Falling Like Leaves: The War in Ethiopia and its Crimes Against Civilians

To date, Ethiopia's war against leaders of the Tigray region is believed to have killed at least half a million people, including somewhere between 385,000 and 600,000 civilians—through violence, starvation, and other deprivation—and has displaced more than five million. By conservative estimates, it is one of the deadliest conflicts fought in the past 30 years—as deadly as those in Darfur, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Crimea combined.

The facts of the war have been clouded from the start, heavily disputed by both sides, and occluded in great part by a communications blackout in Tigray, where the majority of the violence has taken place.

The complete story "Falling Like Leaves: The War in Ethiopia and Its Crimes Against Civilians," which is shown below, can also be found on Harpers.org.

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