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This is the footage from the French ARTE document broadcast some months ago repurposed and released by @BBC.
I’d love to know where @BBC got the footage from. The original documentary was released with much fanfare by a full TPLF cadre chorus including @BurbridgeDuke and @DrTedros, chopped into bits and promoted under #TigrayFamine
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As rumors about the continuation of peace talks between #Ethiopia and #Tigray surface, there are other important issues that need to be discussed.
Is Ethiopia still willing to control Tigray by war? Will it set up its own administration?
1/ #peacetalks
As rumors about the continuation of peace talks between #Ethiopia and #Tigray surface, there are other important issues that need to be discussed.
Is Ethiopia still willing to control Tigray by war? Will it set up its own administration?
1/ #peacetalks
Based on my sources, I will try to deeply look at these questions. In order to understand the real cause of the resumption of war, it is important to look at the events in the capital prior to the war.2/ #TigrayIsSuffering #TigraySiege #TigrayFamine #EthiopianNewYear
The abbey government held a confidential meeting with key regional presidents, military generals, senior federal officials and Prosperity Party executives. They met in depth to discuss the situation in Tigray.3/
I am absolutely gutted by the decision of @UNOCHA to discontinue the weekly updates. They were rarely on time, usually had some errors, but it was one publication that put a reality check on #disinformation about the #TigraySiege.
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Without this reality check, the Ethiopian regime’s disinformation goes unchallenged. Example. Last week an EU delegation was allowed to visit Tigray. They confirmed what we knew about fuel. The regime called this a MYTH.
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This is from the final update. Since the gradual reopening of the route in April, they haven’t been able to transport enough fuel for a single month of distribution. It's not a myth. It's a genocidal siege.
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1/#UNSC (Quick🧵)
Summary: Everyone is shocked.
@antonioguterres, the US, Ireland, et al, are shocked about the obstruction of life-saving humanitarian aid during a famine.
Ethiopia, Russia, et al, are shocked that this is a matter of concern to anyone outside of Ethiopia.
Summary: Everyone is shocked.
@antonioguterres, the US, Ireland, et al, are shocked about the obstruction of life-saving humanitarian aid during a famine.
Ethiopia, Russia, et al, are shocked that this is a matter of concern to anyone outside of Ethiopia.
2/Please let this conclude the phase of the international response to #TigrayGenocide where everyone talks about their feelings.
I'm attacking the diplomats, I know that they are only messengers. But the time to talk is over, now its time to #StopTigrayGenocide.
I'm attacking the diplomats, I know that they are only messengers. But the time to talk is over, now its time to #StopTigrayGenocide.
3/All of the positions expressed are entrenched. Russia and China are pretty wedded to their definition of sovereignty and Ethiopia gave absolutely no signal that they will allow food, fuel, and meds to Tigray.
#TigrayCantWait for these positions to change, people are dying.
#TigrayCantWait for these positions to change, people are dying.
1/#UNSCActNow (🧵)
Yohannes is absolutely right. #UNSC Res. 2417 (2018) very clearly applies to the current #TigrayFamine.
If all of the meetings and statements are necessary, we cannot let Tigrayans starve to death while elites get their act together.
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Yohannes is absolutely right. #UNSC Res. 2417 (2018) very clearly applies to the current #TigrayFamine.
If all of the meetings and statements are necessary, we cannot let Tigrayans starve to death while elites get their act together.
unscr.com/en/resolutions…
2/It is understandable that the UN needs time to build consensus, debate, or investigate. But they waited too long to start.
Now #TigrayCantWait, unless a humanitarian pipeline is secured. Drastic, temporary measures must be taken if diplomacy needs time to work.
Now #TigrayCantWait, unless a humanitarian pipeline is secured. Drastic, temporary measures must be taken if diplomacy needs time to work.
3/The 5.2M+ who are impacted by the #TigrayFamine and need aid have hard deadlines for:
🗓️When they starve to death
🗓️When their children develop lifelong health issues
🗓️When they lose the milk to nurse their babies
Sustained access to food is the only way to buy time.
🗓️When they starve to death
🗓️When their children develop lifelong health issues
🗓️When they lose the milk to nurse their babies
Sustained access to food is the only way to buy time.
