Category: Global Publications & Reports

Since late 2020 and until November 2022, fighting between the Federal Government and the Tigray Defense Force (TDF) has led to the displacement of millions and credible allegations of atrocity crimes, and violence has spilled over into neighboring regions.

Hate speech, dehumanizing metaphors, and outright calls for the eradication of Tigrayans have contributed to the genocide and widespread ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia. “To catch the fish, you must drain the sea,” is an example of a widely known phrase used by Read More …

Ethiopia ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on June 11, 1993, thereby committing to uphold the civil and political freedoms outlined in the treaty. However, during and after the genocidal war in Tigray (2020-2022), the Ethiopian Read More …

A comprehensive three-volume series documenting the 2020-2022 Tigray War in Ethiopia is released just ahead of the upcoming commemoration on November 3-4, marking both the start and ceasefire of this devastating conflict. The Tigray War (2020-2022) may have claimed as Read More …

Soldiers from neighboring Eritrea went house to house, killing villagers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, witnesses say Just days before a deal to end the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, soldiers from neighboring Eritrea last fall massacred more than 300 villagers Read More …

The 129th Celebration of the Battle of Adwa: A Legacy Marred by Modern Atrocities in Mariam Shewito The Echoes of Adwa On March 1, 1896, Ethiopia etched its name into global history by defeating the Italian colonial army at the Read More …

Dear #Tigray community: Tonight is a very special night as our reportage about women survivors of sexual violence in war has won the @africamundi award for best photo publication of the year. Read more

Eritrean troops have been accused of war crimes in the northern Tigray region just weeks before a peace agreement was signed last year. Just before the peace agreement to end Ethiopia’s civil war, troops from neighboring Eritrea massacred hundreds of Read More …

Rawa had just given birth to twins when the Tigray conflict broke out in November 2020 Rawa curls up on a chair, pulls her knees tight to her chest and hides her face with a large white veil as if Read More …

For two years, Ethiopia has been at war with itself. Fighting there has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more in Africa’s second-most-populous country, a scale of conflict that some have compared to that in Ukraine.But a Read More …