US ENVOY TO HOLD TALKS WITH ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES OVER ONGOING CIVIL WAR

United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, says it will travel to Ethiopia this week to hold talks with the authorities about the ongoing civil war.

The US State Department said Feltman was to engage with senior officials regarding the prospects for a broader peace.

The rebels have in recent times withdrawn to their stronghold Tigray region in the north of Ethiopia.