Ahmed, who is on an official visit,  was a guest at the ANC birthday celebrations in Kimberley yesterday.

In less than a month, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed will play host to President Cyril Ramaphosa and his continental counterparts at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

Ramaphosa will assume the chair of the  57-nation grouping at that gathering.

So today’s talks in Pretoria will range far wider than bilateral issues.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister will brief the South African President on continental issues  including the Grand Renaissance Dam being built across the Blue Nile to the concern of Sudan and Egypt downstream.

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