What we are dealing with here in Benue is a calculated, well planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by Herder terrorists and bandits, which ... is worsening every year.
For decades, economic opportunity was often tied to migration. Today, millions of Africans are plugging directly into global commerce from their homes and building careers that span continents.
This is not a trend limited to Ethiopia. Influencers have increasingly become important in popularizing selective authoritarian stories from Dubai to China, and thereby legitimizing authoritarian narratives.
Security experts and human rights organizations have linked the cause of the attacks to porous borders, reactive security approach, and spillover of extremist groups.