Bass Lauds AU’s Quest For Peaceful Resolution Of Crisis In Ethiopia(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chair of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), has applauded the intervention of the African Union (AU) in the search for peaceful resolution of the violent conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The escalation of the conflict which broke out in the Tigray region near the borders of Eritrea and Sudan has resulted in multiple humanitarian crises in the region. The crisis was spurred by the conflict that began November 2020, when the Ethiopian government announced a military offensive against the Tigray region. That followed an alleged attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on a state-controlled military base. “I welcome the commitment of the parties to end the brutal violence that has taken place in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia.