Podcasts about Tigray

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Zwei Jahre wurde in der Region Tigray im Norden Äthiopiens gekämpft. Wenig drang in der Zeit nach aussen, die Zentralregierung hatte Telefon und Internet blockiert. Nun sind Reisen nach Tigray wieder möglich. Unser Afrikakorrespondent begegnete erleichterten, aber schwer traumatisierten Menschen. Da ist etwa der junge Aradom, ein schmächtiger Informatiker mit Bart. Er hat für die Tigray gekämpft und erzählt, wie sie Äthiopiens Armee besiegten und den Krieg doch verloren. Er ist traumatisiert, arbeitslos, hängt mit Freunden in einer Bar herum und versucht zu vergessen. Da ist eine Mutter, die von Soldaten vergewaltigt wurde, als sie ihr Eigentum vor Plünderung beschützen wollte. Von ihrem Mann hat sie schon lange nichts mehr gehört, die Kinder werden wohl ohne Vater aufwachsen müssen. Eine alte Frau hat nur ein paar Weizenkörner, die sie ihren hungrigen Enkelkindern zubereiten kann. Während des Krieges war es noch schlimmer, erzählt sie. Hunger und Unterernährung sind ein riesiges Problem. Wir begegnen einem Lehrer, der ohne Lohn versucht, in einer Primarschule wieder zu unterrichten, unter widrigsten Umständen. Er hat leise Hoffnung, dass es wieder einen Alltag geben wird. Und da ist ein führender Kader der alten Garde der TPLF-Rebellen. Sie müssen sich den Vorwurf gefallen lassen, mit der Zentralregierung ein ungünstiges Waffenstillstandsabkommen geschlossen zu haben. Mit dem grausamen Krieg haben die Rebellen nichts gewonnen. Hunderttausende aber haben ihr Leben oder ihre Existenz verloren.

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Our mainframe computer, DEREK, gave us the news before it became sentient and we had to unplug it. This week: the new IPCC report on climate and UN report on water access (0:38), good and bad news from Yemen (4:34), Israel makes moves on a new bill legalizing old settlements and Smotrich gets in trouble with Jordan (6:45), Ethiopia sees progress in implementing the Tigray peace deal (10:44), pension problems in France (13:42), a Russia/Ukraine update (18:16), and a New Cold War update (26:50) featuring Xi Jinping visiting Russia, Kishida Fumio visiting Ukraine, and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen visiting the US. Recorded Thursday, March 23, 2023 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

Former Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice have been convicted of exploiting a young man from a poor village by bringing him to London to donate a kidney. The couple, and a doctor who was also found guilty, were convicted under Britain's Modern Slavery Act. We hear more about the case and get reaction from people in Nigeria. Ethiopia's prime minister appoints Getachew Reda, spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, as Tigray's new interim leader. And French journalist Olivier Dubois, released by militants in Mali after being kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years, tells us how he managed to keep his mind occupied during his months in captivity.

The two hundred sixty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief.   Stories Cited in the Episode: Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for a Netanyahu removal Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests Rahul Gandhi: India's Congress leader sentenced to jail for Modi 'thieves' remark Spain's PM Sanchez survives no-confidence vote Canada lawmaker resigns from government over China charge Ethiopian Parliament removes rebel Tigray party from terror list End to Taiwan ties nears as Honduras foreign minister goes to China 2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred sixty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief.   Stories Cited in the Episode: Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for a Netanyahu removal Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests Rahul Gandhi: India's Congress leader sentenced to jail for Modi 'thieves' remark Spain's PM Sanchez survives no-confidence vote Canada lawmaker resigns from government over China charge Ethiopian Parliament removes rebel Tigray party from terror list End to Taiwan ties nears as Honduras foreign minister goes to China 2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred sixty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief.   Stories Cited in the Episode: Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for a Netanyahu removal Anger at Macron mounts as French unions hold new protests Rahul Gandhi: India's Congress leader sentenced to jail for Modi 'thieves' remark Spain's PM Sanchez survives no-confidence vote Canada lawmaker resigns from government over China charge Ethiopian Parliament removes rebel Tigray party from terror list End to Taiwan ties nears as Honduras foreign minister goes to China 2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facts & Spin for March 22, 2023 top stories: Biden orders the release of intel potentially linking COVID to a Wuhan Lab, Nigeria's Peter Obi petitions a court to challenge last month's presidential election, Sri Lanka secures a $2.9 billion bailout from the IMF, A report finds the UK's Met Police to be institutionally 'racist, misogynistic, and homophobic,' Ukraine launches a drone attack on Crimea, The US concludes that war crimes were committed by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, Saudi Arabia releases a jailed US citizen, The GOP Freedom Caucus opposes guaranteeing bank deposits above $250,000, A Fox producer sues the network over alleged coaching before her Dominion testimony, and Texas adds HSBC to to its energy sanctions list. Sources: https://www.improvethenews.org/   Brief Listener Survey: https://www.improvethenews.org/pod

Sign up to Nebula to get the ad-free access to the full Daily Briefing every single day: http://go.nebula.tv/tldrnewsukWelcome to the TLDR News Daily BriefingIn today's episode, we discuss the updates from Russia and Ukraine. Also, we look into why the Met Police are under fire right now; what Blinken has to say about the Tigray conflict; and an update on the current state of France.

Governo moçambicano aloca 250 milhões de meticais para a reconstrução da província da Zambézia, a mais afetada pelo ciclone Freddy. Em Angola, arranca hoje o V congresso da Jura. Secretário de Estado norte-americano, Antony Blinken, de visita à Etiópia.

We'll be in Malawi for the latest on efforts to help people caught in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Freddy. Also, Anthony Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit Niger, but why now? And what needs to be done to help children recover from the psychological effects of the war in Tigray? Those stories and more in this podcast presented by Audrey Brown.

Headlines for March 16, 2023; Blinken Visits Niger, Home to U.S. Drone Base, as Biden Moves to Counter China & Russia in Africa; Will Peace Hold in Tigray? Blinken Visits Ethiopia Four Months After Truce Reached to End War; Death, Destruction & Resilience: Nadje Al-Ali on the 20th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq

Delfim Neves diz ser alvo de perseguições em São Tomé e Príncipe. Exílio em Bissau de antigo presidente da República Centro Africana François Bozizé está a ser alvo de críticas. Soldados eritreus mataram centenas de civis em Tigray antes do acordo de cessar-fogo.

Nach zwei Jahren brutalen Bürgerkriegs in der äthiopischen Region Tigray herrscht seit November eine Waffenruhe. Die Kämpfe seien seither in der Tat praktisch eingestellt worden, sagt Afrika-Korrespondent Samuel Burri. Er hat die Region Tigray kürzlich besucht. Schätzungen zufolge, sind rund 600'000 Menschen an den Folgen des Bürgerkriegs in der Region Tigray im Norden Äthiopiens gestorben. Nun herrscht ein Friedensabkommen und die Wege nach Tigray sind wieder geöffnet. Doch der Augenschein vor Ort zeigt, wie sehr die Menschen von den Kriegsjahren gezeichnet sind. Bei den Kämpfen waren laut UN seit November 2020 mehrere Hunderttausend Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Die Denkfabrik International Crisis Group bezeichnete den Konflikt als einen der tödlichsten weltweit". SRF-Korrespondent Samuel Burri hat die äthiopische Region Tigray besucht. Eine schwer traumatisierte Region. Wieso hat dieser Krieg nahezu abseits der Weltöffentlichkeit stattgefunden? Und wie kann Frieden einkehren nach so viel Tod? Antworten von Samuel Burri im «Tagesgespräch» mit David Karasek.

Judy Heumann is known as the mother of the disability rights movement. Her advocacy and lobbying eventually led to the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Rebecca Cokley, U.S. disability rights program officer with the Ford Foundation, joins us to talk about what today's activists can learn from Heumann's legacy. Then, an investigation by the Washington Post uncovered evidence of a massacre in Tigray carried out by Eritrean troops just days before a peace deal was made. Katharine Houreld led the investigation and joins us. And, labor organizer Saket Soni's new book "The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America" details his work in helping Indian workers lured to Mississippi to repair oil rigs post-Katrina and essentially imprisoned by their employers. Soni joins us.

Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have historically been difficult. Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war. A bitter border war between the two countries began a few years later. But by 2020, Eritrea sent troops to fight alongside the Ethiopian government against rebel forces in its northern Tigray region. Kalkidan Yibeltal is a BBC correspondent in Addis Ababa. He explains the complex history between the two countries, and looks at the tentative peace now emerging in Tigray.

Donatella Rovera es investigadora de Amnistía Internacional. Lleva 20 años recorriendo países en conflicto y documentando crímenes de guerra y abusos de todo tipo. Hablamos con ella sobre Ucrania pero también sobre otras guerras como la de Tigray. Escuchar audio

Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki has taken part in a rare press conference during a visit to Kenya, where he fielded questions regarding the participation of his military in the Tigray war. The press event took place after a bilateral meeting with Kenyan president William Ruto, with the two countries announcing a mutual visa-free travel agreement. Plus, the head of the World Trade Organization, Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, tells us that richer nations have a duty to help poorer nations struggling with the current global cost of living crisis. And we meet Ghanaian music producer Quick Action, who has collaborated with some of the continent's biggest stars, and achieved success despite his dyslexia.

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Sam hosts journalist Ann Neumann to discuss her recent piece in Harper's, "Falling Like Leaves: The war in Ethiopia and its crimes against civilians". Then, Sam's joined by Dawn Tefft, a Lead Organizer with Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC), and Sam Harshner, organizer and Adjunct Instructor of Political Science and History at Marquette University, to discuss their work with EWOC and its central mission. First, Sam runs through updates on Biden's State of the Union speech, the rising death roll in the wake of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Democrats sweeping Pennsylvania's special election, the Fed continuing their attack on labor, and the House GOP launching their investigation into Hunter Biden's d*ck pics, before diving into the contrast between Biden's tack towards bipartisanship and Sarah Huckabee Sanders' statements that she's nothing like Joe Biden. Ann Neumann then joins as she walks through the last five years of Ethiopian conflict, beginning with the protests and riots breaking out in 2016 and led to myriad resignations across the Ethiopian government and the assumption of Abiy Ahmed to the Prime Ministership, who immediately stepped in to sign a peace treaty with Isaias Afwerki to end the multi-decade Eritrean-Ethiopian border conflict – a move that would earn Ahmed a Nobel Peace Prize, only for it to become apparent that, as a part of the treaty, there was an agreement to turn against their common enemy of Tigray. After a brief conversation on the role of Tigray and Eritrea in the liberation of Ethiopia from the Derg regime, Neumann parses through the role of the US in propping up various leaders in Eritrea and Ethiopia in the shift towards neocolonialism, with Abiy Ahmed being a particular darling of the west. Wrapping up the interview, Ann walks Sam through the crimes against civilians that have come through Ethiopia's strict information blockade, from outright violence and violation to the manipulation of food and medicine, and how the information blockade itself developed. Dawn Tefft and Sam Harshner dive right into the creation of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee in early 2020 in response to the impact of the pandemic on workplaces, with the DSA joining with United Electorate to help sponsor and strategize labor organizing and the establishment of unions across the US in the fight for safe workplace policy in a pandemic. After briefly touching on EWOC's work at Marquette University, Dawn and Sam walk through the biggest challenges that faced workplace organizing throughout the pandemic, and how easy it is for workers to unite over mediocre and unsafe working conditions. And in the Fun Half: Sam and the MR Crew tackle Biden baiting the Right into committing to Social Security and Medicare, Frank Luntz's response on (s)quack box, and other highlights from Biden's State of the Union. Nine from Seattle dives into Eritrea's relationship to colonialism and colonization, Ryan from Ohio dives into the disaster train derailment that has taken his house, and Chad from NYC rants against corporate “charity” as per the development of Box Tops. Donald Trump calls Ron DeSantis a groomer, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Ann's piece here: https://harpers.org/archive/2023/02/falling-like-leaves-ethiopia-tigray-crimes-against-civilians/ Learn more about EWOC here: https://workerorganizing.org/ Donate to Hasan's fund for earthquake victims: https://events.softgiving.com/donate/HasanAbiForTurkeySyriaEarthquakesFund Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: ZBiotics: Go to https://thld.co/zbiotics_majority_0123 and get 15% off your first order of ZBiotics Pre-Alcohol Probiotic by using my code MAJORITY at checkout. Henson Shaving: Go to https://hensonshaving.com/majority and use code MAJORITY for a free 100-pack of blades! Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! ¿Guerra civil? ¿Guerra de secesión? Lo cierto es que están luchando dos concepciones de Etiopía, una pan-etíope con un poder muy centralizado en Addis Abeba, y otro más federal y con el poder más repartido. Un enfrentamiento de extrema violencia donde las masacres y los bombardeos a población civil son constantes, y los ejércitos avanzan y retroceden sin que ninguno de ellos parezca que pueda derrotar al otro. Analizamos las raíces del conflicto, el orden de batalla, el desarrollo de la guerra y la crisis humanitaria con 🎙️ Yago de Political Room, además de 🏍️ Julio 'Caronte', 🦕 Antonio Gómez y 👨‍🚀 Dani CarAn. Produce 👨‍🚀 Dani CarAn Edita 🛠️PodFactory FOTOGRAFÍAS Y MAPAS EN: https://podcastcasusbelli.com/cbp-247-crisis-etiope/ ⭐ Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. ⭐ Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. 👉https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👉En Facebook, nuestra página es @casusbellipodcast https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉En Instagram estamos como @casusbellipodcast https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉En Twitter estamos como @casusbellipod @CasusBelliPod 👉Telegram, nuestro canal es @casusbellipodcast https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👨‍💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/aviones10 La música aparecida en este episodio lo hacen bajo la licencia privada de Jamendo Music, Epidemic Sound, o licencia global contratada y gestionada por IVOOX (SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012), para el uso de "música comercial" del repertorio de la Sociedad de Gestión. El resto de música es bajo licencia Creative Commons 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ ⚛️ El logotipo de Carros 10 y de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 📧¿Queréis contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Heshiiskii Xukuumada Ethiopia iyo jabhada Tigray-ga ee dhacay November 2022, ayaan wali u fulin sidii lagu heshiiyey. Sababa jira ayaa wali ka dhigaya heshiiska mid su'aala ay ka yimaadeen. Dr Maxamed Cabaas oo falanqeeya arimaha siyaasada ayaan ka waraysanay heshiiskaas iyo xaaladaha ku hareeraysan.

During the years of suffering and tragedy that defined the Warsaw Ghetto in the midst of World War II, a team of Jewish doctors secretly documented the effects of starvation on the human body when the Nazis severely limited the amount of food available in the Jewish ghetto.Featuring Merry Fitzpatrick, an assistant professor at Tufts University who studies food security and malnutrition.This episode was produced by Mend Mariwany and hosted by Dan Merino. The executive producer is Mend Mariwany. Eloise Stevens does our sound design, and our theme music is by Neeta Sarl.Further reading: Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it's a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on Ethiopia and Eritrea from Crisis Group's The Horn podcast.The contemporary rivalry between Eritrea and Tigray goes back several decades. After an almost-17-year-long civil war starting in the mid-1970s, the Eritrean EPLF and Tigrayan TPLF jointly defeated Ethiopia's Derg regime in 1991, resulting in Eritrea's independence and the TPLF taking power in Ethiopia. Despite their joint achievement, their already-complicated relations soon started to sour. A growing power struggle, as well as unresolved territorial disputes between the two sides, led to a deadly border war lasting from 1998 to 2000. Meanwhile, an increasingly repressive Eritrean regime found itself regionally and globally isolated. A new administration in Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed signed a peace agreement with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in 2018, formally ending the border war. However, this rapprochement between Addis Ababa and Asmara also appeared to pave the way for Ethiopia's civil war, with Eritrea allying with Ethiopia's federal government in the war against Tigrayan forces in northern Ethiopia that started in 2020.In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, to take a deep dive into the long and tumultuous relationship between Eritrea and Tigray to understand Eritrea's motives and objectives in the Ethiopian conflict. They talk about the origins of the relations between the EPLF and the TPLF and their shared struggle against Ethiopia's Derg regime from the 1970s to 1991. They unpack how relations between the two sides soured in a struggle for power and authority, culminating in the deadly border clashes starting in 1998. They also discuss how Eritrean President Afwerki's motivations in the conflict in northern Ethiopia have shifted over time. Finally, they talk about how to navigate Eritrea's role while trying to end the conflict in Tigray. Please note that this episode was recorded before the 2 November truce agreement between Ethiopia's federal government and Tigray's leaders.For more in-depth analysis on Ethiopia and Eritrea, make sure to check out our Horn of Africa regional page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allies of Ukraine fail to agree on the deployment of new battle tanks in it war against Russia. Also in the programme a senior UN official believes the Afghan Taleban could ease their restrictions on women; and a resident of Axum in Tigray gives us an eyewitness account of the Eritrean troops pulling out from the city. (Photo: US, German and Ukrainian defence ministers attending the Ramstein meeting. Credit: EPA)

The war in Ukraine has had dire consequences for millions of people beyond Europe. Gideon talks to David Miliband, IRC president, about why Putin's challenge to the world order must not go unpunished.Clips: CNNMore on this topic:Geopolitics threatens to destroy the world Davos madeWar in Tigray may have killed 600,000 people, peace mediator saysHow the law finally caught up with notorious human trafficker KidaneSubscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen TurnerRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Nigerian president and African Union envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, has been quoted as saying that as many as 600,000 people may have been killed in Ethiopia's brutal two-year long civil war in the Tigray region. The Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission tells us establishing a precise figure is difficult. UN officials describe a deadly bomb attack on a Pentecostal church in a town in eastern D R Congo as "cowardly and despicable". And musician Seun Kuti tells us about being inspired by, and extending the legacy of his father, Fela.

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*) Tigray rebel forces start turning over heavy weapons to Ethiopia military Tigray rebel forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, have begun handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process. Handover in the town of Agulae was overseen by a monitoring team comprising members of the two sides and a regional body, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. At the ceremony, a Tigray rebel forces' representative said the start of the disarmament would play a major role in restoring peace. *) Ukraine's Soledar town falls to Wagner group — Russian media The head of Russia's mercenary group Wagner said his forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian mining town of Soledar but that fighting continued, Russian news agencies reported. Ukraine had said earlier that its forces were still holding out despite a Russian onslaught. The Wagner head said in a statement that its units took control of the entire territory of Soledar and that a cauldron has been formed in the centre of the city. *) Azerbaijan demands France apologise over 'slander' during war with Armenia Azerbaijan has demanded an apology from France over "slander" during the 2020 Karabakh war with Armenia. President Ilham Aliyev said, "During the conflict, France openly accused us, slandered us. I demanded an apology from them. They slandered us without even any evidence," Underlining that while there could be several reasons for France's anti-Azerbaijan stance, Aliyev said that France wanted Karabakh to remain at the centre of an unresolved and "frozen" conflict. *) Türkiye to host Russian, Ukrainian rights commissioners Russian and Ukrainian commissioners for human rights will hold a meeting in Türkiye on January 12-14, a Russian official said. Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia's commissioner for human rights, told reporters in Moscow that she will visit Türkiye for a forum. She said scores of experts from many nations will attend the forum, adding that they are planning to meet the Ukrainian side. *) Steven Spielberg wins big as Golden Globes make comeback Steven Spielberg claimed top honors including best drama at the Golden Globes on Tuesday for his deeply personal film "The Fabelmans," as Hollywood's A-list stars flocked to the first major awards show of the year despite a series of scandals swirling around its organizers. Spielberg, who also took home the award for best director, thanked his family including his late mother, who he said would be "up there kvelling about this right now." "The Fabelmans" covers the troubled marriage of Spielberg's parents, anti-Semitic bullying, and the director's early efforts making zero-budget movies with his teenage friends.

Tigray was cut off from the rest of Ethiopia and the outside world for nearly two years. As a civil war raged on, the region was under a de facto blockade that impacted everything from food to phone lines. The war resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, and widespread human rights abuses, including sexual violence. But a peace agreement signed between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces in November means the region is beginning to open up again. So what does that mean for the people in Tigray?  In this episode:  Lucy Kassa (@berhe_lucy), investigative journalist Jude Fuhnwi (@FuhnwiJ), ICRC spokesperson in Ethiopia Episode credits: This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei with Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin, and our host, Halla Mohieddeen.  Miranda Lin, Alexandra Locke, and Amy Walters fact-checked this episode. Our production team includes Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, and Amy Walters.  Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

A warning that listeners might find some of the stories being recounted too upsetting. After two long years, and in a region ravaged by a war that has left thousands dead, people in Tigray could finally travel to the rest of Ethiopia and the world last December. For the lucky ones who got tickets, this felt like a Christmas miracle. Alan Kasujja has been speaking to two sisters who were finally reunited and celebrated the Ethiopian Christmas together for the first time in almost 3 years. So, how special was this Christmas for them? For their own safety, we are not using their real names.

The Socialist leader promises to transform Brazil, rebuild democracy, and he made an impassioned attack on his right-wing predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, saying he had left Brazil in ruins. Also on the programme we hear from the Ethiopian journalist forced out of the country because of her reporting of the war in Tigray. And we take a look at the origins of one of the world's most famous hymns, Amazing Grace. (Image: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and his wife Maria Lucia Ribeiro Alckmin, after his swearing-in ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil. Credit: Reuters / Moraes)

Ethiopian Airlines has resumed commercial flights to the capital of the war-hit Tigray region, Mekelle, for the first time in nearly two years. We hear from excited passengers in Addis Ababa, just before they boarded the flight. And five-times Grammy award winner Angelique Kidjo is our guest editor. The singer-songwriter from Benin, talks to us about her music, the causes that concern her and the people she champions.

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At least twenty-five people are now known to have died in and around Buffalo -- the city worst hit by the winter storm that swept across the northeast US. Also: rebels in Tigray hail a visit by an Ethiopian government delegation as a milestone on the road to peace; and -- how the footballing superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, known for his quick feet, became embroiled in a scandal about chicken feet.

After two years of being cut off and lives devastated by the civil war in Tigray, an Ethiopian Government delegation arrives in Mekelle, the capital of the region. Also, tragedy has rocked Boksburg community in South Africa after a tanker explosion. Plus, thousands displaced and living in Kayaruchinya camp in the east of the DRC  return home to Kibumba after the M23 rebel withdrawal. And the Ganda Boys bring the warmth of Uganda as they share their folk music with the world. Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.

Sam and Emma host Alex de Waal, Executive Director of The World Peace Foundation and Professor at Tufts University, to discuss the ongoing civil conflict in Ethiopia and how it is affecting the Tigrayan people. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the US funding bill, GOP killing cannabis reform, the final DOJ criminal referrals coming out of the 1/6 committee, the USPS' shift towards electric, and more on George Santos' resume, before diving deeper into the January 6th committee, and the US' long history of refusing to hold powerful white men to account. Alex de Waal then calls in as he gets right into walking through the long history of war in Ethiopia, beginning with tensions between the authoritarian leadership of Ethiopia (supported by the West) and the totalitarian regime of Eritrea, and the decades of war that came from it, culminating with the election of Abiy Ahmed as Prime Minister of Ethiopia, a shift away from the Tigrayan party leadership of the last few decades, who pushed for a security pact with Isaias Afwerki's Eritrea. Parsing through this shift, Alex, Sam, and Emma tackle the progression of regional supremacy from the era of Haile Selassie's Amhara leadership, through the Tigrayan decades, and into the recent turn against Tigray, as Ahmed and Afwerki used their pact to stamp out the Tigrayan political party that had dominated Ethiopian politics for the last few decades. After tackling the nature of this conflict as a battle for greater global/continental supremacy, de Waal walks through the differing perspectives on Tigray between Ahmed (who is largely taking a political opportunity) and Afwerki (who is seen to hold genocidal intentions), and how this resulted – despite strong defense from Tigrayan forces at first – in an attempt to starve out the Tigrayan people. After running through the massive devastation that came out of this genocidal endeavor between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Alex, Sam, and Emma explore how they got the rest of the African Union, and the world writ large, to look the other way, before wrapping up by tackling the recent treaties signed that put a stop to hostilities in Tigray, and why conflict in the country is not coming to a close despite them. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma parse through the various holes in Congressman-Elect George Santos's resume, and expand the conversation on the US' refusal to hold their political leaders accountable. They also tackle the simmering beef between Lauren Boebert and Majorie Taylor Greene, dive into Greg Gutfeld having fun with the concept of child abuse, and discuss the failure of local news outlets to cover George Santos' lies, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Alex's writing at the Quincy Institute here: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/adewaal/ Check out the World Peace Foundation at Tufts here: https://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/ Check out the Wildfire Project here: http://wildfireproject.org/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Tushy: Hello Tushy cleans your butt with a precise stream of fresh water for just $79. It attaches to your existing toilet – requires NO electricity or additional plumbing – and cuts toilet paper use by 80% – so the Hello Tushy bidet pays for itself in a few months. Go to https://hellotushy.com/majority to get 10% off today! Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

The BBC has gained rare access to Ethiopia's Tigray region, where malnutrition is widespread following the civil war. Nigeria receives 22 precious Benin Bronzes returned by Germany after they were looted in the colonial period. Plus the tech company offering paid menstrual leave to employees.

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Biden says US should have ‘societal guilt' 10 years after Sandy Hook. Facebook in lawsuit over posts inciting Tigray war. Fed raises rates by half-point with more rises to come.  You can subscribe to Five Minute News with Anthony Davis on YouTube, with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill.  Subscribe, rate and review at www.fiveminute.news  Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The aim is to starve Moscow of funds for its war against Ukraine. Also: The World Health Organisation says it's struggling to reach people in need of help in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, weeks after a ceasefire was agreed, and why a Barbadian task force is asking a British MP for slavery reparations.

Earlier this month, officials from the government of Ethiopia and representatives from the Tigray People's Liberation Front agreed to halt the two-year conflict that has been rife with accusations of ethnic cleansing, sexual violence, and famine as a weapon of war. To discuss the current state of the conflict and the prospect of peace, Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien sat down with Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation and a research professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. A longtime expert on the Horn of Africa, de Waal co-edited the book, “Accountability for Mass Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law,” which was published in August. They discussed the terms of the recent truce agreements, the irony of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Nobel Peace Prize, and the options for accountability for forced starvation and other crimes committed by both sides. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A surprise peace agreement should permit desperately needed humanitarian relief for millions in the region of Tigray—but there are reasons to doubt the grinding conflict is at an end. Britain has a problem that other rich countries do not: its over-50s are flooding out of the labour market. And our correspondent attends an unexpectedly tame “crypto rave”.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The civil war in Ethiopia is destroying the medical system in the northern Tigray region, which serves nearly 7 million people. Doctors are operating without anesthesia and re-using medical equipment. Sporadic electricity and water are also causing problems for hospitals and clinics. NPR's Ari Daniel talks to host Aaron Scott about how people who need and provide medical care are coping.

The civil war in Ethiopia is destroying the medical system in the northern Tigray region, which serves nearly 7 million people. Doctors are operating without anesthesia and re-using medical equipment. Sporadic electricity and water are also causing problems for hospitals and clinics. NPR's Ari Daniel talks to host Aaron Scott about how people who need and provide medical care are coping.

In a rare admission of problems, Russia's infamous army chief in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin, says residents in Kherson should leave. Also: Ethiopia army seizes three towns in Tigray, and is there a Kimchi crisis in south Korea?