In Ethiopia's affairs, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects any international "interference." He is the winner of last year's Nobel Prize, late Sunday gave hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender.

The Tigray People's Liberation Front gave almost 72 hours to surrender and an ultimatum was rebuffed by the leader of the dissident northern region. The UN Security Council held its first meeting after the clock ticked down the 72 hours on the three-week-old crisis. Ethiopian forces say they are encircling the city with tanks and have requested its half-million residents to leave. Also, the groups for rights have warned that attacking the city could constitute a war crime. The UN, US, EU, and others have advised restraint and called for an immediate halt to hostilities. The PM has held calls for mediation and insists on the "law enforcement operation" against the TPLF.

The African Union headquarter has dispatched three former African presidents as special envoys to try and broker talks. A spokesperson for an Ethiopian committee said the government would meet the envoys "as a matter of respect." The newly-appointed national security advisor Jake Sullivan to US President-elect Joe Biden, on Wednesday, urged Ethiopia's warring parties to immediately begin dialogue through AU mediators.

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