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IGAD summit: Abiy issues flat refusal to African Union

Published on 22.12.2020 at 06:00 GMT

It was without much enthusiasm that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali headed to Djibouti on Sunday to attend an IGAD summit.

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IGAD summit: Abiy issues flat refusal to African Union

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Ethiopia IGAD summit: Abiy issues flat refusal to African Union

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Ethiopia
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Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

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