“The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is among those warning of another massive Ethiopian famine. “We cannot make…
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Tag: Sanctions
US-EU plan meeting to keep spotlight on Ethiopia ahead of G-7 summit: June 11-13
Source: Devex By Vince Chadwick // 03 June 2021 A site for internally displaced persons in Mai Tsebri, home to 8,500…
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U.S. to Freeze Funding for Ethiopia as Tigray Abuses Surface
The U.S. has asked multilateral development banks to suspend funding to Ethiopia as fresh reports of human rights abuses surfaced…
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Monday’s critical hearing will shape American policy towards the Horn – Sanctions against Eritrea need to be on the table
Speaking to the US Senate On Monday the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a closed meeting to hear…
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Is Jeffrey Feltman carrying sanctions in his luggage as he heads for Tigray?
“The US has been mulling imposing sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea if a ceasefire is not enacted in Tigray and…
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EU slaps sanctions on Eritrea over human rights abuses
EU slaps sanctions on Eritrea over human rights abuses Mon, March 22, 2021, 1:21 PM·1 min read (Reuters) – The…
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UN Security Council meets today to discuss urgent humanitarian crises in Yemen and Ethiopia.
“Washington might leverage US aid to incentivise Ethiopia’s government to end the conflict and force Eritrean troops to withdraw…Expect the…
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British government on sanctions over Tigray war say it “will consider the full range of policy tools at our disposal.”
Source: Lord David Alton Government Questioned Today about massacre at Axum in Tigray, and allegations of crimes against humanity. In…
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EU to dispatch humanitarian negotiator to Ethiopia after aid suspension
By Vince Chadwick // 19 January 2021 Source: Devex Pekka Haavisto, Finnish minister for foreign affairs. Photo by: European Union The European…
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Trump contemplates imposing travel sanctions against “Muslim” Eritrea
Source: Politico By NAHAL TOOSI and ANITA KUMAR 01/21/2020 01:58 PM EST President Donald Trump may expand his controversial travel ban with an…
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