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Sunday, 30 May 2021 (YJC) _ More than 10,000 people have attended an anti-US rally in Ethiopia's capital.
More than 10,000 people have attended an anti-US rally in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to denounce President Joe Biden's policy on the conflict in the country's northern region of Tigray.
Mr Biden had called for a ceasefire in the conflict, now in its seventh month.
At the rally, people held placards criticising the US while others applauded Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's leader Xi Jinping.
The Ethiopian government has come under pressure over the conflict in Tigray.
Thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed and at least two million others have been displaced.
The conflict began last November, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an attack on forces loyal to the region's former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), after they had overrun federal army bases.
Mr Abiy declared an end to the conflict after just a month, with the capture of Tigray's capital, Mekelle.
But more than half a year later, Ethiopian troops and those from neighbouring Eritrea are still fighting TPLF forces.
In another development, the US State Department imposed restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia over the conflict, a move that angered Mr Abiy's government.
The foreign ministry said the move was "regrettable" that could "seriously undermine" US-Ethiopia relations.
The Biden administration has also been pushing for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops who remain in Tigray despite Ethiopian authorities saying weeks ago that they will leave the country.
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