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By Daphne Psaledakis4 Min ReadWASHINGTON( Reuters)-The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on an Eritrean official it accused of being engaged in serious human rights abuse in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as Washington warned it would continue to target those involved in prolonging the conflict. Slideshow( 2 images) The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Filipos Woldeyohannes, the chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces( EDF).... The Treasury sa

But he warned that liberating Tigray is not just about territory “ if there is still a menace next door, ” whether it be in Eritrea, “ extremists ” from the neighboring Amhara region or Ethiopian forces.... THE ORIGINAL STORY IS BELOW. Soldiers from Eritrea withdrew from three key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Tuesday, a day after Tigray fighters took control of the regional capital from retreating Ethiopian forces and Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral cease-fire.... It doesn’

Eduardo Soteras/ AFP via Getty Images A damaged tank stands abandoned on a road near Humera, Ethiopia, Nov.... Sumy Sadruni/ AFP via Getty Images, FILE Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends a welcome ceremony for his two-day state visit at State House in Entebbe, Uganda on June 8, 2018.... Nariman El-mofty/ AP Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Suda

He also said government-allied Eritrean troops had not withdrawn from the region as an Ethiopian official had claimed. Abiy's government has been battling the TPLF since late last year, when it accused the then-governing party of Tigray of attacking military bases across the region.... A centre for known and unknown resources.... " If they try to provoke, our response will be huge and it will be more than the previous one." U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he hoped a poli