I arrived back from Afghanistan on Monday and I am getting ready to leave for Ethiopia in a week (less than two weeks at home). This would all be a lot easier if I hadn't picked up an Afghan bug or two and if I weren't trying to finish a proposal due two days before I leave for Ethiopia - but, I am really looking forward to this trip.
I will doing a project evaluation for a donor from the country of my other nationality and will be heading to Tigray in the north of the country, where I have never been before. (I spent two months in Addis Ababa in 2004 starting up an urban houshold nutrition garden program targeting AIDS-affected women, and two weeks in Addis last year - see previous blogs - collecting information for a proposal which we unfortunately did not win). Tigray has a fascinating history so I am hoping to escape from work and do some exploring while there.
Also of note, last time I was there I spent my last three days holed up in the hotel listening to machine gun fire on the streets outside as police opened fired on citizens protesting what they believe were fraudulent elections. 60 people were killed. While I was there, the police arrested 13 members of the opposition party and opposition reporters. Their trial starts the week I arrive.
Should be a very intersting trip....
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