The devastating war in Ethiopia that has led to mass starvation of Tigrayan people – blunt perspective by U.S. special envoy Jeffrey Feltman

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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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The devastating war in northern Ethiopia between federal government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters is only getting worse, Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, told an audience on Tuesday in remarks he made at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C.