Antony Blinken reacts to President Biden’s executive order on Ethiopia

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Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has reacted to President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s executive order authorizing sanctions against warriors in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying that “for too long, the Government of Ethiopia, the Government of Eritrea, the Amhara regional government, and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have failed to stop fighting and invest in diplomacy required to solve the ongoing crisis.”