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The Biden administration has quietly informed Congress that as far as it is concerned, Ethiopia is no longer engaging in a “pattern of gross violations of human rights,” lifting a legal designation that will pave the way to resume the dispatch of U.S. and international economic aid to the East African country, according to an internal U.S. Treasury Department notification and officials familiar with the matter.

The move comes as Washington looks to revamp its relationship with Ethiopia, one of the largest economies in East Africa, after the country emerged last year from a brutal civil war that is considered to be the bloodiest conflict of the 21st century.

The decision appears to contradict reports of continued human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing campaigns in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, potentially undermining the Biden administration’s pledge to elevate human rights to the top of its foreign-policy agenda.

DefendTheTruth wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 13:28

This must be on a dead body of Dr. Yonas Birru, the man who was busy preparing and distributing (also advertising his effort in this regard) a template to lobby US law-makers and ask them to punish Ethiopia.

Revelations wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 14:07

DefendTheTruth wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 13:28

This must be on a dead body of Dr. Yonas Birru, the man who was busy preparing and distributing (also advertising his effort in this regard) a template to lobby US law-makers and ask them to punish Ethiopia.

One - Yonas Bittu is not TPLF.
Two- TPLF got all the money from the west while in power and still got unseated. So don't get comfortable just yet. They will change positions as needed.