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| Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict |
| 2021-01-29 |
| [Free Beacon] Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the State Department Thursday to demand the Biden administration take immediate action in Ethiopia to combat a humanitarian crisis that has left thousands dead. The protesters called on newly confirmed secretary of state Antony Blinken to prioritize the deteriorating situation in Ethiopia where troops from the federal government—as well as troops from neighboring Eritrea and Somalia—have cracked down on the Tigray region. Protesters said immediate aid is necessary to prevent millions of Tigray residents from starving to death, presenting the days-old Biden administration with its first international crisis. Attendee Makea Araya said the crisis has placed millions in danger and displaced millions more. "We need international actors, we need the Biden administration to take action and allow humanitarian access into the region," Araya said. The conflict puts millions of lives at stake and threatens the religious and cultural heritage of the world's largest religions. Tensions between Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia, and the federal government came to a head when Tigray's leading political party refused to join the Ethiopian government's new coalition in 2019. In early November, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into the region, sparking violent clashes with the region's militia force. While the crisis has been raging for months, limited information has emerged about its true scale since communications have been cut off in the region and foreign media and human-rights watchdogs have not been able to access the region. Reports of the massacre of religious worshipers in a famous Oriental Orthodox church and violence across the region are mounting, however. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Is he serious pressured by "hundreds of protesters"? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-01-29 23:00 |
| #13 What #11 said. |
| Posted by: Albemarle Gurly-Brown8146 2021-01-29 18:38 |
| #12 #6 - Djibouti, IIRC, TW |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-01-29 16:41 |
| #11 The Big Guy gets 10%. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-01-29 16:27 |
| #10 "Protesters said immediate aid is necessary to prevent millions of Tigray residents from starving to death," Far more important that aiding the people who will go hungry because of Biden's job cuts. /sarc |
| Posted by: Thineth Schwarzeneggar1403 2021-01-29 15:59 |
| #9 not a damn thing Tom, of besides your weapons makers stocks going up. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-01-29 15:49 |
| #8 /\ Chinese made robotic camel crops ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-01-29 15:45 |
| #7 And the United States' interest here is...? |
| Posted by: Tom 2021-01-29 15:40 |
| #6 At least it isn’t Somalia or Eritrea. Only a third of Ethiopians are Muslim. Don’t we already have a base there to keep an eye on Somalia? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-29 12:13 |
| #5 So who is the booster who wants to open the Opal mine? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-01-29 11:32 |
| #4 So what will be the criteria for success? What will be the exit plan?? Here we go again... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-01-29 11:12 |
| #3 A typical Afrikan conflict. Some are advancing, some are retreating. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-01-29 11:02 |
| #2 She said religious and cultural history is also in danger of being destroyed in the conflict. What makes her think the Biden administration gives a damn about cultural and religious history. She must not have watched BLM and Antifa trashing monuments and attempts to burn historical churches in the U.S. during the past year with not a peep from the Dems. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-01-29 10:54 |
| #1 Ooh! Ooh! A new war! You go, Joe! How long have they been fighting in Ethiopia? Like, since Haile Selassie quit (1974)? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-01-29 08:52 |