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ODI: Think change:Stop the siege, stop the starvation – political gestures won't save Gaza odi.org/en/insights/...
Stop the siege, stop the starvation – political gestures won't save Gaza
Israel needs to immediately stop hostilities and allow unhindered access to principled humanitarian assistance, through all land routes, at scale, so that all civilians in need can access life-saving ...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ODI: Think change:Stop the siege, stop the starvation – political gestures won't save Gaza odi.org/en/insights/...
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing, held on 14 May 2025, featured the voices of survivors shared by advocates.
yabelemedia.com/2025/05/19/7...
yabelemedia.com/2025/05/19/7...
African Commission Holds Oral Hearing on Human Rights Violations in Tigray - Yabele Media
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing,…
yabelemedia.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing, held on 14 May 2025, featured the voices of survivors shared by advocates.
yabelemedia.com/2025/05/19/7...
yabelemedia.com/2025/05/19/7...
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On cowardice and courage…. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courage. Pope Francis had it too. Why are there so many cowards? | Alexander Hurst
Political cowardice, corruption and greed have eroded our social fabric. Powerful people who do what is right are in short supply, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On cowardice and courage…. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Most countries have already recognised the State of Palestine. An easy thing to do but what difference is that making? Not even a panacea to relieve the accelerated suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank, and elsewhere. Further worthy platitudes here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
International opinion has rounded on Israel, but it's not enough to force Netanyahu's hand | Sanam Vakil
Condemnation alone won’t change Israel’s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is required, says Sanam Vakil, director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North A...
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Most countries have already recognised the State of Palestine. An easy thing to do but what difference is that making? Not even a panacea to relieve the accelerated suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank, and elsewhere. Further worthy platitudes here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Friends, this is a cause very dear to my heart. Esseni is a wonderful haven of peace, a place where children marked by war come to draw, a place where the central place of art in our life is celebrated, it cannot cease to exist. Do help as you can. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-art-h...
Donate to Keep Art & Healing Alive in Tigray: Support Esseni, organized by Gabrielle Tesfaye
My name is Gabrielle Tesfaye. I am an artist currently living in … Gabrielle Tesfaye needs your support for Keep Art & Healing Alive in Tigray: Support Esseni
www.gofundme.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Friends, this is a cause very dear to my heart. Esseni is a wonderful haven of peace, a place where children marked by war come to draw, a place where the central place of art in our life is celebrated, it cannot cease to exist. Do help as you can. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-art-h...
Surely a good read, soon on a trip
NEW REPORT | ETHIOPIA’S RED SEA POLITICS: CORRIDORS, PORTS AND SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
@terrefebiruk.bsky.social explores how Ethiopia’s bid for sea access, trade corridors and security concerns are reshaping regional dynamics.
Read more: bit.ly/41XBSDb
@terrefebiruk.bsky.social explores how Ethiopia’s bid for sea access, trade corridors and security concerns are reshaping regional dynamics.
Read more: bit.ly/41XBSDb
April 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Surely a good read, soon on a trip
martinplaut.com/2025/03/24/m...
"Leaders" of all stripes, you bear responsibility for the hopelessness that drives these youngsters to leave home, their loved ones, and a future 'at home'. They vote with their feet, can't you see that? Or you don't care?
"Leaders" of all stripes, you bear responsibility for the hopelessness that drives these youngsters to leave home, their loved ones, and a future 'at home'. They vote with their feet, can't you see that? Or you don't care?
Mass arrests of Eritrean, Sudanese and Ethiopian refugees in Libya leave families in despair
“The young people – including my relatives – say a wave of arrests have taken place in Libya, particularly in Tripoli.” The women I was speaking to is from a religious order…
martinplaut.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
martinplaut.com/2025/03/24/m...
"Leaders" of all stripes, you bear responsibility for the hopelessness that drives these youngsters to leave home, their loved ones, and a future 'at home'. They vote with their feet, can't you see that? Or you don't care?
"Leaders" of all stripes, you bear responsibility for the hopelessness that drives these youngsters to leave home, their loved ones, and a future 'at home'. They vote with their feet, can't you see that? Or you don't care?
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Fewsnet, pne of the world’s most trusted warning systems for monitoring hunger and detecting the outbreak of famine, has shut down. Officials who know, say it's a result of Trump’s freeze on all foreign aid. static.fews.net . Absolute contempt for human life piling up.
The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.
static.fews.net
January 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Fewsnet, pne of the world’s most trusted warning systems for monitoring hunger and detecting the outbreak of famine, has shut down. Officials who know, say it's a result of Trump’s freeze on all foreign aid. static.fews.net . Absolute contempt for human life piling up.
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How cruel to announce a glass-half-full deal three days in advance and then inflict such exquisite hoping-waiting torture on both Gaza people and Israeli hostage families.
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How cruel to announce a glass-half-full deal three days in advance and then inflict such exquisite hoping-waiting torture on both Gaza people and Israeli hostage families.
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www.irishcatholic.com/tigrays-brav... A well-deserved tribute to His Excellency Abune Tesfaselassie Medhin, the Catholic Bishop of #Adigrat , who has been a consistent voice for peace, humanity and justice during and after the conflict in Tigray.
Tigray’s brave bishop - The Irish Catholic
Exactly four years after the outbreak of war and two years after the end of the conflict in Tigray, The Irish Catholic spoke with the bishop of the Catholic eparchy (diocese) of Adigrat, Tesfaselassie...
www.irishcatholic.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
www.irishcatholic.com/tigrays-brav... A well-deserved tribute to His Excellency Abune Tesfaselassie Medhin, the Catholic Bishop of #Adigrat , who has been a consistent voice for peace, humanity and justice during and after the conflict in Tigray.
gofund.me/85db1025 Hello All. Thanks to those who made it possible to send funds for Betmaria school (in Geblen, Tigray) to commence with roofs for some classrooms. If you can, consider a donation to help them go further. With thanks from them and I.
Donate to Bet Marya school in Geblen, Tigray, organized by Catherine Dom
Going to school in Geblen, Eastern Tigray
Hi, my name is Catherine and fundraising f… Catherine Dom needs your support for Bet Marya school in Geblen, Tigray
gofund.me
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
gofund.me/85db1025 Hello All. Thanks to those who made it possible to send funds for Betmaria school (in Geblen, Tigray) to commence with roofs for some classrooms. If you can, consider a donation to help them go further. With thanks from them and I.
An absolute must read. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th... . A Tegaru friend who had seen the worst during the war once told me, "We humans were born to perish. Heritage is what must remain." Human life is priceless. One's heritage is priceless.
In Search of Ethiopia's Garima Gospels
The world’s oldest Christian manuscripts are in hiding from the violence that has ripped through their region
newlinesmag.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
An absolute must read. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th... . A Tegaru friend who had seen the worst during the war once told me, "We humans were born to perish. Heritage is what must remain." Human life is priceless. One's heritage is priceless.
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Editorial: International aid agencies, you don’t have to wait for the charge of genocide to be legally established to condemn Israel’s generational war crimes in Gaza.
Aid agencies: History will judge your failure to call out Israeli war crimes as complicity
You don’t have to wait for the charge of genocide to be legally established to condemn Israel’s generational war crimes in Gaza.
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Editorial: International aid agencies, you don’t have to wait for the charge of genocide to be legally established to condemn Israel’s generational war crimes in Gaza.
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What a stubborn man was Jimmy Carter - to persist in living until the moment of his demise could be useful…
Lived long enough to vote for Kamala AND passed just on time to have flags lowered to half-mast for inauguration day.
Well done, sir.
Well done, sir.
Jimmy Carter Passed At Perfect Time To Send Middle Finger To Donald Trump
Welcome to Heaven, Jimmy.
www.thegodpodcast.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What a stubborn man was Jimmy Carter - to persist in living until the moment of his demise could be useful…
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"It is a very serious problem. It is not just robbery. People are losing their animals because of the dangerous chemical used by the miners. There are people who are known to participate in this network from top to bottom among government and security officials."
www.voanews.com/a/tigray-lea...
www.voanews.com/a/tigray-lea...
Tigray leader says region losing gold without benefit
President of war-battered region says local government gets no revenue as thousands of kilograms of gold are mined and sold
www.voanews.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"It is a very serious problem. It is not just robbery. People are losing their animals because of the dangerous chemical used by the miners. There are people who are known to participate in this network from top to bottom among government and security officials."
www.voanews.com/a/tigray-lea...
www.voanews.com/a/tigray-lea...
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Awful to see end of this key hospital in north #Gaza & patients and health staff sacrificed there. Israeli forces use over-the-top tactics in its war but Hamas equally to blame for abusing the sanctity of such facilities in first place. Innocents suffer www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Last major health facility in north Gaza ‘out of service’ after Israeli attack
Gaza officials say staff at Kamal Adwan hospital, including its director, have been detained as WHO reports Israeli forces burned and destroyed key departments
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Awful to see end of this key hospital in north #Gaza & patients and health staff sacrificed there. Israeli forces use over-the-top tactics in its war but Hamas equally to blame for abusing the sanctity of such facilities in first place. Innocents suffer www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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A group of three media professionals, from Tigrai Television, was abducted this morning around 9:00 AM by armed forces at a gold mining area in the Northwestern Zone of Tigray. The journalists’ phones are not working, and their whereabouts remain unknown.
yabelemedia.com/2024/12/29/7...
yabelemedia.com/2024/12/29/7...
Media Crew Abducted at Gold Mining Site Amid Allegations of Illegal Mining in Tigray - Yabele Media
Illegal gold mining in Tigrai Regional State, the new face of the crisis after the ceasefire agreement following the two-year war.
yabelemedia.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM
A group of three media professionals, from Tigrai Television, was abducted this morning around 9:00 AM by armed forces at a gold mining area in the Northwestern Zone of Tigray. The journalists’ phones are not working, and their whereabouts remain unknown.
yabelemedia.com/2024/12/29/7...
yabelemedia.com/2024/12/29/7...
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Merry Christmas from the badass farmers of #Tigray!
New data from the Meher Harvest Report shows crop production more than doubled since last year across the accessible areas of Tigray.
New data from the Meher Harvest Report shows crop production more than doubled since last year across the accessible areas of Tigray.
December 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Merry Christmas from the badass farmers of #Tigray!
New data from the Meher Harvest Report shows crop production more than doubled since last year across the accessible areas of Tigray.
New data from the Meher Harvest Report shows crop production more than doubled since last year across the accessible areas of Tigray.
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Not all news is good news from the newly completed Meher report from #Tigray.
Overall only 57% of the health care professionals need in Tigray were working in Tigray. Shortages also exist in medical supplies and equipment.
Overall only 57% of the health care professionals need in Tigray were working in Tigray. Shortages also exist in medical supplies and equipment.
December 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Not all news is good news from the newly completed Meher report from #Tigray.
Overall only 57% of the health care professionals need in Tigray were working in Tigray. Shortages also exist in medical supplies and equipment.
Overall only 57% of the health care professionals need in Tigray were working in Tigray. Shortages also exist in medical supplies and equipment.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de..., always worth reading.
Alex de Waal | ICC: Most Wanted
Seventeen years ago, Luis Moreno Ocampo, the first person to hold the post of prosecutor at the International Criminal...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 5:31 AM
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de..., always worth reading.
addisinsight.net/2024/11/from... "Ethiopia is becoming a major hub for Bitcoin mining due to our extremely competitive electricity prices”- vs IMF/WB-led rise in tariffs for Ethiopian consumers. How is this 'development'? 'Revenues used to develop the grid', or buy armament, devt corridors etc.?
From Hydroelectric Power to Bitcoin: Ethiopia’s Rise as a Mining Hub - Addis Insight
Addis Insight
addisinsight.net
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 AM
addisinsight.net/2024/11/from... "Ethiopia is becoming a major hub for Bitcoin mining due to our extremely competitive electricity prices”- vs IMF/WB-led rise in tariffs for Ethiopian consumers. How is this 'development'? 'Revenues used to develop the grid', or buy armament, devt corridors etc.?
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November 29, 2024 at 4:26 AM