15 Dec 2021

A View from Aotearoa of Ethiopia.

From Nights, 7:15 pm on 15 December 2021

Ethiopian born Sam Seba, regards his homeland's civil war from the safe - but heart breaking - vantage point of Aotearoa.

Soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) walk along a road toward the frontline in Gashena.

Soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) walk along a road toward the frontline in Gashena, Ethiopia.Residents of Lalibela, a city in northern Ethiopia home to storied medieval rock-hewn churches, are reeling from the recent occupation by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) insurgent group. Until government forces drove them out last werk, the rebels looted homes and health facilities, while residents lost touch with the outside world due to cuts in transportation, electricity, banking and communications. Photo: Solan Kolli / AFP