US Picking Ethiopia’s Side In Renewed Civil War Against Tigray
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots The Trump administration has abandoned the even-handed approach that let it broker an end to Ethiopia’s last war, a former State Department official argues. With Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia reportedly backing a seven-group alliance fighting to topple Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s conflict risks merging with Sudan’s war and endangering US priorities, from counterterrorism to Red Sea security, writes Cameron Hudson, who was a former US National Security Council member for Africa in the George W. Bush White House. Yet Washington has sanctioned Tigrayan officials, blamed the TPLF for the offensive, and urged restraint only on Ethiopia and Eritrea while ignoring the internal fighting. Last week it also touted a $5 billion Boeing deal with Ethiopian Airlines, a sign that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s commercial diplomacy outranks peacemaking. That’s shortsighted, Hudson argues: Ethiopia’s double-digit growth and infrastructure ambitions won’t survive a region-wide war, and only Washington has the political leverage to prevent one.
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By Semafor Africa
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
The Trump administration has abandoned the even-handed approach that let it broker an end to Ethiopia’s last war, a former State Department official argues.
With Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia reportedly backing a seven-group alliance fighting to topple Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s conflict risks merging with Sudan’s war and endangering US priorities, from counterterrorism to Red Sea security, writes Cameron Hudson, who was a former US National Security Council member for Africa in the George W. Bush White House.
Yet Washington has sanctioned Tigrayan officials, blamed the TPLF for the offensive, and urged restraint only on Ethiopia and Eritrea while ignoring the internal fighting.
Last week it also touted a $5 billion Boeing deal with Ethiopian Airlines, a sign that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s commercial diplomacy outranks peacemaking. That’s shortsighted, Hudson argues: Ethiopia’s double-digit growth and infrastructure ambitions won’t survive a region-wide war, and only Washington has the political leverage to prevent one.
