Since november 2020, the ethiopian government has been forced to defend the country against the tigray people’s liberation front . Tplf fighters instead expanded their fight to neighboring regions of amhara and afar committing atrocities against innocent citizens and destroying property, contributing towards mass displacement and suffering. Usaid’s ethiopia representative sean jones recently accused tplf soldiers of even stealing from aid supplies.

U.S.-ethiopia partnership plays a vital role in the success of u.S. Initiatives in the african region, particularly in the horn of africa. It is aepac’s mission to keep ethiopia as one of the most crucial partners of the united states on the african continent by promoting closer strategic ties between the two countries. Aepac aims to work with democrats and republicans across the united states as well as other elected officials in the spirit of bipartisanship to foster u.S.-ethiopia mutually beneficial relationship, regional development and overall african security.

The conflict has rightly received intense international scrutiny and the result of the election will likely change its future course. I have lived in the united states for 45 years, but I was born and raised in the northern region of ethiopia, now under attack by the tplf. From my youth, I was involved in opposition politics and have always pushed for a fair democratic system in my country of birth. When the tplf took power as part of the ruling eprdf coalition in 1991, I thought positive change was on the way – I was wrong. The lobbying push comes as both congress and the biden administration have continued to press addis ababa to end the fighting in the northern region of tigray. This week the ethiopian government announced a unilateral cease-fire afterrejectingus calls for a truce when biden dispatched his ally sen.Child soldiers Ethiopia Chris coons(d-del.) to the region in march.

The wave of untrue publicity dominating us and international media has without a doubt contributed to undue pressure and the recent sanctions imposed on ethiopia by the us and european governments. To counterthe dangeroustrajectory, the active participation and sustained contribution of thousands of ethiopians around the globe is needed. We, ethiopians and friends of ethiopia, must stand in unison and undertake the task of sustained advocacy, lobby and help public relations efforts through the deployment of professionals in the business. The american ethiopian public affairs committee is dedicated to promote a positive, synergetic relationship between the united states and ethiopia.

Tigray regional president debretsion gebremichael said its forces had foiled a plan by the federal troops to use artillery and arms stationed there to attack the region. The election seems to have gone smoothly with limited reports of security issues, and reports of large turnouts at polling stations right across the country. In total 20 parties had candidates, with encouraging scenes of rallies, street campaigning and tv debates in which opposition parties were allowed to engage for the first time ever.

— mercury, who documents filed with the justice department show was hired by ethiopia's ambassador to the u.S. Fitsum arega at the end of august, is addis ababa’s only remaining representation in washington after the lobbying firm venable let its contract with the ethiopian peace ministry expire at the end of april. The team from mercury also includes avery rose royster, a former aide to sen. Chris murphy (d-conn.), ashley bauman, a dnc alum, and william ogborn, a state department alum. Listed below are partner civic and advocacy organizations from the us, canada, and europe.

We lobby congress and the executive branch of the united states as well as elected officials at state levels. "the mission concludes that, despite some operational, logistical, security, political and covid-19 challenges, overall, the pre-election and election day processes were conducted in an orderly, peaceful and credible manner. In the mission’s opinion, nothing distracted from the credible conduct of the elections ”. U.S. Secretary of state mike pompeo appeared to back abiy in a tweet, which urged immediate action to restore peace and de-escalate the situation, while backing the government account that the tplf was responsible for violence. Countries in the region fear that the crisis could escalate into all-out war under abiy, who won the 2019 nobel peace prize for ending a decades-old conflict with neighbouring eritrea but has failed to prevent outbreaks of ethnic unrest.

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