Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
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States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
Ethiopia’s largest region is pushing for self-determination - it hasn’t gone down well with Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a centralised state.
Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on hunger and humanitarian relief call for holding perpetrators accountable.
The origins of Ethiopia’s food crisis can be traced to a bitter feud between Eritrean and Tigrayan liberation fighters.
Our work highlights the potential of phone surveys to monitor active and large-scale conflicts.
Heritage sites are sources of historical pride, indigenous knowledge and cultural identity.
We used satellite imagery to track the decline of vegetation since the civil war began.
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
Protecting the continent’s historical artefacts requires political will from governments – and a reawakening of cultural conscience among Africans.
Mental health problems are major indirect consequences of armed conflicts and can have short-term and long-term effects on people.
Unless special attention is given to conflict and HIV the war will undermine the achievement of the 2030 goals to end AIDS, discrimination, and new infections.
The war in Tigray appears to have boosted Eritrea’s efforts at regional pre-eminence. But it could backfire.
Humanitarians are stuck in a dilemma: challenging practices that cause suffering could risk access to the vulnerable people they serve.
Ethiopia’s main religions need to take an emotional distance from politics and find a neutral space so they can get moral clarity.
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Professor Emeritus in Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
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Researcher, Ghent University; Oregon State University
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Visiting Lecturer, University of Roehampton
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Professor of Geography, Ghent University
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Lecturer in Environment and Development, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Professor, Université de Lubumbashi
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Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee
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Senior Fellow, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, Tufts University
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Professor of African History, St Cross College, University of Oxford