Ethiopia’s war may have ended, but the Tigray crisis hasn’t: For over 20 years, Ethiopia was led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic-based political parties representing Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and Southern nations, nationalities and peoples. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front was the most influential party within the coalition. However, …
Ethiopia: how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war: Dabba Selama and its surroundings. Courtesy of authors The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation. Multiple war crimes were reported and there were claims of …
The war on Tigray wiped out decades of environmental progress: how to start again: Farmland razed by Eritrean soldiers at a village in Ahferom district, Central zone, Tigray. Abrha Brhan Gebre/with permission The Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, used to be a model for land restoration in Africa. It won multiple awards and recognition. It …
Tigray war: two years on, the AU has failed to broker peace and silence the guns: A damaged tank on the road north of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, in February 2021. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda …
Tigray has resisted Ethiopia’s far greater military might for two years — here’s why neither side is giving in: Protesters in the UK demonstrate against the war in Tigray, Ethiopia, in October 2022. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The Ethio-Tigray war started on 4 November 2020. For almost two years, the governments of Ethiopia …
What people from war-torn Tigray told us about the state of their lives amid the war: Phone surveys were used to gather data in Ethiopia. Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises …
Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – then the war undid decades of regreening: An ongoing war between the Ethiopian government and its allies against Tigray, one of its northern states, has led to one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises. We have used satellite data to track how the conflict and resulting …
Ethiopia’s war in Tigray risks wiping out centuries of the world’s history: Tigray's al-Nejashi Mosque, one of Africa's oldest Islamic sites, was damaged in December 2020. Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images The human carnage and heritage destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region that began in November 2020 has been devastating. Thousands have been killed, …
Left to die: the fate of thousands of people living with HIV in Tigray: People receiving medical treatment at the entrance hall of Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on regular treatment are now experiencing similar life expectancy to …
Eritrea is involved in Tigray to boost its stature. Why the strategy could backfire: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki (L) and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at an event in Ethiopia in 2018. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images The Eritrean military has been involved in the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the conflict broke out …
Pasha 130: The Ethiopia and Tigray conflict is worsening hunger in the region: shutterstock Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray have been in conflict for about a year now. The political power struggle that had been going on for decades escalated a year ago when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive. …
Tigray: the devastating toll of Ethiopia’s vicious year of war – podcast: Internally displaced people in Tigray in April 2021. UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two experts …
Why the African Union’s mediation effort in Tigray is a non-starter: Former Nigerian president General Olusegun Obasanjo. Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images The United Nations recognises mediation as one of the most effective methods of preventing, managing and above all, resolving conflicts. The UN guidelines underscore that the mediation …
Tigray war antagonists are reluctant to talk peace: why and what’s next: Getty Images It is almost a year since the war in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray broke out. It all begun with a “pre-emptive strike” on the North Command of the federal army by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on the 4 November …
Following the Tigray conflict, the rocky road to peace in Ethiopia: A Tigrayan refugee places a cross made from twigs on the banks of a river marking the border between Ethiopia and Sudan where bodies frequently wash up. Photo by Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images All wars end. So will the Tigray conflict. But when …
How Ethiopia’s conflict has affected farming in Tigray: In north Ethiopia, farmers commonly use an ox-drawn single-tined plough called mahrasha Photo by: Edwin Remsberg / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Since fighting broke out in November 2020 between the Tigrayan regional government and the Ethiopian army, the conflict has wreaked havoc on the lives …
The war in Tigray: the makings of a man-made famine, and what can be done: A woman sells vegetables on the street in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia in June 2021. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images “There’s famine now in Tigray.” That 10 June 2021 declaration by the UN’s most senior …
As Ethiopia and Tigray face tough options, the West needs to be even-handed: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives to cast his vote during the country's parliamentary elections in Beshasha, Oromia, in June. Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images War broke out in Tigray in November 2020, pitting the Ethiopian National Defence Force alongside …