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African leaders at a summit today have approved that trading should start on 1 January next year as scheduled on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and requested African financial institutions to provide technical and financial support for its implementation.

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed today indicated his government’s readiness to repatriate Ethiopians who migrated to neighboring Sudan after it has launched restoring rule of law military operation against the armed group labeled, Tigray peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), which admitted attacking the northern command of Ethiopian army in Tigray Region a few weeks ago.

Before the Ethiopian army moves into Mekele City, the capital of Tigray Region within less than 60 hours, an Ethiopian official advised the inhabitants of the city to follow suit of other towns of Tigray fully liberated from TPLF in the last few days.

As the National Defense Force of Ethiopia is encircling Mekele city, the capital of Tigray Region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives another 72 hours for the leaders of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) to surrender.

Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, who was in a two – day’s state visit in South Africa invited South African businesses to invest in his planned privatization of state enterprises.

The governments of Ethiopia and South Africa form joint committee to address the concerns of Ethiopians living in South Africa, who frequently have been subject to xenophobia attacks.