Ethiopia accuses US of meddling after sanctions over Tigray

Ethiopia’s government protests Washington’s restrictions imposed over alleged human rights abuses in the Tigray region.

Ethiopia has accused the United States of meddling in its affairs after Washington announced restrictions on economic and security assistance over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the northern Tigray region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday the restrictions were meant to push the parties involved to settle the conflict that erupted in November last year. Washington also announced visa restrictions for people undermining efforts to resolve the fighting which has seen thousands killed in the conflict that pitted Tigray’s former governing party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), against the Ethiopian federal government and allied forces from neighbouring Eritrea.