The BBC published on 28 May 2021 a commentary titled "Ethiopia Tigray Crisis: Warnings of Genocide and Famine" by Alex de Waal, Tufts University.
The author reviews the arguments surrounding the use of the term "genocide" in the case of the crisis in Tigray Region and the earlier crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. He concludes in the case of Tigray that "there's little appetite for considering whether it is genocide, fearing it will inflame emotions that would impede, not facilitate, solutions."
