‘The award is a call not just for Abiy, but for all Ethiopians to take responsibility, not for their ethnicities and regions, but for the whole of Ethiopia and for our neighbours in the world.’
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize, but his 18 months in power have been difficult, and dangers lie ahead.
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‘The Tanzanian government is tightening the screws, pressuring the refugees to register for return.’
Refugees must be allowed to return of their own accord. The risk otherwise is simply more conflict and further displacement.
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CLOSER LOOK
‘It feels as though we are not even part of Iraq.’
Sinjar in northeastern Iraq made headlines in 2014 for the massacre, enslavement, and displacement of its Yazidi people by so-called Islamic State. Mobile clinics have started bringing healthcare to thousands of Yazidis who have returned, but for a long time there was little to no assistance. Check out our 2018 photo feature from inside Sinjar hospital.
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IN THE NEWS
Civilians caught in the crossfire in northeastern Syria
The conflict in northeast Syria has continued to escalate, with the International Rescue Committee reporting that 42 people – including three children – have been killed and 143 wounded since Turkish forces launched an air and ground incursion across the border on 9 October. Syrian government troops have moved into parts of the northeast after making a deal with the Kurdish-led militia that Turkey is fighting, and Russian troops have been seen patrolling in a key border town where the US had a presence until President Donald Trump ordered their withdrawal. Meanwhile, US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are heading to Turkey to push for a ceasefire, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has so far rejected. Caught in the middle are the more than 160,000 civilians the UN estimates have fled their homes in the past week, often without identification documents or any belongings.
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