Jan Nyssen

Jan is a professor of physical geography at Ghent University in Belgium. He has carried out research in Ethiopia since 1994.

Ethiopian universities have infringed on human rights during the Tigray war

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4 years

Amhara nationalist claims over Western Tigray are a smokescreen for ethnic cleansing

A comprehensive analysis of historical maps and records by Professor Jan Nyssen, a geographer at the University of Ghent, undermines…

4 years

Ethiopian officials admit using a Biafra-like siege to starve Tigray

The federal government may blame the TPLF for Tigray’s suffering, but its medieval siege strategy is an open secret.

4 years

Unearthed evidence maps out Western Tigray dispute

Two recently discovered 19th-century maps show Welkait as part of Tigray.

4 years

Ethiopia’s Nile dam was Meles’ endeavor, not Haile Selassie’s

There have been efforts recently to politicize who gets credit for planning GERD.

5 years

Catastrophe stalks Tigray, again

Analysis and eye-witnesses indicate Tigray is lurching back to the dark days of manmade famine.

6 years