Background On 4 November 2020, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, with full-fledged support from neighboring Eritrea, launched an attack against Tigray – the northernmost regional state...
By Medhanie Gaim and Temesgen Kahsay As spaces for intellectual engagement in pursuit of insight for understanding and transforming society, universities are arenas for the production...
Amidst the ongoing crisis in the Tigray, a notable tragedy has been the whataboutism and bothsidesism characterizing domestic and international responses.
This is a slightly modified version of the message sent by PM Abiy Ahmed in December 2018 to the people of Yemen, re-worded to address him...
During his first state visit to Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, Abiy Ahmed said: “Ethiopia without Tigray is as meaningless as a car without an engine.”...
Tigrayans and those who care about the people of Tigray are calling for urgent action to put an end to human rights violations. Above all, the...
After Abiy Ahmed declared war on Tigray, life has not been the same for Tigrayans. There were reports of harassment, discrimination, and abuse of Tigrayans by...
Alas! All these reforms were short-lived. Most of the released political prisoners are now imprisoned on bogus charges; hundreds of thousands of dissenters are incarcerated; many...
Social media is awash with news of the atrocities committed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Even with limited access to the region, some international media...
We ask the silence breakers and those who championed the #MeToo movement to help the victims. No one knows about the power of solidarity and speaking...