Ethiopia Insight published on 14 January 2026 a commentary titled "Getachew Blurs Blame for Tigray War to Excuse the Ethiopian State" by Mesfin Ayenew, a political analyst.
The author takes issue with the efforts of Getachew Reda, former interim president of Tigray Region, to explain the Tigray war in a way that selectively absolves Ethiopia's federal government. Getachew claims the war resulted primarily from the belligerence and rhetorical excess of Tigray's leadership. The author disagrees.
The China Global South Project posted on 31 May 2024 a 40-minute audio discussion (and written transcript) with Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan, co-directors/producers of their recent documentary film titled "Made in Ethiopia." Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden ask the questions.
The discussion and the documentary film focus on relationships between Ethiopian workers and Chinese managers at a Chinese industrial park outside Addis Ababa. Some 100 Chinese companies have manufacturing facilities in the industrial park. Filming took place over four years and was interrupted by both COVID-19 and the war between federal government forces and Tigray Defense Forces.
For more information on the film, visit the website. It will be shown at the Tribeca Festival in New York on 6, 9, and 14 June, at the Sheffield Festival in the UK on 13 and 15 June, at DC/DOX in Washington on 16 June, at Encounters in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 June, and at Encounters in Cape Town, South Africa on 29 June.
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