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Washington (AFP) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Eritrea's army chief over human rights abuses in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region. The move by the US Treasury Department against General Filipos Woldeyohannes, chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), comes amid reports Eritrea has deployed reinforcements to parts of Tigray as fighting escalates. Forces under Filipos' command are responsible for "massacres, looting, and sexual assaults," the Treasury Department said in a statement. "EDF troops have raped, tortured, and executed civilians; they have also destr...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on a senior Eritrean military leader for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" during the conflict in Tigray. The US Treasury Department said forces under the command of General Filipos Woldeyohannes, chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), are responsible for "massacres, looting, and sexual assaults." "EDF troops have raped, tortured, and executed civilians; they have also destroyed property and ransacked businesses," the department said in a statement. "The EDF have purposely shot civilians in the street and car...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden condemned the six-month conflict in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region Wednesday, calling for a ceasefire and declaring that human rights abuses "must end." "I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic divisions in multiple parts of Ethiopia," Biden said in a White House statement. "The large-scale human rights abuses taking place in Tigray, including widespread sexual violence, are unacceptable and must end." Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially sent troops into Tigray in November after accusing th...
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Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pressed Ethiopia to address what he called an impending humanitarian "disaster" in Tigray, including rising fears of famine. In a phone call with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Blinken voiced "grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country," a State Department statement said. Blinken pressed for troops from neighboring Eritrea -- which first acknowledged a presence in Tigray earlier this month and promised a withdrawal -- to pull out "immediately, in full and in a verifiable manner." Forces...
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Addis Ababa (AFP) - The G7 group of leading nations on Friday called for the "swift" withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's conflict-hit northern Tigray region, as the International Crisis Group (ICG) warned of a prolonged stalemate. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced last week that Eritrean forces would leave the region, just three days after finally acknowledging their presence amid mounting reports of massacres and widespread sexual violence. "We welcome the recent announcement from (Ethiopian) Prime Minister Abiy that Eritrean forces will withdraw from Tigray," the G7 ...
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