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Democrats urge Trump administration to intervene as Ethiopia's Tigray war reignites

Senate Democrats warn that the 2020-2022 peace deal is unraveling as fighting resumes in the region.

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  • Senate Democrats are pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene as renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region threatens to reignite the devastating 2020-2022 civil war that killed over 100,000 people.
  • Democrats fault the Trump administration for allowing the broader Ethiopia sanctions program to expire this month, days before hostilities resumed, though the administration had imposed targeted sanctions on TPLF officials in June.
  • The senators criticize both sides: the Ethiopian military for a suspected drone strike on a US-funded food aid convoy, and Tigrayan forces for refusing to disarm, forcibly conscripting civilians, and allying with other armed groups to overthrow the federal government.

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Democrats urge Trump administration to intervene as Ethiopia's Tigray war reignites
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    Senate Democrats press Rubio to intervene in renewed Tigray fighting

    Senate Democrats led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, including all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Africa panel, issue a statement pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene. They warn the peace deal is unraveling, criticize both sides of the conflict, condemn a suspected Ethiopian military drone strike on a US-funded food aid truck, accuse Tigrayan forces of undermining the interim government and forcibly conscripting civilians, and fault the Trump administration for letting sanctions lapse.

    “The African Union-brokered deal ending that war, an agreement Washington backed, is 'unraveling.'”
    — Senate Democrats led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
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  2. background

    Tigray People's Liberation Front declares defensive war — The TPLF declares a defensive war before its forces seize key locations and push into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions.

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    TPLF allies with other armed groups against federal government — Just days before declaring defensive war, the TPLF publicly allies with other Ethiopian armed groups aiming to overthrow the federal government.

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    Ethiopia sanctions executive order expires — The 2021 executive order behind the broader Ethiopia sanctions program is allowed to lapse this month, days before hostilities resume.

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    Trump administration imposes sanctions on TPLF officials — The administration sanctions unnamed TPLF officials it says are undermining peace.

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    African Union brokered ceasefire ends Tigray war — The African Union brokers a peace deal that ends the 2020-2022 Tigray war, with Washington backing the agreement.

  7. background

    Tigray civil war begins — Fighting erupts in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The conflict lasts until 2022 and kills over 100,000 people while contributing to famine.