The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is due to meet political leaders in Addis Ababa later on Wednesday to assess the implementation of the peace deal that ended Ethiopia's civil war.
He will also discuss humanitarian needs and human rights concerns during meetings with aid workers and civil society groups.
The two-year civil war between Ethiopia's federal government and the regional Tigrayan administration is thought to have claimed more than half a million lives.
Mr Blinken will travel to Niger after Ethiopia where he will discuss the growing jihadist movement across the Sahel.
