Ethiopia's PM Abiy holds talks with members of the Sudan's opposition alliance

Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed met and held talks on Friday with members of the Sudan's opposition Forces for Freedom and Change, his office said in a tweet.

"He expressed Ethiopia's commitment to fostering peace in the region and underlined that a prerequisite for restoring peace in Sudan is unity," Abiy's office said.

Earlier on Friday, Abiy's office said he met the chief of Sudan's ruling military council in a bid to ease the political crisis that has followed the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April.