Niger conference displays solidarity with Sahel states
Delegates completed a conference in Niamey this week, intended to show solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS). The
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Sudan on Tuesday in latest bid by the international community to persuade army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan to return to negotiations to end the country’s civil war. The Ethiopian leader’s visit came a day after Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed bin Abdulkarim El-Khereiji invited Gen Al Burhan to return to peace negotiations sponsored by Saudi Arabia and the US and held in Jeddah.
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