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What ‘Rape as a Weapon of War’ in Tigray Really Means

On August 10, 2021 By

with Hayelom K. Mekonen PhD, Acting Chief Executive Director of Ayder Specialized Referral Hospital, Mekelle University; and Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal, and Delia Burns

Readers are cautioned that this article contains disturbing accounts of sexual violence.

Since the on-going war in Tigray, Ethiopia began in early November 2020, reports have emerged that […]

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Abiy Ahmed and military leaders

From Apologies to Atrocities: How to make sense of leadership statements in Ethiopia

On June 19, 2021 By

By Jan Nyssen and several colleagues that co-authored but preferred to remain anonymous.

In a speech to assembled Ethiopian ambassadors in January 2019, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed would make a prescient remark regarding Tigray. Alluding to the role of soldiers during the battle of Adua in 1896 and later, during the Eritrean war, Abiy […]

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On Luvungi, and the Problem of Evidence in Advocacy

On April 1, 2013 By

This essay is cross-posted on the blog that Kate Cronin-Furman authors with Amanda Taub, Wronging Rights.

Amanda and I spent the second half of last week at a World Peace Foundation seminar on “Western Advocacy in Conflict.” It was lots of fun. (If your idea of fun involves assorted cheese cubes and extremely detailed […]

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