The Meltdown of Law and Order in Tigray

[By Bereket Kiros and Teum Mezgebo] It is our hope that we can and should examine the fears and dangers and the counterarguments in a fact-based, realistic, rational, and constructive manner. Confidently, we have nothing to fear about any questions being raised, no matter how dreadful and unpleasant the possible or even probable realities may […]

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የአማርኛ ፊደል የሚባል የለም! ይህ ‘’የግዕዝ ፊደል ነዉ’’::

[ምንጭ:- ከOromia-My Country ፌስቡክ የተወሰደ] ግዕዝ ‘አግዓዘ’ ከሚል ግስ የመጣ ሲሆን ትርጉሙ ‘’ነፃ አወጣ’’ ማለት ነዉ፡፡ የግዕዝ ባለቤቶች ‘’አግዓዝያን’’ ናቸዉ! አግዓዝያን ‘አግዓዘ’ ከሚል የግዕዝ ቃል የመጣ ሲሆን ትርጉሙ ነፃ አዉጭዎች ማለት ነዉ፡፡ አግዓዝያን ተብሎ የሚጠሩ ተጋሩ/ትግራይና ከፊል  ኤርትራኖች ናቸዉ!!! ዘብሔረ አግዓዝያን ሲሉ ይጠሩታል!!! ለዚህ ማሳያ ደግሞ ትግራይ ጥንት ስሟ አግዓዝያን ተብላ ትጠራ ነበር፡፡ በፈሪሳዉያኑ የህዝቡ […]

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Mekelle: A city under a lingering siege (Part 1)

[Source: WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION, by Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, 16 August 2023] Readers may remember my previous three-part post ‘Mekelle: A city under siege’ written in February 2022. That post attempted to show readers what a city under siege looks like by covering some facets of life in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray. Most people will […]

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Prosecuting Rape Atrocities in Tigray: Should International Criminal Court Take Over the Case?

(Source: Made Ananda Bella Cahyani, I Made Budi Arsika, Faculty of Law, Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Indonesia, bellacahyani2312@gmail.com) Thousands of women in Tigray have experienced massive atrocities of rape since early November 2020, the beginning of the wage of war between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Ethiopian Government. This article examines rape in Tigray […]

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