US urges Ethiopia’s PM to allow ‘immediate’ help to Tigray
Ethiopias Eritreas Deadly Presence
FILE – In this Dec. 13, 2020, file photo, refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region arrive from Village 8, the transit center near the Lugdi border crossing, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan. Huge unknowns persist in the deadly conflict, but details of the involvement of neighboring Eritrea, one of the world’s most secretive countries, are emerging through witness accounts by survivors and others. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a call with Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday expressed “grave concern” about the crisis in the embattled Tigray region and urged “immediate, full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further loss of life,” a U.S. spokesman said.