Ethiopia’s Tigray region appoints new interim leader – Tigrai TV  – Reuters 06:49

March 18, 20236:43 AM EDT

By Dawit Endeshaw

African Union envoy holds a news conference on Ethiopia peace talks
Tigray delegate Getachew Reda attends the AU-led negotiations to resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia, in Pretoria, South Africa, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (Reuters) – The dominant party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the region, party-run media reported on Saturday.

Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Aaron Ross and Hugh Lawson

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