Waikato Times

Enemy African leaders meet for peace talks

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Ethiopia and Eritrea have agreed to reopen embassies and borders, signalling an end to two decades of conflict between the neighbours, as their leaders met for the first time in nearly 20 years yesterday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has pushed through reforms that surprised the region, was warmly greeted by Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki, as he stepped off his plane in Asmara. The unexpected thaw between adversarie­s deadlocked for two decades has come after Ethiopia agreed to abide by a 2002 United Nations boundary ruling.

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