Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Obasanjo: War in Tigray has killed 600,000

The African Union mediator Olusegun Obasanjo has said that up to 600,000 may have died in Ethiopia鈥檚 civil war.

Former Nigerian president and African Union envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, has been quoted as saying that as many as 600,000 people may have been killed in Ethiopia's brutal two-year long civil war in the Tigray region. The Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission tells us establishing a precise figure is difficult.

UN officials describe a deadly bomb attack on a Pentecostal church in a town in eastern D R Congo as "cowardly and despicable".

And musician Seun Kuti tells us about being inspired by, and extending the legacy of his father, Fela.

Release date:

29 minutes

Podcast