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Tigray peace talks to be held after WHO warns of genocide risk

Ethnic killings in western Tigray are happening against the backdrop of a conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Above, a damaged tank near the town of Humera on March 3, 2021. © REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Ethiopian has announced that peace talks on the two-year war in Tigray are to start in South Africa next week. The news comes a day after the WHO warned that urgent "action" was needed to prevent "genocide" in the region.

International calls for a halt to escalating violence in northern Ethiopia have been mounting since a failed bid by the African Union earlier this month to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table.

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