US aid chief travel to Ethiopia amid escalating conflict
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Power is due to meet Ethiopia's national security adviser and hopes to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a senior USAID official said. Washington hopes she will secure unhindered humanitarian access to Tigray.
"There will be I think continued punitive measures as long as we are unable to access those populations," the official said.
Power will also travel to Sudan on her trip starting Saturday as Western powers seek to support the civilian-backed transitional government after decades of authoritarian rule, USAID said.
Fighting in Tigray which has lasted for over eight months now has spread to involve other regional states such as Afar, Amhara, Somali and Oromo.
Ethiopian troops withdrew from most of Tigray in late June when the TPLF retook Mekelle. The central government declared a unilateral ceasefire on what it said were humanitarian grounds.
Thousands of people have died in the fighting, around 2 million people have been displaced and more than 5 million rely on emergency food aid.
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US aid chief travel to Ethiopia amid escalating conflict
USAID Administrator Samantha Power will this week hold talks with Ethiopian government on the conflict in Tigray region where hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be experiencing famine.