Jeffrey Feltman, a senior US diplomat named to a new role reducing conflict on the Horn of Africa, visits Libya in 2018 as the UN undersecretary-general for political affairs AFP/MAHMUD TURKIAWASHINGTON: The United States on Friday tasked a senior diplomat with reducing tensions surrounding Ethiopia's Tigray region as fears rise that the conflict will spread.
He will also take up disputes over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a massive project that Egypt and Sudan fear will deprive them of vital water resources. The announcement comes a day after the UN Security Council voiced alarm over Tigray, where the UN aid chief says that people have started to die of hunger and sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war.Blinken has previously spoken of"ethnic cleansing" in the region by troops of neighboring Eritrea, which has since announced a pullout.
jeganu2 You can’t kill, rape, loot and destroy civilian livelihood every day with impunity. There is such thing called accountability. It’s about time the United States shows leadership in holding AbiyAhmedAli & Issaias Afeworki of Eritrea accountable for TigrayGenocide. Ethiopia
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