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I'm your host, Aura Ogumi.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

When the pandemic hit, many were forced to move their offices home.

And since then, some of us have gotten very used to the midday walks, the naps,

and even extra time with family during the work and day.

But bosses want workers back in the office, and there's a good business case for why.

And as Ukraine went to war, Victoria Amalena was on a mission to use her writing

to preserve truth amid mass destruction.

Aro-Bitrieri's editor reflects on the life of the civil rights campaigner.

But first...

For two years between 2020 and last autumn, a devastating civil war was fought in Tigray,

the northernmost region of Ethiopia.

They clamber down the canyon wall, driven by the instinct to survive.

Disputes over control of Tigray, as well as the running of the federal government in a

disababa, had escalated.

The tens of thousands have made this journey in the past few weeks.

A desperate voyage made by desperate people from the Ethiopian state of Tigray.

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