Pertinent Issues on the War in Tigray
The Ethio-Eritrean war against the people of Tigray has entered a new phase, following the decision of the Government of the National Regional State of Tigray to redeploy its forces…
They fled hundreds of miles to escape war in Ethiopia. But they fear it wasn’t far enough.
By Rachel Chason and Rael Ombuor 8 Dec 2021, at 5:00 a.m. EST NAIROBI — They watched friends die in the mountains of Tigray. They survived imprisonment. They paid bribes and suffered injuries as they…
Ethiopia’s Breakup Doesn’t Have to Be Violent
A confederation of states must choose whether to follow the bloody path of the former Yugoslavia or the prosperous model of the European Union. By Teferi Mergo, Kebene KejelaNOVEMBER 27, 2021, 5:00…
Africanizing the Genocidal War on Tigray: Last Arrow of the Dying Regime
Adisalem Desta, November 25, 2021 One year into the genocidal war waged on Tigray by the joint Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Amhara regional forces, with the support of other foreign powers;…
Ethiopia’s civil war: Five reasons why history won’t repeat itself
November 21, 2021 11.04am SAST One year after the outbreak of civil war in Ethiopia the spectre of regime change looms over Africa’s second most populous nation. The tides of the military…
Inventing hell: how the Ethiopian and Eritrean regimes produced famine in Tigray
It has been a year since a devastating war broke out in the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia, where hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan civilians are killed, millions internally displaced and…
What Next for Ethiopia?
by ALEX DEWAAL on NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Amid the confusing political landscape in Ethiopia today, and the last-minute efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution, some things are clear. The Tigrayan people have faced…
“We thought he was dead”: Tigrayans speak of torture in detention
BY JACLYNN ASHLYOCTOBER 25, 2021 Many Tigrayans have been forcibly disappeared in recent months. Now some who have been released tell their stories. Tigrayans recently released from a military camp in…
The UNSC Should Not Repeat Its Yemen Errors in Ethiopia
by MULUGETA GEBREHIWOT BERHE on OCTOBER 25, 2021 The civil war in Ethiopia is reaching a point at which the government of Ethiopia is actively seeking the intervention of UN Security Council members.…
UN recalls Ethiopia migration head over Tigray war remarks
The United Nation’s migration agency has put its Ethiopia chief on administrative leave, citing “unauthorised interviews” in which she complained of being sidelined by UN higher-ups she claimed were sympathetic…