On Thursday after Tigrayan forces from the country’s north made advances towards the capital this week, African and Western nations have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia
The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffery Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt on military operations and a starts to ceasefire talks.
The European Union and the East African bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), joined the chorus of bodies calling for a ceasefire.
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, also urged the rival parties to lay down their arms and find a path to peace
The U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said he had spoken to the Ethiopian Prime Minister on Wednesday and offered to help create the conditions for a dialogue.