Ethiopia premier calls on Yemenis to embrace dialogue

By Addis Getachew</p> <p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday called on Yemenis to embrace dialogue for restoration of peace in their country.</p> <p> “You should agree and disagree without bloodshed and wars as the people of one home,” Ahmed said in a statement.</p> <p>“Plan your growth and progress, and keep up with the civilization that you were once at the forefront of,” he added.</p> <p>The Ethiopian prime minister said war cannot bring anything positive to the Yemeni people but only brings destruction.</p> <p>Yemen has been wracked by violence since 2014, when the Houthi rebel group overran much of the country and the crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains. </p> <p>Tens of thousands of people, including civilians, are believed to have been killed and the UN estimates that around 14 million Yemenis are at risk of famine.