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Ethiopia PM in Sudan to broker talks between generals, protesters
KHARTOUM, June 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
arrived in the Sudanese capital Friday to broker talks between the ruling
generals and protest leaders after a deadly crackdown by security forces this
week.
Abiy arrived at Khartoum international airport and headed for a series of
meetings with the ruling generals, an AFP correspondent reported from the
airport.
The Ethiopian premier was scheduled to meet protest leaders later.
“We have received an invitation from the Ethiopian embassy to meet the
Ethiopian prime minister at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) and we will go,” prominent
protest leader Omar al-Digeir told AFP.
On Monday, Sudanese security forces launched a deadly crackdown on a
weeks-long sit-in outside army headquarters in which more than 100 people
were killed, according to the protest movement.
Officials have put the death toll at 61 nationwide.
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