Ethiopia (Tigray)
Non-international armed conflict (2020 – ) Estimated starvation-related casualties: between 150,000 and 200,000 to 13 March 2022 Estimated number persons in need of humanitarian assistance: 9,4 million across Amhara, Afar and Tigray as of May 2022 Violence erupted...
Jun 19, 2022
Ethiopia test case for UN Security Council action under Resolution 2417
Mar 4, 2021
Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia
From 1961 to 1991, the Ethiopian government consistently carried out a campaign of indiscriminate violence towards civilians and pursued a counter-insurgency strategy in the 1980s that was the primary cause of the great famine of 1983-85. The famine was not caused...
Jan 29, 2019
Is the Era of Great Famines Over?
The worst drought in three decades has left almost 20 million Ethiopians — one-fifth of the population — desperately short of food. And yet the country’s mortality rate isn’t expected to increase: In other words, Ethiopians aren’t starving to death.
Dec 18, 2018
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Launch of SCAP and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)’s latest report: “Grain thieves: The network behind the plunder of Ukrainian grain” – Catriona Murdoch
26 May 2025
Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine is characterised by industrial-scale state-sponsored theft and robbery. This is particularly evident in the agricultural sector. Russian occupiers have seized land, agricultural infrastructure and millions of tons of grain,...
“Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon” – Sunday Times
26 May 2025
Following the release of the SMJT's new report which reveals the Russian campaign to cripple Ukraine's grain trade and economy, Olha Matskiv, Ukrainian Lawyer part of the SMJT was cited in the Sunday Times. The article "Starvation is Russia's favourite weapon", by...
Investigation: Russia is waging economic war against Ukraine, destroying its agricultural and port infrastructure – Babel
22 May 2025
To read the whole piece on Babel, please follow the link Russian attacks on Ukraineʼs agricultural infrastructure are an economic war, the goal of which the Russians see as the destruction of Ukraineʼs agricultural and export potential through occupation, theft and...




