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An eagerly anticipated gathering of women will not be taking place following recent aerial strikes.
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Tigray’s Cultural Heritage Is in Danger, But Does the World Care?
November 2, 2022, marked the end of a deadly two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia’s battered Tigray region. Two years of rampant ethnic and cultural cleansing that has claimed over half a million ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Ethiopia’s undeclared drone war
I N TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA’s northernmost province, August marks the start of Ashenda, an Orthodox Christian festival. It is a time of family reunions, street parades and concerts. Bu ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Ashenda, Far From Home
Across Tigray and Amhara, Ashenda, Shadey, Ashendeye and Solel are observed as cultural and religious celebrations centered on womanhood, girlhood and community. But the experiences of young women ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Rising Tigray Tensions Test African Union
Barely a week after African leaders met in Luanda, Angola to strengthen the African Union’s conflict prevention capacity, escalating tensions in northern Ethiopia are testing whether the AU can turn ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Tigray's old grapevines have survived against the odds: New research uncovers their genetic and historic value
The northern highlands of Ethiopia are among Africa's oldest agricultural landscapes. Some of the world's most important crops originated here, particularly pulses and grains, including teff. Yet ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: After Pretoria peace deal, old enemies in Ethiopia’s Tigray find new ground
The 2022 peace deal ended the war but left key disputes unresolved, giving the TPLF room to regroup as tensions return.
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions over Red Sea port have turned the Tigray peace deal into a political weapon
The large-scale war between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional government forces ended in November 2022 with the signing of the Pretoria Agreement. The two sides agreed that the ...
News Ethiopia » Tigray » Culture: The Tigray Crisis: My Family Fled Ethiopia Amid War — Here’s What It Was Like to Return
As a Black person in this world marked by lost ties, enslavement and family separation, to know and be actively connected to your ancestral home is an incredible privilege. Entering this same world as ...