The United States is sending its envoy (AFP) for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, to Ethiopia to press for an end to conflict that has spread beyond the Tigray region in recent weeks.
U.S. Sends Diplomat to Ethiopia as Conflict Expands
TOPSHOT - Ethiopian refugees gather to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Tigray People's Liberation Front at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on February 19, 2021. - In remote eastern Sudan, refugee activists are keeping the flame burning for the former rebels who dominated Ethiopian politics before being ousted from their regional stronghold of Tigray last year. (Photo by Hussein Ery / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN ERY/AFP via Getty Images)