When: 
Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: 
OCGE 107 or remotely at: https://lafayette.zoom.us/j/99123456211
Presenter: 
David Shinn, Samuel Getachew, Martin Plaut
Price: 
Free

This talk aims to examine the reality of the ongoing crisis in Tigray, a regional state in Ethiopia, calls of a civil war, and the role that the Ethiopian government under Abiy Ahmed, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and Eritrea each have played in this issue. This seminar features:

  • David Shinn, former ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso for the US State Department, adjunct professor at George Washington University
  • Samuel Getachew, Ethiopian journalist based in Addis Ababa
  • Martin Plaut, independent South African journalist

This talk will be moderated by Professor Stifel of the Economics . Register for the event here. The Zoom link can be found here. Feel free to join us in OCGE 107 for a live screening of the webinar!

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