Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday jetted to Ethiopia to mediate in the conflict between the government and the northern Tigray region, his spokesman said. “He is on his way to Addis Ababa for talks,” Kehinde Akinyemi told AFP on the visit of the former Nigerian leader to the Ethiopian capital. “He is going there for mediation,” Akinyemi said, without giving further details. Both the Ethiopian government and the African Union said they had no information on any visit by Obasanjo, who has previously acted as a United Nations…
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