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This week’s R&D covers the violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Fighting has engulfed the area since November. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered the country’s armed forces to go to Tigray after there was an attack on a national military base. Tigray’s major political party governed Ethiopia’s affairs for almost thirty years until Ahmed took power in April 2018. To date, the violence has claimed more than 8,000 lives.
Situation for Tigray’s Population Grows More Desperate @DeutscheWelle: https://t.co/46J8pVUgAO #Ethiopia #Tigrai pic.twitter.com/U7WiUCt4do
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) October 26, 2021
“God have mercy.” Interviews and internal documents reveal the most detailed picture yet of life under government blockade in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. https://t.co/IHQiY2RULL
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2021
Ethiopian textile industry at risk if U.S. suspends trade deal over Tigray war https://t.co/FT04rHAT7X pic.twitter.com/g5kwt8Uv6N
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 28, 2021
