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November 9, 2020
Ethiopia
Simmering Tensions Come to a Boil in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
Over the past week, as many have been distracted by the U.S. elections, an extraordinarily dangerous unraveling has picked up speed in Ethiopia. Months of simmering tensions between the leadership o…
November 5, 2008
Democracy
A Tribal Strategy for Afghanistan
As military leaders in Washington revise their war strategy for Afghanistan, analysts say enlisting Afghan tribesmen could aid in security. Others warn that what helped stabilize Iraq may play very d…
June 30, 2017
Egypt
Weekend Reading: Hebrew in Egypt, Israeli Nukes, and Jewish Beirut
Reading selection for the weekend of June 30, 2017.
October 4, 2021
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Doubles Down as Suffering Intensifies
On September 30 the Ethiopian government declared seven senior UN officials—five from OCHA, one from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and an official from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights—personae non gratae and insisted that they leave the country. Federal officials claimed that the expelled personnel had been “meddling in the internal affairs of the country.” The announcement came just days after the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator called the manmade crisis in Tigray “a stain on our conscience.”
