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Despite laws banning child marriage, the Zimbabwean government has been lax in preventing the practice, while maintaining close ties to the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church and its leaders. The Apostolic sect has some of the highest rates of child marriage among girls of any religious sect in the country.
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A hidden targeting happening in plain sight
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When war broke out between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces in early 2021, the government and its allied forces deployed a horrific tool of war against innocent Tigrayan women — the weaponization of rape.
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ጥቅምት መጨረሻ 2013 ዓ.ም. በኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት እና በትግራይ ኃይሎች መካከል ጦርነት ሲጀመር፤ መንግሥት እና አጋሮቹ ጭካኔ የተሞላበት መሳሪያን በንጹሃን የትግራይ ሴቶች ላይ ተጠቅመዋል፡ አስገድዶ መድፈረን እንደ ጦር መሳሪያ።
በኢትዮጵያዋ ትግራይ፣ ጭካኔ የተሞላበት የሠራዊት ትብብር፡ አስገድዶ መድፈረ እንደ ጦር መሳሪያ Read More »
ኣብ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ፈለማ ኣዋርሕ 2013 (2021) ኲናት ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ድሕሪ ምውላዑ፡ ፈደራላዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን መሻርኽቶምን ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰላማውያን ዜጋታት ትግራይ ኣዝዩ ኣስካሕካሒ መቕጽዒ ብልሓት’ዮም ተጠቒሞም—ጾታዊ ዓመጽ ከም መሳርሒ ኲናት
ትግራይ፤ ዘስካሕክሕ ወተሃደራዊ ምትሕብባር፡ ጾታዊ ዓመጽ ከም መሳርሒ ኲናት Read More »
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