U.S. Special envoy for Horn of Africa David Satterfield travels to Addis Ababa as UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed says she was left near tears during visit to Ethiopia Satterfield's visit comes only days after the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed returned from Ethiopia. A Biden administration official told Today News Africa in Washington D.C. that Satterfield is making the trip to “support peaceful efforts to resolve the conflict in Ethiopia.”Satterfield’s visit comes only days after the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed returned from Ethiopia. She is the highest-ranking UN official to visit Ethiopia, including the regions of Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Somali, since the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali launched an offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on November 4, 2020. The General Assembly holds a Special Session in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have accused all sides of widespread abuses and sexual violence.

Source: Ethiopian News February 13, 2022 22:10 UTC