Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
Just a few years ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, the nation is in the grips of a civil war, with widespread reports of massacres and human rights abuses, and a looming famine that could strike millions in the northern region of Tigray.
How did Ethiopia get here?
Guest: Declan Walsh (https://www.nytimes.com/by/declan-walsh?smid=pc-thedail), the chief Africa correspondent for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
Thousands of Ethiopians have fled the country and given accounts of a devastating and complex conflict (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sudan.html?smid=pc-thedaily). A U.S. report found that officials are leading a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html?smid=pc-thedaily) in the northern region of Tigray.
United Nations agencies have said the crisis in the Tigray region had plunged it into famine. It’s a starvation calamity (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/africa/ethiopia-famine-tigray.html?smid=pc-thedaily) bigger at the moment than anywhere else in the world.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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Just a few years ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, the nation is in the grips of a civil war, with widespread reports of massacres and human rights abuses, and a looming famine that could strike millions in the northern region of Tigray.
How did Ethiopia get here?
Guest: Declan Walsh (https://www.nytimes.com/by/declan-walsh?smid=pc-thedail), the chief Africa correspondent for The New York Times.
Sign up here (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily) to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
Thousands of Ethiopians have fled the country and given accounts of a devastating and complex conflict (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sudan.html?smid=pc-thedaily). A U.S. report found that officials are leading a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html?smid=pc-thedaily) in the northern region of Tigray.
United Nations agencies have said the crisis in the Tigray region had plunged it into famine. It’s a starvation calamity (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/africa/ethiopia-famine-tigray.html?smid=pc-thedaily) bigger at the moment than anywhere else in the world.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)