Diplomacy
Democrats Press Trump Administration to Intervene in Ethiopia as Tigray Tensions Rise
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AI SUMMARY
Senate Democrats are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene as renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region threatens the 2022 peace agreement.
- Senate Democrats led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene in Ethiopia.
- Senators warn that the African Union-brokered peace deal ending the 2020-2022 civil war is unraveling.
- Lawmakers criticized both sides, condemning a suspected military drone strike on a U.S.-funded food aid truck in northwestern Tigray.
- Senators accused Tigrayan forces of undermining the interim government, refusing to disarm, and forcibly conscripting civilians.
- Lawmakers faulted the Trump administration for letting sanctions on regional actors lapse days before hostilities resumed.
- The Tigray People's Liberation Front declared a defensive war last week and pushed into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions.
- The TPLF recently allied with other armed groups aiming to overthrow the federal government.
- The 2020-2022 Tigray war resulted in over 100,000 deaths and contributed to regional famine.
- The Trump administration imposed sanctions on unnamed TPLF officials in June but allowed broader Ethiopia sanctions to expire this month.
- The State Department condemned the aid convoy strike without identifying the perpetrator.
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