Holding to account those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity is part of the peace agreement signed last year. It's also a condition for Ethiopia to improve its relations with the West after more than two years in the diplomatic deep freeze. A new report by human rights watch recently noted that not one Ethiopian official responsible for ethnic cleansing in Western Tigray has been removed or brought to justice. International efforts such as the UN's ongoing commission of inquiry, which might have an incentive to dig deeper, are stuck.
The burning of burial grounds in the northern region of the country suggests that authorities are destroying evidence. If these claims are proven true, will the government be held accountable? In news that might please your boss, emerging research suggests that working from home is stifling productivity (10:36). And honouring the life of a Ukrainian civil-rights campaigner (19:22).
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