How Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Laureate used Biafra-like siege to starve millions in Tigray - The East African Daily
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BY SUMUR TSEHAYE & TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The Ethiopian government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Nobel Peace Prize winner, imposed a total blockade against Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia, after conflict between Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) and government forces broke out in November 2020. The civil war started in November 2020 after Abiy
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The Ethiopian Civil War in Tigray
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In Ethiopia, a Nobel Peace Laureate Goes to War
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Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader says he'll lead troops on front lines against rebels
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Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed: The Nobel Prize winner who went to war
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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed: The Nobel Prize winner who went to war
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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize
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Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis: Why Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed sent his
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Ethiopia's fast-growing economy will be a casualty of Tigray war