TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael says that African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo is too close to the federal government and that Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta should mediate the talks which they add should be held in Kenya...
It has confined its efforts to appointing Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo as Special Envoy...
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This can be traced back to the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo (in military uniform) in the late 1970s...
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Vol 63 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Prospects for some movement in AU envoy Olusegun Obasanjo's attempts to mediate between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have improved according to the latest statements from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the TPLF's Debretsion Gebremichael...
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Gen Olusegun Obasanjo's military regime in the 1970s introduced fuel subsidies as global oil prices rose...
Blinken has endorsed the African Union's efforts and the role of Olusegun Obasanjo the AU Special Envoy...
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So far neither Kenyatta nor African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo have had much success in nudging Abiy and the Tigrayans into talks...
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For now the onus is on a few individuals such as Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo who as the AU's Special Envoy was cleared by Addis to fly to the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle to meet TPLF President Debretsion Gebremichael on 7 November...
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These regional factors overlaying the national dynamics complicate the work of two of the putative mediators: Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo who represents the African Union; and the United States special envoy to the Horn Jeffrey Feltman (AC Dispatches 7/09/21 Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo takes on mediating role in war as brickbats fly on both sides)...
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There are reports that Abiy told Kiir that he agreed to the suggestion during Kiir's visit to Addis Ababa but this looks doubtful in view of the constraints Addis is imposing on Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo's better-known African Union-backed mediation mission (AC Vol 62 No 18 Lies damned lies and statistics)...