Ethiopia peace talks delayed for logistical reasons.
the AU's invitation to talks in South Africa, which would be the first formal negotiations between the two sides since war broke out in November 2020.
The diplomatic sources, who asked not to be named, said the postponement of this weekend's talks was related to organising logistics and that a new date had not yet been scheduled. Ethiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu and Ebba Kalondo, an AU spokesperson, did not immediately respond to requests for comment about this.Some activists from Amhara, a region bordering Tigray that has fought alongside the federal government in the war, oppose the talks.
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