Amnesty International can today confirm that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the South West Zone of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region on the night of 9 November. The organization’s Read More …
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The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Tigray: A Humanitarian Crisis
The genocidal war in Tigray, which erupted in November 2020, has triggered one of the most severe humanitarian crises of the 21st century. The genocidal war has resulted in the forced displacement of millions, with approximately 950,000 individuals still residing as Read More …
Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
Abstract The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic use of rape and sexual violence, the forced displacement of millions, ethnic cleansing, enforced disappearances, and mass detentions Read More …
AU opening ceremony: Focus on fighting terrorism, free trade,Tigray aftermath
The opening ceremony of the 36th African Union Summit in AddisAbaba, Ethiopia, began on a high note with the usual pomp and chaos on Wednesday, as leaders looked to discuss combating terrorismamidst the rising instability across the continent.
Tigray Chamber condemns lack of support for businesses ahead of December credit deadline
A committee under the Office of the Prime Minister tasked with finding solutions to manufacturing industries battered by the war in Tigray has little to show for its efforts as investors in the region brace themselves to face the December Read More …
The war Ethiopia cannot avoid: The opposition’s role in charting an alternative path to political transformation
By Muhammed H. and Idris A.1 Under the Prosperity Party’s rule, Ethiopia is ambling toward another war against Tigray. The Pretoria Agreement, once deemed as a path to peace, has deepened internal political divisions in Tigray, leaving the country on Read More …
Making Sense of Rising Tensions in the Horn of Africa
Tensions in the Horn of Africa are escalating, driven by disputes over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which threatens Egypt’s vital water supply from the Nile. Ethiopia harbors ambitions to expand its influence, including developing a port in Somaliland straining relations Read More …
A rejoinder: Ports and postponed elections: ‘Game over’ redux
By Semhal Meles Addis Abeba – In a piece published on Al Jazeera on February 17, 2025, Mulatu Teshome, a former president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), made misleading assertions riddled with both mischaracterizations as well as factual errors. Among Read More …
Ethiopia: Ethnic Cleansing Persists Under Tigray Truce
Displaced people from Western Tigray stand outside a school where they are sheltering in Mekele, Ethiopia, February 24, 2021. © 2021 EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Local authorities and Amhara forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have continued to forcibly Read More …
Armed conflict has degraded Tigray’sforest resources
When the Ethiopian and Eritrean defense forces, alongside Amhara regional forces, invaded Tigray in November 2020, the aftermath resulted in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.