ADDIS ABABA ( HALBEEG NEWS) – The African Union has dismissed its security head, an Ethiopian national following request from the government.
The Ethiopian government accused Gebreegziabher Mebratu Melese for disloyalty to the country in a memo dated last week.
The African Union chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, ordered the dismissal of the senior Ethiopian official serving at the block.
African Union official confirmed the authenticity of the two letters from Addis Ababa to the international news agencies such as Reuters.
The move comes after senior military officials from Tigray serving in the army were relieved of their duties for similar accusations.
Hundreds of people killed and thousands displaced as refugees to neighboring Ethiopia as air strikes and ground combat between Ethiopian troops and local forces in the Tigray escalates.
The international community has urged the Ethiopian government and Tigray administration to seek dialogue to end the conflict that is escalating.
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