UNICEF nutrition specialist Joseph Senesie screens children for malnutrition in Adikeh, in the Wajirat district of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on July 19. (Christine Nesbitt/AP) Mawi Asgedom is the author of “Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Read More …
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Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual violence used against Tigray’s women
In attacks designed to destroy fertility, foreign objects such as these nail clippers, were inserted into women’s wombs, usually following rape. Photograph: Ximena Borrazas Warning: this article contains extremely graphic and distressing testimony and images Tens of thousands of Tigrayan women Read More …
There’s a brutal conflict in Ethiopia. My family there ask: why does no one hear us?
Children look at books in the library of an elementary school that was damaged by the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Photograph: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images On 4 November 2020 the world was occupied with the results of the US election. For Read More …
‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia
Avast shipment of food stranded in containers risks rotting before it reaches millions of hungry people. Deliveries of life-saving medicines to remote rural clinics are paused. And thousands of HIV patients and sexual violence survivors are abruptly cut off from Read More …
Rounded up, massacred and posted on social media: can Ethiopia bring justice for atrocities in Tigray?
Meaza Teklemariam was seven months pregnant when the soldiers came to her home in January 2021, dragged her husband, Tsegaye, outside and bound his hands together, before taking him away with other men from their neighbourhood in the Tigray region Read More …
Record number of countries enforced internet shutdowns in 2022 – report
A record number of countries switched off access to internet services in response to political upheaval last year, causing “incalculable and persistent damage to people’s lives”, according to a new report. The research by internet rights group Access Now and Read More …
From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world
‘I’m sorry, I don’t know anything about Abiy Ahmed.” The message flashed up from someone I had been told to call Napoleon. It was the middle of 2023, six years after I had first arrived in Ethiopia, and one year after Read More …
Revealed: Rwanda genocide war crimes tribunal wraps up mission after 29 years
The war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has accounted for the last remaining fugitives indicted for genocide, bringing to an end the court’s 29-year mission to deliver justice for the 1994 slaughter that killed more than 800,000 Rwandans. The historic moment passed without Read More …
Tigray’s Strategic Significance Unveiled: Navigating Complex Geopolitical Terrain in the Horn of Africa
Nestled within the tumultuous Horn of Africa, Tigray emerges as a key player in the region’s intricate geopolitical puzzle. Its strategic significance transcends mere geography, intertwining historical legacies, military dynamics, economic imperatives, and evolving international relations. An in-depth exploration of Read More …
‘Meeting international standards crucial for Ethiopia’s transitional justice success’: Experts
Civil society organizations and scholars urge that meeting international standards is crucial for meeting the targets set out by the government’s transitional justice initiative. The call came during an event organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ethiopia country office at the Read More …