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U.S. Sanctions Eritrean Military Leader Over Human Rights Abuses In Ethiopia War

Thousands of people have been killed in the 9-month-old civil war in Ethiopia. The U.S. accused an Eritrean leader of overseeing massacres, widespread sexual assault, and the executions of boys.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions over Ethiopia's deadly Tigray conflict as hundreds of thousands of people face famine conditions under a government blockade the U.S. has called a "siege" and fighting spreads into other parts of the country.

The Treasury Department in a statement said the chief of staff of the defense from Ethiopia's Tigray region permanently.

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