Ethiopia conflict: Joe Biden signs order authorising sanctions
Rebels who are pro-TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front), arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on June 29, 2021.
Biden, whose administration had warned of sanctions before, says the new decision is supposed to unlock humanitarian corridors, which have been blocked or impeded.
US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order that authorises a wide range of sanctions on those responsible for the Ethiopia conflict, if they refuse to choose ceasefire and dialogue.
In the first ever step to punish warmongers in Ethiopia since the conflict began, Biden’s order, which will be implemented if parties don’t sue for peace, said all parties to the conflict will be sanctioned if they violate the peace call.
