WASHINGTON – The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying it is time for the international community to take action in a conflict that has sparked allegations of ethnic cleansing and fears of famine.
Thousands of people are estimated to have died in the six months the conflict between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front has raged in the northern regional state.
Atrocities including rape, extrajudicial killings and forced evictions have been part of the violence, local authorities and aid groups have alleged. “Despite significant diplomatic engagement, the parties to the conflict in Tigray have taken no meaningful steps to