Yohannes
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Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
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Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
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March 10, 2021 - During a Congressional committee hearing, Blinken uses the term “ethnic cleansing” to describe human rights abuses he says are being carried out in western Tigray, calling the situation “unacceptable.”
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Tigray War Fast Facts | CNN
Read CNN’s Tigray War Fast Facts to learn more about the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
March 10, 2021 - During a Congressional committee hearing, Blinken uses the term “ethnic cleansing” to describe human rights abuses he says are being carried out in western Tigray, calling the situation “unacceptable.”
edition.cnn.com/world/tigray...
edition.cnn.com/world/tigray...
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To be against genocide in Gaza means we have to oppose the structural oppression of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism at the root of ongoing genocides in Sudan, Congo, and Tigray. No one is free until all of us are free. Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Free Tigray.
September 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
To be against genocide in Gaza means we have to oppose the structural oppression of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism at the root of ongoing genocides in Sudan, Congo, and Tigray. No one is free until all of us are free. Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Free Tigray.
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In a new publication via @theconversation.com, Birhan &I argue,
“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”
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“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In a new publication via @theconversation.com, Birhan &I argue,
“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
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🇪🇹 #Ethiopia La famine créée comme instrument de guerre.
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
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"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🇪🇹 #Ethiopia La famine créée comme instrument de guerre.
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
"Famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of policies – a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid – designed to destroy civilian life."
by @tekgw.bsky.social and Birhan Mezgbo
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Read 'Ethiopia five years on: Justice eludes victims of atrocities in Tigray and beyond': www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Ethiopia five years on: Justice eludes victims of atrocities in Tigray and beyond - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Civilians in Ethiopia have endured enormous suffering deriving from long-standing ethnic, intercommunal and political tensions, which escalated after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018, a...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Read 'Ethiopia five years on: Justice eludes victims of atrocities in Tigray and beyond': www.globalr2p.org/publications...
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As part of its 18-month siege of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan dug a trench and built a sand berm around the city. Since RSF captured El Fasher, HRW documented and geolocated videos near the berm to the northwest — videos that could be used to prove crimes.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As part of its 18-month siege of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan dug a trench and built a sand berm around the city. Since RSF captured El Fasher, HRW documented and geolocated videos near the berm to the northwest — videos that could be used to prove crimes.
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🚨Genocidal war's devastating impact on maternal health in Tigray.
🤰🏾Rise of obstructed labor
🩺Increase of severe preeclampsia
🏥Surge in ICU admissions
Limited medical supplies & care have spiked preventable maternal deaths & complications.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🤰🏾Rise of obstructed labor
🩺Increase of severe preeclampsia
🏥Surge in ICU admissions
Limited medical supplies & care have spiked preventable maternal deaths & complications.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The impact of armed conflict on maternal morbidity and mortality at a teaching hospital in the Tigray region of Ethiopia: a pre-war and wartime comparative analysis
PDF | Background Armed conflict profoundly impacts health systems, access to care, and patient outcomes. In war zones, maternal and neonatal health care... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚨Genocidal war's devastating impact on maternal health in Tigray.
🤰🏾Rise of obstructed labor
🩺Increase of severe preeclampsia
🏥Surge in ICU admissions
Limited medical supplies & care have spiked preventable maternal deaths & complications.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🤰🏾Rise of obstructed labor
🩺Increase of severe preeclampsia
🏥Surge in ICU admissions
Limited medical supplies & care have spiked preventable maternal deaths & complications.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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A war on health is a war on mothers.
This #WorldHealthDay 's theme—"healthy beginnings, hopeful futures"—isn't possible when 55%+ of mothers in Tigray face severe complications, increasing maternal deaths amid medical shortages.
Mothers deserve safety, not suffering.
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This #WorldHealthDay 's theme—"healthy beginnings, hopeful futures"—isn't possible when 55%+ of mothers in Tigray face severe complications, increasing maternal deaths amid medical shortages.
Mothers deserve safety, not suffering.
@whoafro.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A war on health is a war on mothers.
This #WorldHealthDay 's theme—"healthy beginnings, hopeful futures"—isn't possible when 55%+ of mothers in Tigray face severe complications, increasing maternal deaths amid medical shortages.
Mothers deserve safety, not suffering.
@whoafro.bsky.social
This #WorldHealthDay 's theme—"healthy beginnings, hopeful futures"—isn't possible when 55%+ of mothers in Tigray face severe complications, increasing maternal deaths amid medical shortages.
Mothers deserve safety, not suffering.
@whoafro.bsky.social
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🔴After 887 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
April 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🔴After 887 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
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🔴After 888 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
April 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🔴After 888 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
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🔴After 872 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
March 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🔴After 872 days since the signing of the "Cessation of Hostilities Agreement" for Tigray, how are +1MLN IDPs doing today? They are still waiting to return to their homes and above all to have justice for them and the +800,000 victims of the #TigrayGenocide #Justice4Tigray #CoHA
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On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate the resilience of Tigrayan women and envision a future rooted in hope, justice, and accountability. May their strength continue to inspire a world of peace and dignity.
March 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate the resilience of Tigrayan women and envision a future rooted in hope, justice, and accountability. May their strength continue to inspire a world of peace and dignity.
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In a conversation with Oleksandra Terentyeva, a fellow Ukrainian academic, on the role of scholars(academics) in the face of violence and human rights catastrophes.
#Tigray #Ukraine👇
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#Tigray #Ukraine👇
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“It Feels Like It’s Only Happening to You”: A Conversation with Geographer Tekle Weldemichael on the War in Tigray and the Scholar’s Role in Opposing Violence
About the historical context of the war in Tigray and the challenges in balancing an academic career with advocacy for issues close to home
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March 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In a conversation with Oleksandra Terentyeva, a fellow Ukrainian academic, on the role of scholars(academics) in the face of violence and human rights catastrophes.
#Tigray #Ukraine👇
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#Tigray #Ukraine👇
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“The mass detentions and subsequent disappearances of ethnic Tigrayans from workplaces, homes, and streets across the country_ served two distinct purposes.”
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic u…
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March 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“The mass detentions and subsequent disappearances of ethnic Tigrayans from workplaces, homes, and streets across the country_ served two distinct purposes.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Rape and reproductive mutilation particularly appear to be intended to prevent women from giving birth to ethnic Tigrayan babies.”
A must read report.
#TigrayGenocide
Conflict-Related Sexual And Reproductive Violence In Tigray
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A must read report.
#TigrayGenocide
Conflict-Related Sexual And Reproductive Violence In Tigray
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https://newlinesinstitute.org/state-resilience-fragility/conflict-related-sexual-and-reproductive-violence-in-tigray/
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March 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Rape and reproductive mutilation particularly appear to be intended to prevent women from giving birth to ethnic Tigrayan babies.”
A must read report.
#TigrayGenocide
Conflict-Related Sexual And Reproductive Violence In Tigray
t.co/2PjKuzv9xe
A must read report.
#TigrayGenocide
Conflict-Related Sexual And Reproductive Violence In Tigray
t.co/2PjKuzv9xe
The Ethiopian dictator Abiy Ahmed used aid as a weapon during the genocidal #WarOnTigray form Nov-2020 till Nov-2022 and no actions were taken against him, which set a dangerous precedence to the rest of the world. The #UN, #EU #US could have avoided this heinous but chose not to.
March 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Ethiopian dictator Abiy Ahmed used aid as a weapon during the genocidal #WarOnTigray form Nov-2020 till Nov-2022 and no actions were taken against him, which set a dangerous precedence to the rest of the world. The #UN, #EU #US could have avoided this heinous but chose not to.
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📌📑 New @ecfr.eu analysis
The worrying impact of drone use on #Ethiopia’s wars and the country’s foreign policy should be ringing alarm bells in European capitals. To deal with the rise in drone warefare, Europeans need to demonstrate serious commitment to global disarmament.
The worrying impact of drone use on #Ethiopia’s wars and the country’s foreign policy should be ringing alarm bells in European capitals. To deal with the rise in drone warefare, Europeans need to demonstrate serious commitment to global disarmament.
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa
Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…
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February 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📌📑 New @ecfr.eu analysis
The worrying impact of drone use on #Ethiopia’s wars and the country’s foreign policy should be ringing alarm bells in European capitals. To deal with the rise in drone warefare, Europeans need to demonstrate serious commitment to global disarmament.
The worrying impact of drone use on #Ethiopia’s wars and the country’s foreign policy should be ringing alarm bells in European capitals. To deal with the rise in drone warefare, Europeans need to demonstrate serious commitment to global disarmament.
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A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa
Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…
ecfr.eu
February 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
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Honderden Ethiopische migranten gedood door Saudi grenswachten.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’
Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Honderden Ethiopische migranten gedood door Saudi grenswachten.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
“Since 2020, reports of the Ethiopian military’s complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have led many Western states to distance themselves from their once reliable partner”
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa
Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…
ecfr.eu
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Since 2020, reports of the Ethiopian military’s complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide have led many Western states to distance themselves from their once reliable partner”
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
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This week, Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israeli forces intensify operations.
Focused on the northern West Bank, the campaign is already the longest and most intense there since the Second Intifada.
Focused on the northern West Bank, the campaign is already the longest and most intense there since the Second Intifada.
Israel Imports Gaza Abuses into the West Bank
This week, Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israeli forces intensify their operations there.
www.hrw.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This week, Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades as Israeli forces intensify operations.
Focused on the northern West Bank, the campaign is already the longest and most intense there since the Second Intifada.
Focused on the northern West Bank, the campaign is already the longest and most intense there since the Second Intifada.
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A new article by Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel (@tekgw.bsky.social) provides a critical examination of the strategies and tactics employed by the Ethiopian government and its allies to create a “zone of invisibility” around the Tigray war.
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A new article by Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel (@tekgw.bsky.social) provides a critical examination of the strategies and tactics employed by the Ethiopian government and its allies to create a “zone of invisibility” around the Tigray war.
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I dont see how the cause of German democracy would be served by 'fire-walling" a fifth of the population who voted for the far right. Like them or not, their views have to be engaged with, as much as the extreme-tending American right www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support
Results show CDU/CSU will be largest party but success of Alternative für Deutschland likely to complicate formation of a government
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I dont see how the cause of German democracy would be served by 'fire-walling" a fifth of the population who voted for the far right. Like them or not, their views have to be engaged with, as much as the extreme-tending American right www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
“Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations”
A must read article by @tekgw.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A must read article by @tekgw.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic u…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations”
A must read article by @tekgw.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A must read article by @tekgw.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...