Tag Archive for: Tigray War
Ethiopia’s secret war in Tigray region: Ethnic killings, rapes, near-starvation reported
Fox News | If the fighting doesn't end soon, an American woman with family in the region said, "we'll be left without families"
Many women have "conclusively and without a doubt" been raped in the Tigray region, home to Ethiopia’s secretive…
When black lives don’t seem to matter
The Spectator | A man is filmed dying under a policeman’s knee in Minneapolis. Riots break out, statues are toppled and the Western world erupts with civil unrest. More than 50,000 people are massacred, tortured and raped, leaving orphaned…
Ethiopia: Journalist attacked and threatened with death
International Federation of Journalists | Ethiopian freelance journalist Lucy Kassa was attacked at her home in Addis Ababa on 8 February by three unidentified armed men in plain clothes who threatened to kill her for her reporting. The International…
Ethiopia Confirms Rapes ‘Without a Doubt’ in Tigray Conflict – AP
Associated Press | CARA ANNA | A senior Ethiopian official says rape has occurred “conclusively and without a doubt” in the country's embattled Tigray region.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rape has occurred “conclusively and without a doubt”…
Ethiopian Journalist Attacked in Her Home, Questioned on Tigray Connections
VOA | Freelance journalist Lucy Kassa was working on a story at her home in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday morning when she heard a knock at the door.
"I opened and there were three men. They knocked me down and they entered the…
How to Stop Ethnic Nationalism From Tearing Ethiopia Apart
Foreign Policy | The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.
On Nov. 28, 2020, Ethiopia’s military took control of Mekele, the capital…
In Sudan Border Town, Desperate Ethiopians Find ‘Second Mother Country’
New York Times | Abdi Latif Dahir | Tens of thousands of Christian refugees, fleeing the violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, have been given a warm welcome by the residents of a sleepy Sudanese town: “We are brothers.”
HAMDAYET,…
The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: What to Know
Council on Foriegn Relations | Michelle Gavin | The military campaign has resulted in a humanitarian crisis and fears of regional instability. A path forward will require international cooperation, careful diplomacy, and an inclusive political…
Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit north
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last year that ousted the local ruling party.
“We have received the report…
A rape survivor’s story emerges from a remote African war
Los Angeles Times | Lucy Kassa, Shashank Bengali | ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The young mother of two was walking with her sister near a desolate highway in northern Ethiopia last month when five men forced them into a pickup truck and drove…