With Family Missing in Ethiopia’s Civil War, Colorado Woman Says Her ‘Mind Is the Hardest Place to Be’ With Family Missing in Ethiopia’s Civil War, Colorado Woman Says Her ‘Mind Is the Hardest Place to Be’ Comments Off on With Family Missing in Ethiopia’s Civil War, Colorado Woman Says Her ‘Mind Is the Hardest Place to Be’ Millete Birhanemaskel, 39, of Denver, Co. sheds a tear as she thinks about family over in Ethiopia. She moved to the United States from Ethiopia in 1982 and owns the Whittier Cafe, a business that she said is focused on social justice. She still has family in Ethiopia is is concerned for their well-being and safety as a civil war has broken out in the Tigray region where her family lives. "I've been crying non-stop, I don't know how the tears keep coming." Photo by Marc Piscotty