Woldegiorgis G. Teklay, a journalist from Ethiopia and a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Treiber Magnus at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU, spoke at the Oberseminar as a guest about his ongoing research on the weaponization of hate speech in Ethiopia during the war on Tigray, which began in…
Die UN sind wegen der humanitären Lage zutiefst beunruhigt. vom Recherche-Kollektiv Afrika-Reporter: Bettina Ruehl, First published HERE on 16.07.2021 Ende Juni hat der Krieg im nordäthiopischen Tigray eine überraschende Wende genommen: Nach monatelangen Kämpfen zog die äthiopische Regierung unter Premier Abiy Ahmed die äthiopische Armee und die von der Zentralmacht eingesetzte Regionalverwaltung aus Mekelle, der Hauptstadt von Tigray, zurück. Seitdem…
A personal account While it is true that a change in government can bring about positive developments, it is not always a guarantee. History is riddled with instances where changes in power led to disastrous outcomes. Take, for example, the rise of the Nazi party, which gained power through democratic means, only to inflict unspeakable…
ሕብረተሰብ ትግራይ ከም ኩሉ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ከምቲ ናይ ሎሚ ዘበናዊ መለዋወጢ ሓበሬታ ዝኾኑ መራኸብቲ ሓፋሽ ዘየብሉ እንከሎ እውን ሓበሬታ ይለዋወጥ ነይሩ እዩ። ዝተፈላለዩ ሜላታት መለዋወጢ ሓበሬታ ክዓ ኣብ ጥቕሚ ይውዕሉ ነይሮም። መብዛሕትኦም ድማ ብኣካል ተራኺብካ ዝግበሩ ልውውጥ ሓበሬታ ኮይኖም እዮም ፀኒሖም። ሎሚ እውን እንተኾነ መብዛሕትኡ ህዝብና ኣብዚኦም ተደሪኹ እዩ ሓበሬታ ዝለዋወጥ። ሰብ ኣብ መንገዲ፣ ፀበል፣…
Authors: Daniel Zemichael, Mebrahten Gebremariam & Woldegiorgis Ghebrehiwot, December 15, 2022. Editor’s note: This is a long article, initially written as an academic manuscript. The content might be modified in the future if more data become available. Comments are welcome. As the war on Tigray continues, now in the form of a brutal siege and…
