Challenges of Reporting the Conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray Region

 Aljazeera published on 19 October 2026 an article titled "'Weight of Responsibility': Promise and Perils of Covering Ethiopia's War" by Mohammed Taha Tawakel.

This is an account of the challenges covering the war in Tigray Region by an Aljazeera team, which was in Mekelle the day federal government troops seized the capital.  

Aljazeera Podcast on Ethiopia's Conflict in Tigray

 Aljazeera published on 6 March 2021 a twelve minute podcast titled "The Crisis in Tigray and the Struggle to Report the Conflict."

The government of Ethiopia recently allowed seven international news organizations, including Aljazeera, into Tigray Region.  The podcast comments on the difficulties, however, of covering the conflict.  

Obama's Africa Strategy: Aljazeera Discussion

Aljazeera asked me to participate on 19 June 2012 in a half hour discussion titled "What is behind Obama's new Africa strategy?" The program is called "Inside Story Americas" with Shihab Rattansi as presenter. The other two guests were Paul Mutter, a fellow at Truthout.org and Nii Akuetteh, an African policy analyst was was formerly the executive director of Africa Action.

The program focused on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Africa and especially the role of AFRICOM, drawing on the Washington Post reporting on this subject, which is available under June 14 below. Click here to view the program.