MENA Talks
The “The MENA Talks” is a podcast series by the BIC. Once a month, our hosts will engage with international, regional, and local experts to explore many underlying historical, economic, social, and political drivers behind today’s multidimensional challenges in the wider Middle East and Africa regions.
MENA Talks
S02 Ep. 03 - Division and Violence in Ethiopia: The Role of Weaponised Ethnicity in the War in Tigray
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The BIC's Political Analyst, Ben Lowings, is joined by William Davison, Senior Analyst for Ethiopia at the International Crisis Group, to discuss the role of ethnicity in Ethiopia and how historical divisions have been weaponised to contribute to the level of violence in Tigray, where the nature of such atrocities has amounted to reports of ethnic cleansing. What are some of the structural factors within Ethiopia exacerbating such inter-ethnic hatred, and what should be done about it?