Tigrayan Forces Prepare to Retake Western Tigray

The Guardian published on 6 July 2021 an article titled "Tigray Forces Mobilise against Militias from Neighboring Province" by Jason Burke.  

The article reports that Tigray Defense Forces are massing in central Tigray to retake western Tigray, which was occupied by militia from neighboring Amhara region.  Ethiopian National Defense Forces have reportedly pulled out of western Tigray.  

Conflict in South Sudan: A Human Rights Report

The United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) issued on 8 May 2014 a thorough analysis titled "Conflict in South Sudan: A Human Rights Report."  It concludes that from the outset of the violence in December 2013, gross violations of human rights and serious violations of humanitarian law have occurred on a massive scale.  Civilians were not only caught up in the violence, they were directly targeted, often along ethnic lines.