Rebel forces from Ethiopia's conflict hit Tigray region have accused the African Union of bias, days after the bloc appointed the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a mediator.
A spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Getachew Reda, accused the AU of siding with the Ethiopian government and barely acknowledging the existence of the ten month long conflict.
On social media he said the TPLF was not against the appointment of a mediator but said it would be naive to expect the mission to work.
The Ethiopian government has repeatedly said it would not be willing to hold talks with the TPLF which it has described as a terrorist organisation.
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed as the Africa Union's envoy to the Horn of Africa.
It comes amid political and security crises in the region, in particular in Ethiopia where a civil war has been raging in the northern region of Tigray since November.
Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the AU Commission, said the former Nigerian leader would "intensify engagements with all relevant political actors and stakeholders in the region towards entrenching durable peace and stability within the Horn of Africa".
Mr Obasanjo is due to arrive in the region in the coming weeks and the AU, which is headquartered in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, has asked all sides to support him.
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