Ethiopia rules out conflict with Eritrea over Red Sea access
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed vows peaceful approach via dialogue amid recent fears about possible war between the neighbours.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed vows peaceful approach via dialogue amid recent fears about possible war between the neighbours.
Tigray residents say Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region are yet to leave, despite a truce.
Catholic Relief Services workers were killed amid unrest due to government decision to disband regional security forces.
The move comes a day after Ethiopia’s parliament voted to remove the TPLF from a list of ‘terrorist’ organisations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity.
Blinken’s trip is latest in a series of visits to Africa by senior US officials amid competition from China and Russia.
Abiy Ahmed holds first face-to-face talks with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed in November.
Ethiopia has a managed exchange rate for the birr, whose official value to the dollar is half the black market rate.
The disarmament is a key part of the peace deal signed two months ago between the government and the rebel group.
Withdrawal reported as federal and Tigray regional governments finalise a plan on how to disarm the rebels.
Under the implementation deal, humanitarian aid is to be allowed into Tigray, where rebels are expected to be disarmed.