Tigray: The Power of Collective Voices: Lessons from Argentina, Rwanda, Bosnia, Colombia, and South Africa
W e, Tegaru, are living through a genocide that continues to inflict profound wounds. It is not the past. Peace has not been restored. Widespread warfare has quieted but peace remains absent. We had a fighting and a drone strike by the Ethiopian government as late as 2026, four years after the Pretoria Peace Agreement . Our people continue to go through ethnic cleansing, what should actually be termed as genocide, in Western Tigray. Human Rights Watch reported on this atrocity just a couple of days ago . Ethnic cleansing is only politically convenient. This term absolves the international community of responsibility, which is why it is preferred. We have also seen no meaningful justice or accountability for atrocities committed thus far. The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia was discontinued, without even completing its investigation let alone bringing about justice and accountability. For many, all of this is not just a political condition; it is ...
