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NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
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IN BRIEF
by Apoorva Sudhakar
Ethiopia: Ruling party urges AU to oversee peaceful resolution
On 27 June, the ruling party called on the African Union to facilitate a peace process between the federal government and rebel forces from Tigray. The development comes weeks after prime minister Abiy Ahmed announced the formation of a committee to learn how the government should negotiate with the rebel forces. The committee’s report paved the way for the Prosperity Party to call on the AU to monitor a peaceful resolution. (“African Union should lead Tigray peace talks, Ethiopia's ruling party says,” Reuters, 28 June 2022)