Six weeks after his abduction, Zleke’s wife answered the door to find two men who asked for money for her husband’s release. I’m a journalist, and Zleke had been my fixer when I traveled to Ethiopia to write about the Tigray war, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022. He carries the plight of an African refugee in the west, tasked with making a new life far from anything familiar. View image in fullscreen A Tigrayan refugee rape victim who fled the conflict sits for a portrait in eastern Sudan in March 2021. I trusted Zleke with my life, now he trusts me with his – and the lives of his wife and children.

Source: Ethiopian News May 20, 2024 10:21 UTC