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.
![In this Friday, May 7, 2021 file photo, fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a street in the town of Hawzen, then-controlled by the group, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia [Ben Curtis, AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21223403299422.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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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.
