Zecharias Zelalem
@zekuzelalem.bsky.social
Visiting fellow at the @ecfr.eu. Award-winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Migration, human rights, OSINT.
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On June 23 2025, despite the best efforts of Djiboutian activists, the renewal of the French-Djiboutian military pact was ratified. During pre-vote debate, Jean-Paul Lecoq, a communist MP, accused the Djiboutian gov of carrying out airstrikes against its people & those of neighbouring Ethiopia.
September 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
On June 23 2025, despite the best efforts of Djiboutian activists, the renewal of the French-Djiboutian military pact was ratified. During pre-vote debate, Jean-Paul Lecoq, a communist MP, accused the Djiboutian gov of carrying out airstrikes against its people & those of neighbouring Ethiopia.
After about a week, footage like this of locals speaking about the strike stopped emerging. Djiboutian authorities had apparently threatened families about speaking up, and it stopped trending in East African circles.
September 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
After about a week, footage like this of locals speaking about the strike stopped emerging. Djiboutian authorities had apparently threatened families about speaking up, and it stopped trending in East African circles.
This is Ali Orbis, telling the unidentified cameraman a day after the strike, that he lost two sons in it. Both of his sons are named in the list provided by the LDDH. Accounts like this were rendered non existent, due to the avalanche of reports that echoed the widely reported claim of dead rebels.
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This is Ali Orbis, telling the unidentified cameraman a day after the strike, that he lost two sons in it. Both of his sons are named in the list provided by the LDDH. Accounts like this were rendered non existent, due to the avalanche of reports that echoed the widely reported claim of dead rebels.
Between March & May, I spoke at length with eyewitnesses, two survivors, and people familiar with the Afar region. While the strike wasn't caught on camera...a day after it happened, locals went back to collect bodies that were left behind in the panic. Some took cameras & caught scenes like this.
September 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Between March & May, I spoke at length with eyewitnesses, two survivors, and people familiar with the Afar region. While the strike wasn't caught on camera...a day after it happened, locals went back to collect bodies that were left behind in the panic. Some took cameras & caught scenes like this.