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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Crisis Needs Urgent Solution – Five Former U.S. Ambassadors Raise Alarm
allAfrica, 24 February 2021
This statement was provided to AllAfrica by five former American ambassadors, all career diplomats, who led U.S. representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years. They call… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region - Secretary Blinken Statement
State Department, 27 February 2021
The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings,… Read more »
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Ethiopia: U.S. Pronouncements On Ethiopia's Internal Affairs Are Regrettable - Govt
ENA, 28 February 2021
The Government of Ethiopia says an attempt by the United States to make pronouncements on its internal affairs and specifically, the reference to the Amhara regional forces… Read more »
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Eritrea: U.S. Says Reports of Eritrean Human Rights Abuses in Tigray Are 'Credible'
State Department, 24 February 2021
Statement of the United States of America as delivered by Daniel Kronenfeld to United Nations Human Rights Council 46th Session: Read more »
Call for Action on Ethiopia by Five Former U.S. Ambassadors
Five former ambassadors who led United States representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years have issued a call for the U.S. to intensify efforts to address Ethiopia's conflicts and end humanitarian suffering in the Tigray region. In an AllAfrica guest column, they cite "numerous, credible reports of human rights abuses" and a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Trigray region. The authors include Tibor Nagy, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, his predecessor in Addis Ababa, David Shinn, along with Aurelia E. Brazeal, Vicki J. Huddleston and Patricia M. Haslach. On Saturday, Secretary of State Tony Blinken called for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops and Amhara militias and for unimpeded humanitarian access to Tigray.
Ethiopian refugees fleeing clashes in the country's northern Tigray region, rest and cook meals near UNHCR's Hamdayet reception centre after crossing into Sudan.
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