With war looming in the north of the country, Ethiopia threatens to make headlines again, as it has in recent years due to the wars, insurgencies and intercommunal violence that have raged across its highland core – in the regions of Tigray, Oromia and Amhara. Amid such large-scale violence, conflicts affecting minority groups in peripheral regions are likely to go unnoticed, even more so than is usually the case. Yet they tell a story that speaks to the state of the country as a whole. “Why is it always raining when there is war? Look, last time it was raining, … Continue reading Ethiopia’s Smaller Wars: Destitution, Conflict Escalation, and Military Abuses in Lower Omo