WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman said on Tuesday that “massive progress” toward getting all parties to Ethiopia’s conflict into negotiations on a ceasefire is at risk of being outpaced by an “alarming” military escalation. Article content“There is some massive progress in trying to get the parties to move from a military confrontation to a negotiating process. But what concerns us is this fragile progress risks being outpaced by the alarming developments on the ground that threaten Ethiopia’s overall stability and unity,” Feltman said. War broke out in November 2020 between Ethiopian federal troops and forces loyal to the TPLF, the ruling party of Tigray. Thousands have been killed in the conflict, which has since spread into two neighboring regions in northern Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News November 23, 2021 21:47 UTC