The 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia is perhaps one of the most internationally recognized instances of acute human suffering. Although the international community’s response to the crisis and the ways in which the famine reshaped the nature of humanitarian aid have been probed, less often discussed is that one of the most effective relief organizations delivering assistance—the Relief Society of Tigray (REST)—was the humanitarian wing of an insurgency, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). This article asserts that the process of responding to the famine amidst a protracted civil war left an indelible mark on the ways in which the TPLF approached domestic civil society and international assistance after war as a part of the governing party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. This article describes the legacies of the rebels’ wartime humanitarian activities. It asserts that REST’s prominence as an organization, its role as a model and catalyst for other party-affiliated organizations, the government’s suspicion of domestic civil society and efforts to strictly control international assistance, and its reliance on service delivery to bolster its domestic legitimacy are all legacies of the rebels’ wartime governance. In doing so, this article calls for greater attention to the dynamics of rebels’ wartime humanitarian activities and the post-conflict implications of this form of rebel governance.

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施舍、武器和后果：叛军在埃塞俄比亚提供人道主义援助的遗产

埃塞俄比亚 1983-1985 年的饥荒可能是国际上公认的最严重的人类苦难实例之一。尽管已经探讨了国际社会对危机的反应以及饥荒重塑人道主义援助性质的方式，但较少讨论的是提供援助的最有效的救援组织之一——提格雷救济协会 (REST)叛乱的人道主义派别，提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）。本文断言，在旷日持久的内战中应对饥荒的过程在作为执政党埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线的一部分，在战后处理国内民间社会和国际援助的方式上留下了不可磨灭的印记. 本文描述了叛军战时人道主义活动的遗产。它断言 REST 作为一个组织的突出地位，它作为其他党派组织的榜样和催化剂的作用，政府对国内民间社会的怀疑和严格控制国际援助的努力，以及它依靠服务提供来增强其国内合法性是叛军战时治理的所有遗产。为此，本文呼吁更多地关注叛军战时人道主义活动的动态以及这种叛军治理形式的冲突后影响。政府对国内民间社会的怀疑和严格控制国际援助的努力，以及依靠提供服务来增强其国内合法性的做法，都是叛军战时治理的遗产。为此，本文呼吁更多地关注叛军战时人道主义活动的动态以及这种叛军治理形式的冲突后影响。政府对国内民间社会的怀疑和严格控制国际援助的努力，以及依靠提供服务来增强其国内合法性的做法，都是叛军战时治理的遗产。为此，本文呼吁更多地关注叛军战时人道主义活动的动态以及这种叛军治理形式的冲突后影响。