in the african arena, the issue was presented as a secessionist movement to the organization of african unity [hereafter oau], whose principle was against secession) it argued that it was an internal ethiopian matter and against the oau principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of other states
እት ናይ አፍሪቀ መናሰባት ወሳሐትመ እግል መስአለት ሐቅ እርትርየ ክምሰል ናይ መትገምዖት ( መትገምዖት እብ አሳስ ቀራር ቃኑን ውሕደት አፍሪቀ ምኖዕ ዐለ ) እንዴ አተምሰለ ቀድየት እርትርየ ክምሰል ቀድየት ከርስ አቶብየ እግል ትትፈህም ወትትሐሰብ መገተ