Mr Blinken visits the genocide memorial in Kigali. Reuters
The Afar region, the only passageway for humanitarian convoys bound for Tigray, is facing a serious food crisis due to the combined effects of the conflict in northern Ethiopia and drought in the Horn of Africa. AFP
More than a million people need food aid in the region, the World Food Programme reported. AFP
Internally displaced people sit in a tent in a makeshift camp in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
A new round of peace talks for Ethiopia led by the African Union's representative Olusegun Obasanjo is imminent, a senior US official has said. AFP
The World Food Programme this week issued a warning that they will run out of food for Ethiopian refugees by October. AFP
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front agreed to a truce in return for the Ethiopian government providing indefinite humanitarian aid to the region. AFP
Internally displaced people gather near Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
More than two million civilians have been internally displaced and 5.2 million people in Tigray are in urgent need of food, the UN says. AFP
Internally displaced woman carry blankets in the makeshift camp. AFP
A member of the Afar militia takes a rest next to his weapon in the makeshift camp. AFP
Members of the Afar militia stand guard at a checkpoint near the town of Abala, Ethiopia. AFP
A convoy of lorries from the World Food Programme make their way to Tigray. AFP
USAID chief Samantha Power speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's Public Service Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia in Nairobi. AFP
Ms Power promised aid to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa. AFP
Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP
Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Photo: US Mission Photo
Olusegun Obasanjo, special envoy of the African Union for the Horn of Africa, arrives at a gala dinner in Ethiopia. AFP
'We are committed to supporting talks between the parties and we're hopeful that the AU High Representative for the talks in Ethiopia, former [Nigerian] president Obasanjo, will soon announce a location and a time for those talks,' Ms Phee. Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Mr Obasanjo upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. EPA
Mr Obasanjo speaks during a panel discussion for the 2015 Global Education and Skills Forum at the UAE's Atlantis Conference Centre. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Africa this week. Here, he visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda. AFP
Mr Blinken visits the genocide memorial in Kigali. Reuters
The Afar region, the only passageway for humanitarian convoys bound for Tigray, is facing a serious food crisis due to the combined effects of the conflict in northern Ethiopia and drought in the Horn of Africa. AFP
More than a million people need food aid in the region, the World Food Programme reported. AFP
Internally displaced people sit in a tent in a makeshift camp in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
A new round of peace talks for Ethiopia led by the African Union's representative Olusegun Obasanjo is imminent, a senior US official has said. AFP
The World Food Programme this week issued a warning that they will run out of food for Ethiopian refugees by October. AFP
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front agreed to a truce in return for the Ethiopian government providing indefinite humanitarian aid to the region. AFP
Internally displaced people gather near Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
More than two million civilians have been internally displaced and 5.2 million people in Tigray are in urgent need of food, the UN says. AFP
Internally displaced woman carry blankets in the makeshift camp. AFP
A member of the Afar militia takes a rest next to his weapon in the makeshift camp. AFP
Members of the Afar militia stand guard at a checkpoint near the town of Abala, Ethiopia. AFP
A convoy of lorries from the World Food Programme make their way to Tigray. AFP
USAID chief Samantha Power speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's Public Service Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia in Nairobi. AFP
Ms Power promised aid to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa. AFP
Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP
Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Photo: US Mission Photo
Olusegun Obasanjo, special envoy of the African Union for the Horn of Africa, arrives at a gala dinner in Ethiopia. AFP
'We are committed to supporting talks between the parties and we're hopeful that the AU High Representative for the talks in Ethiopia, former [Nigerian] president Obasanjo, will soon announce a location and a time for those talks,' Ms Phee. Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Mr Obasanjo upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. EPA
Mr Obasanjo speaks during a panel discussion for the 2015 Global Education and Skills Forum at the UAE's Atlantis Conference Centre. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Africa this week. Here, he visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda. AFP
Mr Blinken visits the genocide memorial in Kigali. Reuters
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