Jaclynn Ashly

Marking Mawlid, the Muslim festival full of diversity, dhows and donkeys

For the past 132 years, thousands have gathered in Lamu annually for Quran-reciting competitions, dance, music, and free healthcare. Earlier this month, thousands of pilgrims across ...

Tigray Ethiopia torture. A man obscured in a window in Addis Ababa. Credit: Thomas Leuthard.

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By Jaclynn Ashly

October 25, 2021

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“We thought he was dead”: Tigrayans speak of torture in detention

Many Tigrayans have been forcibly disappeared in recent months. Now some who have been released tell their stories. Tigrayans recently released from a military camp in ...

Tigrayans in Ethiopia targeting Addis Ababa

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By Jaclynn Ashly

July 12, 2021

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Tigrayans in Ethiopia fear becoming “the next Rwanda”

As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee. Yared* has not left his apartment ...

two school girls stand outside a shop in Arusha, Tanzania, with framed photos of Julius Nyerere displayed. Credit: Jaclynn Ashly.

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By Jaclynn Ashly

December 17, 2020

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Tanzania: Remembering ujamaa, the good, the bad and the buried

Julius Nyerere and his African socialist policies are regarded with great pride in Tanzania, but not by all who experienced them first-hand. Ali Hassan Mohammad was ...