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African Union and U.S. Diplomats Express Concern Over Conflict in Northern Ethiopia
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AI SUMMARY
African Union and U.S. officials have expressed deep concern over escalating conflict and military activities in northern Ethiopia, urging an immediate halt to hostilities and a return to political dialogue.
- African Union Commission Chairperson Mahamoud Youssouf expressed deep concern over escalating conflict in southern Tigray and the Afar region.
- Tigrayan forces seized the airports in Mekelle, Axum, and Shire, detained federal employees, and suspended civilian flights in the region.
- Youssouf urged an immediate cessation of actions that increase tensions and called on neighboring countries to refrain from worsening the situation.
- U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Massinga expressed disappointment over the TPLF leadership's decision to launch a large-scale offensive.
- Massinga stated that rejecting the African Union's mediation efforts and engaging in an unwinnable war serves no public purpose.
- The United States maintains the option to impose sanctions on leaders pushing Ethiopia toward a downward spiral while emphasizing political dialogue as the proper path.
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