CAIRO – 17 September 2021: The US administration, under President Joe Biden, signed an executive order on Friday that allows further sanctions against parties involved in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. This comes amid reports of atrocities committed by the Ethiopian forces in Tigray and that continue to emerge from the afflicted region. The new executive order, therefore, allows the US administration to take punitive action against the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments as well as the TPLF and the Amhara regional government. This comes in case they continue to pursue military conflict over negotiations, Reuters cited senior US administration officials as saying. The US has earlier called for a negotiated end to the Tigray conflict in many occasions and for aid access to Tigray.
