Conflict in Ethiopia
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 23 December 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It’s not something that has gotten a lot of attention amid a busy U.S. news cycle, but much has been happening in Ethiopia over the past two months. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who just last year won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring unity between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, led a military battle against domestic forces in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. The fighting has caused the significant displacement of people living in the region and has involved reports of atrocities. In early December, the Prime Minister claimed victory, but concerns remain about how long tensions will endure—or at least continue to simmer. It’s a complicated situation with major implications for stability in the East Africa and Horn of Africa region. To break it all down, Jacob Schulz talked with two different experts. First, to get a sense of what’s going on and how we got to this point, he spoke with Emmanuel Igunza, a reporter in East Africa for BBC News; then, he spoke with Beza Tesfaye, the director of research and learning for migration at Mercy Corps, about the humanitarian problems implicated by the crisis.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.1 | They were trapped in areas where they were shelling for several days before people could |
| 0:39.5 | even get out. |
| 0:41.1 | We know that people who were trapped in Mekele, which is a city of around half a million, |
| 0:46.5 | they were trapped for so many days when the fighting was going on surrounding Mekele. |
| 0:52.0 | They did not have enough water, they intended to cut off the telecommunications services, |
| 0:57.3 | the telephone services were cut off. |
| 0:59.3 | So these people did not have enough food, they did not have enough water. |
| 1:04.3 | I am Jacob Schultz and this is the LawFair podcast December 23rd, 2020. |
| 1:12.8 | It's not something that's gotten a ton of attention, made a busy US news cycle, but a whole |
| 1:17.5 | lot has been going on in Ethiopia over the past two months. |
| 1:21.5 | Prime Minister Abbi Ahmed, who just last year won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts |
| 1:26.1 | in bringing unity between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, has led a military battle against |
| 1:32.0 | domestic forces in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. |
| 1:37.0 | The fighting has caused the significant displacement of people living in the region and has involved |
| 1:41.7 | reports of atrocities. |
| 1:44.5 | In early December, the Prime Minister claimed victory, but concerns remained about how |
| 1:48.3 | long tensions will endure or at least continue to simmer. |
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