The War on Tigray with Teklehaymanot Weldemichel - Episode 32

Rising with the Tide

Your hosts embark on a journey to Northern Norway to meet an expert on none other than the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Teklehaymanot Weldemichel. Though a more somber subject than what we usually touch on, the war on Tigray deserves much more attention and international action. Teklehaymanot describes to us the atrocities witnessed around Tigray, from inhumane war crimes to the burning of entire villages. We discuss the recent history of the region, Tigray's position within Ethiopia, and the events leading up to the war. Teklehaymanot himself is a victim of this war, even if he resides away from it, as much of his family and friends must endure and survive in a region without internet or telecommunication.

Although we could have talked for hours more on the subject, our conversation touches on a wide variety of questions related to Tigray and the war such as why the international community has failed, discourses in Western and Ethiopian media surrounding the Tigrayans, as well as the fact that the events of the last two years do in fact cover all of the criteria for there being a Genocide in Tigray. Teklehaymanot's own published work argues that the ongoing, devastating, famine is a product of human design by the belligerents of this war.

We ask that comments to this episode remain kind-hearted and human as they always are, and thank Teklehaymanot for his courage in telling his story and that of his compatriots abroad.

You can find Teklehaymanot on Twitter - @TeklehaymanotG

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Song for the episode: "Lomi Ayney Berhe" by Eyasu Berhe