内容摘要：in December 2023 in a move he called thoughtful, limited and “pro-life.” The GOP-supermajority Legislature quickly overrode the action.

in December 2023 in a move he called thoughtful, limited and “pro-life.” The GOP-supermajority Legislature quickly overrode the action.

Thousands of people were killed in the war that pitted local fighters against federal troops who were allied with fighters from other regions, and ended in 2022. No one knows how many were wounded.Some former combatants in Tigray returned to their homes to find there was no way to receive medical support for permanent disabilities.

Hiluf Haile, 24-year-old, Tigrayan former combatant of the recent war being examined by a doctor at Ortho-Physiotherapy Centre in Mekele, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)Hiluf Haile, 24-year-old, Tigrayan former combatant of the recent war being examined by a doctor at Ortho-Physiotherapy Centre in Mekele, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)Hiluf Haile managed to receive therapy in the Tigray capital, Mekele, to adjust to a new prosthetic leg at the only center in Tigray that offers such treatment. But he has witnessed the chronic shortage of support for other disabled ex-combatants.

Many who had serious injuries have limited access to orthopedic therapy and must navigate damaged communities that have little or no infrastructure to accommodate them.They “survive by begging, laying bare the scar of the war,” Haile said.

Tesfaye Kiros, another veteran, lost a leg and has been unable to find employment. He regularly begs at a busy bus station in Mekele, Tigray’s capital.

He dreams of returning to his hometown of Zalambessa, near the border with Eritrea. That remains elusive as new tensions rise between Ethiopia and Eritrea, its former ally in the war.For more on Africa and development:

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MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga’s brother was shot dead by police, the young men took stock.“We said, ‘We cannot live like this. We are going to lose our lives.’ Many of our friends had died,” said Kariaga, now 27. “I reflected on my life. I had to change.”