Of course, as a federal employee, he conveniently ignores Ethiopia’s refusal to implement Pretoria in good faith, downplays the grave threat from the Federal gov’t, while he himself tries to “shove down one’s throat” the delusion that Ethiopia represents a viable path. #Tigray needs a 3rd option. 2/

The threat of Ethio–Eritrea war is reshaping alliances in the Horn of Africa. #Tigray, caught between them, risks becoming a battleground. Western diplomats urge restraint, but a proxy war between #Ethiopia, #Eritrea and allies, in effect, already begun. It needs little to explode into the open. 2/

Last week, the Commission of Inquiry on #Tigray Genocide released a report documenting the wanton destruction of Tigray’s natural resources and environment by #Ethiopian and #Eritrean forces, estimating losses over $46 billion, with the forest sector hardest hit. 2/
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“Alongside atrocities committed against its own people, #Eritrea was heavily involved in the #Tigrayan genocide in #Ethiopia that left an estimated 600,000 people dead. Eritrea is not party to the 2022 peace agreement made between the Ethiopian government and the #TPLF.” 2/

Today, those sanctuaries lie in ruins, deliberately shelled by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. Priests and worshippers have been executed, and ancient manuscripts and crosses, stolen from monasteries, sold on online marketplaces. Silence in the face of atrocity is complicity. 4/

#Tigray is not a footnote in history. It is the cradle of African Christianity, the land of the Queen of Sheba, the Kingdom of Axum and the Ark of the Covenant. Its rock-hewn churches, older than many European cathedrals, are among the holiest sites in the world. 3/

Women and children starved to death. Entire villages erased. Soldiers told rape victims, “A Tigray womb should never give birth.” That alone removes any doubt about what this is. It is not a civil war, it is genocide: a state-sponsored attempt to destroy a Christian people and their culture. 2/