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Tigray could face famine without increased access to region, US aid official says

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“somewhere between 950,000 to 1.25 million people are inaccessible to humanitarians.”

“Right now, we’re tracking about 4.5 million people in the Tigray region who are in need of humanitarian assistance, and about 4 million of those people are in need of food assistance,”

“We are seeing increased numbers of people who are internally displaced. Right now about 1.1 million internally displaced people are in the Tigray region. And we’re also seeing a concerning situation when it comes to the health situation, about 15% of hospitals and health centers are fully functioning.”

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Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict: Six Months On and No End in Sight

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A “dirty war” with no fronts that was causing suffering for “defenseless victims”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Congress that “ethnic cleansing” is unfolding in western Tigray, with Amharas driving out Tigrayans 

“Further deterioration is expected as the conflict continues and disrupts the next planting season,” the UN said Tuesday.

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Tigray crisis dents Ethiopia’s emerging image

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Fighting continues in Ethiopia, despite Ethiopia’s premier Abiy Ahmed declaring victory over Tigrayan rebels in November 2020. With elections on the horizon, has the war in Tigray done more damage to Ethiopia’s unity?

“There is a full-scale war going on in Tigray. Sudan also invaded some 40 to 50 km (25 – 31 miles) of our border. There is also the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis with Egypt.”

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US Continues Non-Humanitarian ‘Assistance Pause’ to Pressure Ethiopia to End Tigray Conflict

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“The fighting must come to an end.  There must be humanitarian access, which has been a problem,” the State Department’s acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Robert Godec, told VOA on Monday during a briefing by phone.

“We need the human rights abuses and atrocities to stop.  We need the Eritreans and the Amhara [militia] to leave.  And we need, really, an end to this conflict,”

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Blinken presses Ethiopia on ‘humanitarian disaster’ in Tigray

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pressed Ethiopia to address what he called an impending “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” and the “growing humanitarian disaster” in conflict-torn Tigray, the State Department said.

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U.S. Africa Envoy: Ethiopia Crisis Could Make Syria Look Like ‘Child’s Play’

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Jeffrey Feltman, the new American envoy to the Horn of Africa, faces a cascade of overlapping challenges in the region.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday formally named Feltman to the post, where he will become Washington’s lead troubleshooter for a deadly conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has sparked a massive humanitarian crisis and widespread allegations of war crimes.

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Biden appoints special envoy for Horn of Africa amid conflict in Ethiopia

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Blinken had stated the necessity of appointing a full-time senior official to focus on the region in a hearing with lawmakers last month. 

The Biden administration has condemned reports of atrocities committed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and is engaged in trying to resolve ongoing regional disputes over a massive dam project. 

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reuters: Top U.S. diplomat Blinken demands change in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Eritrean forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region must withdraw, saying the situation is unacceptable and must change.

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CNN: Blinken: Acts of ‘ethnic cleansing’ committed in Western Tigray

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“The challenge in Ethiopia is very significant. And it’s one that we’re very, very focused on, particularly the situation in Tigray where we are seeing very credible reports of human rights abuses and atrocities that are ongoing,”

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msn: Blinken condemns ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday described violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “ethnic cleansing” as he pressed for a prompt investigation, aid and the exit of Eritrean troops.

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