Ethiopia

A report by the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program on the Anuak concluded: ‘From December 2004 to at least January 2006, the ENDF (Ethiopian National Defense Forces) attacked and abused Anuak civilians in Gambella region - wantonly killing, raping, beating, torturing, and harassing civilians

‘Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,’ said Sir Walter Scott, the English novelist and poet.

I often write about the trials and tribulations of Ethiopia's independent journalists, sometimes in tones of lamentation[1], other times in wistful philosophical reflection[2].