US extends sanctions against officials involved in Ethiopia's Tigray conflictAn unidentified armed militia fighter walks down a path as villagers flee with their belongings in the other direction, near the village of Chenna Teklehaymanot, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia on Sept. 9, 2021. | AP PhotoWASHINGTON - The United States has extended sanctions against top Ethiopian officials directly involved in the Tigray massacre, arguing that the ongoing conflict threatens the interests of Washington besides making national security a major threat. The Ethiopian troops with the assistance of those from Tigray are said to have elicited the fresh hostilities. Last year, the government of Joe Biden signed an executive which gives the US a permit to slap sanctions against those linked with the ongoing war in the northern Tigray region. Already, the TPLF has stormed the Amhara region, just after it was established that the regional militia was fighting along with the Ethiopian army.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2022 21:01 UTC