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Who Killed Ethiopia's Respected Former Foreign Minister?

Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia's longest-serving foreign minister (1991-2010) and a veteran Tigrayan activist, "exemplified the country's tradition of enlightened and progressive patriotism," says Alex de Waal, an academic expert on the Horn of Africa and a former adviser on Sudan to the African Union. But on January 13, the Ethiopian News Agency announced that he was one of three Tigrayan "junta senior leaders" who had been killed "in a shoot-out". De Waal writes that the killings, as part of "a pattern of systematic targeting of Tigrayans" consistent with the politics of genocide, warrant an immediate high-level international investigation.

Ethiopia: Killing of Respected Ex-Foreign Minister Needs International Investigation

African Arguments, 14 January 2021

Seyoum Mesfin, who was killed in Tigray this week at the age of 71, was Ethiopia's longest-serving foreign minister. His untimely death robs Ethiopia of a man who exemplified the… Read more »

UN Photo/Mark Garten

Former Ethiopian foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 2003.

Ethiopia: Tigrayan Leaders Killed Include Former Foreign Minister

ENA, 13 January 2021

The TPLF junta senior leaders, including former Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, have been killed, according to Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Read more »
Ethiopia: Former TPLF Officials Appear Before Court

Reporter, 16 January 2021

Former high-level Officials of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Sebhat Nega and his comrades, including Abay Woldu, former President of Tigray, and Abraham Tekeste,… Read more »
Africa: Eritrea in the Tigray War - What We Know and Why It Might Backfire

African Arguments, 8 January 2021

The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea's president. Read more »
Ethiopia: Not Too Late to Step Back From War?

AfricaFocus, 18 November 2020

"We, the undersigned citizens of countries of the Horn of Africa, condemn in the strongest possible terms the outbreak and escalation of open warfare in Ethiopia. We are saddened… Read more »
Ethiopia: Why Are Western Media Outlets Against Ethiopia?

Ethiopian Herald, 9 January 2021

Ethiopia's law enforcement operation in the northern part of Ethiopia was distorted and at best misrepresented in reputable media outlets in the West. Tibebe Samuel, who is the… Read more »