
For the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye, Olusegun Obasanjo's first task will be to silence the guns in northern Ethiopia and bring the two sides together.
They must agree immediately on a permanent and inclusive ceasefire in Tigray. Civil wars are the most painful, because it is brothers, sisters, cousins and friends who kill each other.
This is the first time that the organization has spoken of civil war in Ethiopia.
The AU representative for the Horn of Africa will also work on the establishment of a secure humanitarian corridor.
We recognize the efforts of the Ethiopian government but we ask for more, to ensure that Ethiopians do not starve.
Women and children must not pay the price for conflict for which they are not responsible.
Bankole Adeoye takes the opportunity to support Kenya's position at the UN forum, which called on Ethiopia to remove the TPLF from the list of terrorist organizations, in order to be able to conclude negotiations.
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