CNN posted on 18 March 2021 a story titled "Biden Dispatches Democratic Senator to Ethiopia Amid Tigray Crisis" by Jennifer Hansler.
Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, a close associate of President Biden and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, will visit Ethiopia to discuss the situation in Tigray Region and related issues. The Biden administration also announced an additional $52 million in assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Tigray Region and the deployment of a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team.
