African leaders tried Monday to kickstart talks in Ethiopia’s escalating internal conflict, two days after rocket strikes on Eritrea’s capital highlighted the risk that the fighting could spread. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held talks with Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen, while former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo headed to Addis Ababa to make his bid … Continue reading African leaders mount effort to mediate Ethiopia conflict