Conflict across Ethiopia will drive increased needs, particularly if the Tigray peace deal does not hold.
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“All of Us Are in Constant Hunger”Ethiopia’s Responsibility for Starvation in Tigray
Civilians in Tigray continue to bear the burden of harms that they suffered during the conflict,6 including harms caused by the extensive looting, siege tactics, and denial of humanitarian relief that are discussed in this analysis.
“I DON’T KNOW IF THEY REALIZED I WAS A PERSON”RAPE AND OTHER SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE CONFLICT IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA
“They said: ‘you are Agame [an insulting word used by Eritrean to refer to Tigrayans], disgusting, backward. This is what you deserve.”A young mother who described being gang-raped by five Eritrean soldiers
Northern Ethiopia: two years into the crisis
Coping strategies used atthe onset of the conflict such as community sharing of food, money in form of gifts, loansand donations, as well as other resources have dwindled because of the widespread lackof food and livelihood opportunities.
U.S. Weighs Offering Economic Lifelineto Ethiopia Despite War Atrocities
The internal administration debate comes ahead of Blinken’s plans to visit Africa.\ “Mass killing never stays buried. Everyone in the victim community and theatrocity-prevention community will remember which U.S. policy makers made this call to ignore its own information and Read More …
‘Leave no Tigrayan’: In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased
HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and minds of Tigrayans, who shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia. They arrive in heat that soars above 38 C Read More …
Tigray Rebel Forces BeginDemobilizing in Ethiopia:Reports
Rebel fighters in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray Region began demobilizing on Friday, marking a new stage in the implementation of the peace agreement. The two-year war in Africa’s second most populous countryand forced about two million from their homes before it Read More …
Tigrayans in Ethiopia face ethnic cleansing: report
Tigrayans are being targeted with ethnic cleansing in the contested Western Tigray zone, according to a new report by human rights groups. The onslaught of rape and killings amounts to “war crimes,” they added. Tigrayans in Ethiopia are facing a relentless campaign Read More …
Tigray’s long road to recovery
‘Life is more and more difficult. We lack everything.’ When the war first erupted, the pair were at their home in Dansheha, a village in the territory of Western Tigray, a fertile patch of land on Ethiopia’s borders with Sudan Read More …
A Day in Axum’s IDP Centers — Humanity in Crisis
A couple of days ago, I walked through the IDP centers in Axum, and immediately, the reality of the suffering of the IDPs was evident. These spaces, which should serve as shelters for those who have fled their homes to Read More …