GENEVA, Sept 18( Reuters)-War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia nearly a year after government and regional forces from Tigray agreed to end fighting, U.N. experts said in a report published on Monday. Thousands died in the two-year conflict, which formally came to an end in November last year.... Both sides accused each other of atrocities, including massacres, rape and arbitrary detentions, but each denied responsibility for systemic abuses." While the s

IN ONE SWIFT movement, Asoka swung his machete into the side of a tree and left the hooked blade lodged in its trunk.... The Sri Lankan lotus farmer was in his late 40s, with dark, leathery skin, a graying soul patch and lips stained red from betel nut.... “ Pankaja, ” I murmured to myself, “ mud born.” It is one of over 40 words for the sacred lotus flower( Nelumbo nucifera) in Sanskrit....