CNN published on 7 October 2021 an article titled "US Warns It Could Sanction Ethiopia after CNN Reveals Airline Ferried Weapons during Tigray War" by Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, and Eliza Mackintosh.
Following CNN's report that Ethiopian Airlines last November transported weapons from Eritrea to Ethiopia, it followed up the next day with an article that suggests US officials are getting closer to sanctioning Ethiopian individuals who are prolonging the war in Tigray Region.