Ethiopian popular singer, Tariku Gankisi, called for talks to end the war in the north Ethiopia.
Tariku, who is known for hit song, Dishta Gina, made the remark during pro-millitary rally held on Sunday November 07, 2021.
""Let no youth go to the front lines to fight, let the elders go holding the fresh grass and ask for reconciliation," the popular musician told the crowd, before his microphone was switched off, it was unclear by whom.
Earlier this week, Ethiopia's government declared state of emergency, banning citizens from making any statement that is against national interest, and prohibited making any kind of support for the Tigray People Liberation Front, which it labelled as terrorist.
On Sunday, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths and the AU's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, landed in Mekelle, one humanitarian source in Ethiopia and one person familiar with the matter told Reuters.