US Envoy to Visit Ethiopia to Try to Halt Fighting

US Envoy to Visit Ethiopia to Try to Halt Fighting
United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman speaks during a press conference in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Jan. 10, 2018. Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images
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NAIROBI—U.S. President Joe Biden is sending his special envoy for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia amid international alarm at the escalation of a war that has killed thousands and created a humanitarian crisis in one of the world’s poorest regions.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, announcing the trip by envoy Jeffrey Feltman, urged Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to come to the negotiating table after nine months of conflict.