Renson Mwakandana
According to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, “peace will triumph” and the violence in the northern Tigray area “shall stop.” He said this on Thursday during the opening of a talent development center in the regional state of Oromia.
“The situation in northern Ethiopia will come to an end, peace will prevail. We will not continue fighting forever. I believe that in a short period of time, we will stand with our Tigrayan brothers for peace and development,” The Prime Minster remarked.
He said that to avoid being split along ethnic and religious lines and to work together for Ethiopia’s success
The Ethiopian government agreed on Thursday to the African Union’s offer to take part in peace negotiations to be held on October 24 in South Africa to put an end to the conflict that has resulted in millions of people being displaced and undefined numbers of deaths.
It happened on the same day that rebels in Tigray accused Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers of murdering seven young people in a town that the federal army had just taken control of on Tuesday.