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Jemal Countess

Lessons from Rwanda for Amhara and all Ethiopians

(Warning: This piece is educational and contains graphic images from the 1994 Rwanda Genocide as well as the current Amhara Genocide in…

Dec 9, 2023

Lessons from Rwanda for Amhara and all Ethiopians

Dec 9, 2023

Jemal Countess

Reflections on the Slave Dungeons of Ghana and the Death Camps of Welkait

I sat in complete silence, staring at deserted beach and rolling ocean surf just beyond the doorway. The dark, dank stone chamber I was in…

Sep 30, 2022

Reflections on the Slave Dungeons of Ghana and the Death Camps of Welkait

Sep 30, 2022

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Wag Hemra…an update

I spoke to Mulat Alemaw, my contact for the IDP populations from Sekota and the Wag Hemra zone. In the past Mulat was my contact for the…

Mar 10, 2022

Wag Hemra…an update

Mar 10, 2022

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Rape…Loot…Destroy…How the crimes at Ayna Eyesus typify TPLF attrocities in the Amhara Region.

Ayna Eyesus is a town in the Woreda of Ayna in the Bugana District which sits on a mountain plateau some 40 kilometers northwest of the…

Dec 28, 2021

Rape…Loot…Destroy…How the crimes at Ayna Eyesus typify TPLF attrocities in the Amhara Region.

Dec 28, 2021

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Revisiting the Zanzalima IDP camp

I returned to the IDP camp at Zanzalima after an early flight from Addis Ababa on this past Friday morning, December 17, 2021. Upon…

Dec 20, 2021

Revisiting the Zanzalima IDP camp

Dec 20, 2021

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The Northern Command Attacks And The Crime of Genocide-Part One

It was exactly this time a full year ago (about 10 pm Ethiopian time) on November 3, 2020 that commandos of the Tigray Special Forces and…

Nov 3, 2021

The Northern Command Attacks And The Crime of Genocide-Part One

Nov 3, 2021

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A Worrisome Threat At The Zanzalima IDP Camp in Bahir Dar

I am writing this for those of you who are following the situation with Internally displaced peoples in Ethiopia’s Amhara region but this…

Oct 6, 2021

A Worrisome Threat At The Zanzalima IDP Camp in Bahir Dar

Oct 6, 2021

Jemal Countess

Jemal Countess

Freelance Photojournalist and former staffer with over 30 years shooting experience shooting in the US and Africa. A former resident of Addis Ababa.

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