Burhan said the leaders of Sudan were willing to engage in dialogue with all political forces without conditions, according to a statement from the newly appointed Sovereign Council. diplomat for Africa, Molly Phee, met Tuesday with Hamdok and Burhan. Further moves, including a slowdown or reversal of a multiyear rapprochement with the government, could also be in the works. has retaliated for the coup by suspending $700 million in direct financial assistance. The Sudanese generals responded by saying they would appoint a civilian government in the coming days.Д«urhan moved against civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok just hours after Feltman had left Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on a mission intended to resolve escalating tensions between them. and other Western governments criticized the move because it did away with a joint military-civilian council already in place. Abdel-Fattah Burhan tightened his grip on power last week, reappointing himself as the chairman of a new Sovereign Council. pressure despite America being the countryвЂ™s largest aid donor.ДЄs Feltman has shuttled between capitals, he and the administration have also been confounded by developments in Sudan, where a military coup last month toppled a civilian-led government that was making significant strides in restoring long-strained ties with the U.S.Д¬oup leader Gen.

Sanctions against Ethiopian officials, including Abiy, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, are possible.Д®thiopia has condemned the sanctions and in Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union, and elsewhere, there is skepticism and hostility to U.S. While holding out hope that a window of opportunity for a resolution still exists, the Biden administration has moved toward sanctions, announcing the expulsion of Ethiopia from a U.S.-Africa trade pact and hitting leaders and the military of neighboring Eritrea with penalties for intervening in the conflict on EthiopiaвЂ™s behalf. Rival Tigray forces are advancing on Addis Ababa, EthiopiaвЂ™s capital, amid increasingly dire warnings from the U.S. In an online event Tuesday, Coons urged progress in talks 'before this becomes another Yugoslavia.' Chris Coons of Delaware, a confidante of President Joe Biden who traveled to Ethiopia earlier this year to meet with Abiy. The situation 'could easily slip over into genocide,' said Democratic Sen. 18, 2021, at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks after former secretary of state Colin Powell died Oct. Secretary of State Blinken remarks on Colin Powell's life 'We need to see people detained released,' Blinken told reporters. The tensions, which some fear could escalate into mass inter-ethnic killings in AfricaвЂ™s second-most populated country, exploded into war last year, with thousands killed, many thousands more detained and millions displaced. Instead, conflict in Ethiopia has escalated between Prime Minister Abiy AhmedвЂ™s government and leaders in the northern Tigray region who once dominated the government. Agency for International Development administrator Samantha Power and several trips to Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Khartoum by BidenвЂ™s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeff Feltman, have produced little progress. Months of engagement by the administration, including an August visit to Ethiopia by U.S. RELATED: Sudan's military seizes power in coup, arrests PM and other leaders diplomatic efforts to resolve the deepening conflicts in Ethiopia and in Sudan and to counter growing insurgencies elsewhere, like Somalia.

In earlier comments to Kenyan civic leaders, Blinken spoke about the importance of combatting 'democratic recession' around the world, including challenges in the United States that show 'just how fragile our democracy can be.' Kenya faces its own test of stability in a presidential election next year.Д«linken is looking to boost thus-far unsuccessful U.S. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo told reporters that 'we believe that a cease-fire is possible' but 'in the end, these solutions will come from (the Ethiopian people).' (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a civil society roundtable at the Sankara Hotel in Nairobi, on Nov.

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