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NIOD Rewind Podcast on War & ViolenceAuthor: NIOD Rewind podcast
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NIOD Rewind Episode 48 - Genocide in Tigray: Assault on the Womb, Starvation and Censorship
Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
What is happening in Tigray? In this episode Anne van Mourik speaks with Teklehaymanot (Tekle) Weldemichael (University of Manchester) about the strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray, and the (lack of) academic freedom to publish on it. The war between Ethiopia and Tigray began in 2020 and saw widespread atrocities, including mass killings, systematic rape, starvation, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. How to analyse this mass violence? Did the ceasefire of 2022 truly end the violence? How became the bodies and especially wombs of Tigrayan women sites of violence during the conflict? And what kind of challenges do scholars face, who want to publish on what is happening in Tigray?Image: Protestor holding sign in support of women in Tigray 2021, CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons.
