US appoints new special Envoy for Horn of Africa

The US State Department appointed today, Friday, Jeffery Feltman as the new US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa to support its diplomatic efforts to address the security and political crises in the region.

The US State Department Spokesman in statement issued, Friday, outlined that the appointment of the US diplomat came to address the volatile situations in Ethiopia including the conflict in Tigray, the escalating tensions between Ethiopia a and Sudan and the dispute around the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

The statement said the Special Envoy Feltma is uniquely, suited to bring decades of experience in Africa and the Middle East, in multilateral diplomacy and in negotiation and mediation to develop and execute an integrated US strategy to address these complex regional issues