Reuters published on 26 April 2021 an article titled "Blinken Presses Ethiopia's Abiy on Withdrawal of Eritreans from Tigray."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Eritrean Defense Forces and Amhara militia remain in Ethiopia's Tigray Region and they contribute to the humanitarian crisis and human rights abuses. On 26 April, he pressed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to have them removed "immediately, in full, and in a verifiable manner."
