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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, launched a brutal offensive against Tigray separatists which left thousands dead and over 1 million internally displaced. Meanwhile 350,000 of the country is on the brink of starvation especially children under 5 years old. This was the grim assessment of Stanley Chitekwe, chief of nutrition UNICEF Ethiopia conflict. The United Nations says it’s the worst malnutrition crisis in a decade and it’s projected to get worse unless Ethiopia lifts its brutal blockade of humanitarian aid to Tigray. 

Meanwhile, ethnic cleansing continues as new reports have emerged exposing large shipment of arms being transported on Ethiopia’s flagship, Ethiopia Airlines, s in complete violation of aviation regulations. Ethiopian Airlines is a state-owned economic powerhouse that generates billions of dollars a year carrying passengers to hubs across the African continent and all over the world, and it is also a member of the Star Alliance, a group of some of the world's top aviation companies.  

The Biden administration and Boeing have a critical role to play to halt the genocide n Tigray by demanding Ethiopia stop using its commercial airlines as weapons of war and call for an immediate cessation to hostilities. Does Boeing’s profits trump concerns for human life? Meanwhile, the Nobel Committee should immediately withdraw its Peace prize from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Today, major US networks have reported massive aerial bombardments whose gruesome purpose is to kill as many Tigrayans as possible.