I really think @JosepBorrellF needs to go. He is a terrible representative for European Union foreign policy. Well past his prime. Maybe Spain can recall him. Or @vonderleyen dismiss him.

When @FedericaMog led @EEAS_EU during the Trump era she held the global order together.
By contrast EU foreign policy is now invisible. @JosepBorrellF is incapable of representing the EU in public fora or on camera and appears to be a control freak.

His decisions on Ethiopia were awful especially countenancing @nimaelbagir @AmbRice46 @PowerUSAID’s kangaroo court.
It is extremely unlikely that Lavrov would be lying about these alleged @JosepBorrellF remarks, and remarkable that he is making them public, as they are sure to become a diplomatic incident.

@vonderleyen would be unwise to ignore their implications.
The European Union has massive interests in Africa, and massive interests in @COP26 being successful.

@JosepBorrellF’s hypocrisy in crushing peaceful separatist movements in Catalonia whilst condoning a violent TPLF war of succession and supporting US neo-colonialism is plain.
The @EU_Commission decision to provide 25% of the needed funding for climate mitigation and adaptation is just and right. But if it is accompanied by negligence wrt to crises, and has unreconstructed chauvinist messenger the justice will achieve little for Europe.

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29 Sep
An old story. But relevant to the intention to reappoint @DrTedros, unopposed to head WHO. This on top of serious allegations made against him during his time as a senior member of an oppressive US sponsored proxy TPLF Govt. in Ethiopia.

#SayNoToDrTedros
And then there is @DrTedros’s active support of a war of secession against his native Ethiopia, one which is destabilising a massive region, and which has involved repeated crimes against humanity, massacres, use of child soldiers, systemic looting and destruction of livelihoods.
Does anyone have a screenshot of @DrTedros’s “Pride” tweet in response to the @nytimes triumphant report about the TPLF offensive which took place in June under the cover of Ethiopia’s first free and fair elections?
Read 23 tweets
29 Sep
The "kid gloves" approach of the IC to the TPLF, particularly by @StateDept, & @EU_Commission's @EEAS_EU and now here @UNReliefChief is completely inexplicable.

It is clear Tigray's dire humanitarian crisis is the TPLF's responsibility with contributions from the @WFP & IC's.
The missing trucks debacle is only the latest episode in the Faulty Towers like farce. After the TPLF invaded Afar in mid July - explicitly stating their intent to cut off Addis Ababa - they blocked the aid corridor to Djibouti.
During that offensive the TPLF committed numerous massacres of isolated civilian Afar communities most notably the infamous Galicoma Massacre on August 5th. This as even now only been acknowledged by @UNICEF and as far as I am aware has not been reported in international media.
Read 13 tweets
29 Sep
A more accurate headline for this report might read:

"UN Humanitarian Chief acknowledges that lack of trucks is the cause of humanitarian crisis in Tigray."

reuters.com/world/africa/u…
This is what the bulk of the article is about.

"Griffiths said a lot of trucks go into Tigray and don't come back, compounding the humanitarian problems. He said no fuel trucks had gone into Tigray since late July."
Unfortunately the reluctance by either the UN's ERC/USG Martin Griffiths, or @Reuters to directly address TPLF leadership's clar responsibility for the shortage of trucks remains a problem. Along with the headline.
Read 7 tweets
28 Sep
Published on 17th September, it purports to show the picture as of 31st August, and is clearly the view of OCHA_Ethiopia which is the coordinator for Aid.

There are several striking features to it.
Firstly. There are quite a lot of areas inside Tigray which are designated Partially accessible. Presumably because these areas are militarised. On the Western front, and northern front and also in the border area around May Temsre where TPLF Army 1 attacked from. Image
Read 10 tweets
28 Sep
Western European and US interests only have themselves to blame for the rising influence of China and Russia on the African continent.

For a century security, espionage and foreign policy has actively assisted their corporations to loot, maim and cripple emerging democracies. Image
At the #UNGA Africa’s leaders spoke with one voice on the need for the corrupting influenced of Rich Western interests to end, and of their desire for justice, equity and resilient Pan African unity to take its place.
Leaders from the rich west spoke of the need for this in the #UNGA also, but words are cheap.

For any real progress to be made the Govt’s of the West need to change the script and the way they interact with their corporate paymasters.
Read 5 tweets
28 Sep
There was a nice clear view of Ethiopia yesterday morning from @NASA's World view.

A Meskel rainfall forecast follows.
This is a 12 day accumulating rainfall forecast. Central Ethiopian areas continue to receive around 10mm of rain a day on average through the forecast period.
The reason for the late season ongoing rains is a late rainy season climate anomaly driven by persistent monsoon conditions in the Indian Ocean, including several low pressure cyclonic storms.

This animation shows the anomaly over a 16 day period from the @NOAA GFS Model.
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