𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. Heavy casualties and extensive damage – this past year has seen an intractable war that's killed thousands in Ethiopia and left millions displaced. The internal conflict erupted in the northern Tigray region, where the Tigray People’s Liberation Front wants to establish the province as an independent state. Carte Blanche surveys the damage to a country and economy that were just beginning to flourish, and a population desperate for peace.