Claire Wilmot

Feb 27, 2023 | newlinesmag.com | Claire Wilmot

When the police refused to investigate the rape of her 13-year-old daughter, Bisi (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) decided that she would make a case that they couldn’t ignore. Outside a police station near Bwari, Nigeria, she took off her dress, wrapped it around an officer’s neck, grabbed his AK-47 and ran. “I needed something to happen,” Bisi told New Lines from her home on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.

Feb 17, 2023 | allafrica.com | Claire Wilmot

Ethiopian Minorities Remain Fearful Despite Peace DealBy Claire WilmotGedaref, Sudan — 'People do not feel safe, so they are trying to protect themselves.'When war broke out in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region in November 2020, residents of the town of Adebay, close to the Eritrean border, woke to the sounds of gunfire and revving engines. Eritrean soldiers were beating up civilians and forcing them onto military trucks, two witnesses told The New Humanitarian.

Feb 16, 2023 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Claire Wilmot

Republish this articleWhen war broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in November 2020, residents of the town of Adebay, close to the Eritrean border, woke to the sounds of gunfire and revving engines. Eritrean soldiers were beating up civilians and forcing them onto military trucks, two witnesses told The New Humanitarian. They estimated that up to 70 people had been kidnapped that night from Heletkoka, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Adebay.

Feb 9, 2023 | mg.co.za | Claire Wilmot

Berhane escaped one massacre only to find herself in the middle of another one. The first was in Metema Yohannes, her hometown in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. Bodies were scattered along the road and people wandered among them, searching for their loved ones in the faces of the dead. Eventually she recognised a neighbour, his face marred by early signs of decay. “At night I could not forget his face,” she says.