Presentation

Tigray: War, People and the Environment

November 2021

Conference: Symposium - Crisis in Tigray: A Critical Dialogue
At: Howard University

Authors:

Emnet Negash

Ghent University

Event website: https://cfas.howard.edu/tigray, and Event recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eivJjTWqmc

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Tigray: War, People and the Environment

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