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Ethiopia calls for international mediation with Eritrea over sea access

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks on during the 60th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on May 25, 2023. [AFP]

Ethiopia's leader called Tuesday for international "mediation" with Eritrea over access to the sea, insisting on an "irreversible" claim to the coastline as tensions rise between the Horn of Africa neighbours.

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