Day two of media coverage of the catastrophic events unfolding in the Tigray region of Ethiopia where the TDF has taken the capital city of Mekele back from Federal control.
@AJEnglish Backgrounder. via @YouTube
@AJEnglish Backgrounder. via @YouTube
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The @Guardian report from late last night, he subheading of which is << Government forces invaded Tigray in November sparking condemnation of prime minister >>, which is an absurd reading of what happened on November 4th 2020 when this war started. theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
CNN's coverage is incendiary, especially yesterday's breaking video report mostly of older materia , the text report - which caries five bylines - including @nimaelbagir, who appears with @jaketapper in the video version of the story. edition.cnn.com/2021/06/28/wor…
. @Lawrence O'Donnell of @MSNBC interviewed @NYTimes columnist @NickKristof on @TheLastWord in the early hours of the morning Ethiopia time which is a good sign that the attention of the world's media is turning it's big guns towards this story. msnbc.com/the-last-word/…
In a new story just posted Cara Anna of @AP_Africa is reporting citing anonymous 2nd degree sources inside Tigray that Eritrean forces have withdrawn from the towns of Shire, Axum and Adwa. apnews.com/article/eritre…
The @nytimes story on the latest developments below has kicked off live coverage of the developing story.
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nytimes.com/2021/06/28/wor…?
The NYT live coverage can be found here. nytimes.com/live/2021/06/2….
Their initial report contains useful observations about recent developments in the hot war in Tigray.
Their initial report contains useful observations about recent developments in the hot war in Tigray.
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