US restricts visas, aid over conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Ethiopia's Tigray region

Women mourn victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean Soldiers in  Dengolat, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray on February 26, 2021. The US on Sunday announced visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the six-month-old war in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Photo credit: Eduardo Soteras | AFP

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