Sanctions should be reimposed on Issaias Afwerki’s regime Source: The Economist May 26th 2022 Share Dictators seldom improve with age or…
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Ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans may prolong Ethiopia’s civil war
Evidence emerges of war crimes by forces allied to Abiy Ahmed’s government Source: Economist Apr 13th 2022 ADDIS ABABA The…
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The battle for Addis: Ethiopia’s capital is under threat
Source: The Economist 03/11/2021 FEW COULD have imagined it would come to this. When the civil war began almost a year…
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Tigrayan forces have routed the Ethiopian army
Their victory may reshape Ethiopia—and the region Source: The Economist June 30th 2021 ONCE THE history of Ethiopia’s latest civil…
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Eritrea’s President Issaias Afwerki bids for regional greatness
The would-be master of the Horn: Eritrea’s President Issaias Afwerki bids for regional greatness. But his latest gamble is risky…
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Blowing in the wind: The war in Tigray is taking a frightful human toll
Source: The Economist Apr 15th 2021 ADDIS ABABA “Like flour scattered in the wind” is how Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime…
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Ethiopia’s government appears to be wielding hunger as a weapon
A rebel region is being starved into submission Source: Economist Ethiopia suffered famines in the past. Many foreigners know this;…
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