The only roads open in besieged Tigray, a semi-autonomous federal state in northern Ethiopia, lead to endless tales of darkness. Most roads north and south from Tigray’s capital of Mekele have been closed to journalists and humanitarian aid. Burnt-out tanks and looted ambulances stripped of engines and wheels line the road west. Patches of t…Read More

After several ambushes set by ADF rebels on the Beni-Kasindi road, the local authorities opted for its closure every day from 4 p.m. to be reopened at 8 a.m. According to Jean-Paul Kahindo Katembo, mayor of the rural commune of Bulongo, this decision was thus taken to avoid ambushes set by the ADF rebels for users of this road section. This is why…Read More