Civil war has erupted in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, and most of the world is in the dark about what is happening thanks to a communications blackout in the country.

Join Associate Professor of Biology Endga Hagos, who grew up in the Tigray region and still has family there today, to learn more about this ongoing conflict and the humanitarian crisis being left in its wake. Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of Women's Studies Susan Thomson also joins the episode to help provide historical background and current geopolitical context to the ongoing situation.