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Seeking the Truth About Ethiopia's Crisis

London-based Ethiopian Religion Unplugged contributor Desta Heliso weighs in with Religion Unplugged Managing Editor Meagan Clark on the recent war sparked in Ethiopia between federal armed forces and the Tigray region’s militia. In addition, we talk to Desta about what we know and don’t know yet about alleged brutal massacres of Ethiopian Christian civilians in November in light of reports from Amnesty International, CNN, the Telegraph, the Associated Press and others attributing witness accounts. Background reading: CNN report, March 1, 2021: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/africa/ethiopia-tigray-dengelat-massacre-intl/index.html?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=f451299025-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_03_02_02_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-f451299025-400468605 ( https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/africa/ethiopia-tigray-dengelat-massacre-intl/index.html?utm_campaign=f451299025-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_03_02_02_58&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-f451299025-400468605 ) Amnesty report, Feb. 26, 2021: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr25/3730/2021/en/ Telegraph report, Feb. 19, 2021: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/19/should-have-finished-survivors-ethiopian-army-implicated-brutal/ AP report, Feb. 17, 2021: https://apnews.com/article/witnesses-recall-massacre-axum-ethiopia-fa1b531fea069aed6768409bd1d20bfa Desta’s analysis for Religion Unplugged, Feb. 10, 2021: https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/2/10/were-750-christians-really-massacred-the-truth-about-ethiopias-recent-crisis

Seeking the Truth About Ethiopia's Crisis
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