Ethiopiawasembroiled in theTigerWarfor almost ten months andrefusedto negotiate a ceasefire.Fortheir part,Western partners wanttostart talksbetweenrebelsin Tigrayanand Addis Ababa, while the conflicthasnow spread to two neighboring provinces.
So far, onefailure.Andthe visit of the US special envoy to the Ethiopian capitalisunlikelyto change the situation.
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A weekafter his arrival, Jeffrey Feltman almostleftempty-handed. TwiceForeign Ministerof Ethiopia. Accordingto a diplomatic source, he finallygotan interview with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
However,neither the Ethiopiannor the Washington governmenthas confirmedthis. JeffreyFeltman tried to negotiate a ceasefire betweenAddisAbaba and thePFLPrebels.Theconditionshave cooleddown. Amistake that was predictablegiventherelationshipbetween the two former allies.
Reports have cooledespecially sinceMay last year and the imposition of US sanctions on Addis Ababa.Sincethen,numerousprotests have taken place in the Ethiopian capitalagainstwhat the government calls US interference in the country’sinternal affairs.
