Congressional committee calls for sanctions against Ethiopia if Tigray crisis continues
More than 2 million people in need of humanitarian aid, says the UN, while human rights organisations report rapes and killings
Congress increased pressure on the Biden administration over the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia this week, urging it to move more forcefully and impose sanctions on the involved parties, including Addis Ababa.
A letter from Gregory Meeks, Democratic chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, and Republican member Michael McCaul was sent on Tuesday to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen