Diplomats invoke Mandela for talks on Ethiopia conflict
Parties are scheduled to meet in SA within the next week in a bid to end the war in northern Tigray region that has affected millions of people
18 October 2022 - 18:28
Addis Ababa — South African officials involved in hosting AU-led talks to resolve the conflict in Ethiopia, tentatively scheduled to start within the next week, have called on the parties involved to espouse Nelson Mandela’s spirit of reconciliation.
Xolisa Makhaya, SA’s ambassador to the AU, said Mandela had characterised Ethiopia as “the best place of African nationalism”, but the country was going through “a difficult time in history” due to the conflict in its northern Tigray region...
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