The Ethiopian prime minister's national security adviser, Redwan Hussien The African Union has announced a new date for peace talks between Ethiopia’s warring factions that will be held in South Africa.
Mr. Hussien says the talks with the Tigray People's Liberation Front will now be held on 24 October and confirmed the government's participation.
The TPLF has not commented on the new date but had previously welcomed peace talks with the government.
Fighting continues in the two-year-long civil war with government soldiers this week seizing three towns in the northern Tigray region from the rebels