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1 Oct, 4 tweets, 4 min read
Voila @JosepBorrellF speaks on Ethiopia! I think the last time he did so was in response to @AntonioGuterres request for support for his ceasefire initiative

EU engagements on Ethiopia are rare. On a crisis with massive European interests Borrell and @EEAS_EU have been MIA.
The most recent google result for "Ethiopia" on the @EEAS_EU / eeas.europa.eu website seems to be a publishing error. The content of the article concerns Myannmar. They last published a newsletter on Ethiopia in July. eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ir…
@EEAS_EU Correction @EEAS_EU seems to have remedied this now. Publishing a catchup newsletter for June, July and August in mid September. eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/h…

It contains three items from June, plus a flyer advertising an event >> eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/…
If anyone is able to find any recent content about Ethiopia on the @EEAS_EU website please let me know.

It appears that after the successful Ethiopia election on June 21st - which they did not monitor - the @EEAS_EU took the pip, and it's now verboten to mention Ethiopia.

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This is incredible. A must listen.

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This thread needs to be read by both @declanwalsh & @MarksSimon (NYT Nairobi based) & @rickgladstone (NYT NYC based) as well as by @girlstothefront at Vox.

Writing a story about the UN officials expulsions and failing to understand this is journalistic malpractice.
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And @vox's story is here vox.com/2021/10/2/2270…
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This has got to be the worst propaganda video ever. Especially the bit where you can hear someone screaming in the background as if they are being tortured.

The Generals all look really sad. And they keep apologising to the parents of all the dead.
.@AsstSecStateAF Mary Phee. This is the military leadership of the TPLF. They are on their last legs.
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Kenya took over Presidency of the UNSC for October on Friday. A media/officials briefing was held yesterday at the UN HQ in New York yesterday with the Permanent Representative and the Kenya's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo.
WATCH HERE >> media.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k… Image
This briefing his held each month when the Presidency rotates. The program of work for the month is the subject of the briefing which can be found here >> un.org/securitycounci… Image
The detailed briefing is by Kenya's Permanent Representative Martin Kimani who participated in the Tigray crisis meeting held on August 26th.

The program includes 2 meetings to be chaired by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on the 12th (Peace) and 28th of Oct. (Cooperation). Image
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