This is a bit old now, but still interesting. Includes a question on @AbiyAhmedAli's open letter to @JoeBiden.

#AFMediaHub @StateDept @AsstSecStateAF

‘The U.S. Response To The Ongoing Crisis In Northern Ethiopia’ on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/africa-regiona…
There is a particularly good question from the EBC at 19:31 into the briefing, this follows the question on the open letter at 17:28 from The Africa Report.
At the end 23:28 there are a couple of questions from the @todaynewsafrica publication which are also interesting in terms of understanding what the stance of that publication is.
It's worth noting that two weeks after this briefing - when the @StateDept said it was "very prepared to use its sanctions", and expected "immediate" action,- that no action has been taken. Also interestingly, during this period a new @AsstSecStateAF has been confirmed.

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5 Oct
Two parts of the @UN_Spokesperson's readout are problematic, and help point in the direction of explaining the expulsions.

"The spread of conflict into the Amhara and Afar regions"

"fighting along the Tigray regional boundary has led to 100s of 1000s of people being displaced." ImageImage
They both relate to a phenomena that needs a better name.

It is often called "false equivalence" but, IMO that's not strong enoug. @Qnie_Addis has done a thread on "gaslighting" which is what it is, but as a term is not IMO specific enough.
@Qnie_Addis "The spread of conflict into the Amhara and Afar regions"

The conflict did not "spread". TPLF forces invaded.

This lack of precision makes it sounds as if Ethiopia contributed to this, when in fact at the time that it "spread" Ethiopia was under a unilateral ceasefire.
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5 Oct
Yesterday's UN Press Briefing on Ethiopia. These can be found here (including all past ones >> un.org/press/en/conte…

This is the readout, which begins the briefing.

After weeks of few or none Qs on Ethiopia, now there are lots. ImageImage
The daily briefings are held at 12pm ET (US) time, early evening EAT. You can watch them live here >> media.un.org/en/webtv/sched…

And yesterday's one (the most recent) can be watched here >> media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k…
Here is the Q&A related to Ethiopia. Questions were focussed on the expulsions and the reasons for compliance with Ethiopia's persona-non-grata instructions, which the UN insists it does not recognise & says it is a long-standing position of the UN. Image
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5 Oct
"Wake up to the looming water crisis, @WMO report warns."

See @WMO Press Release >> public.wmo.int/en/media/press… and >> Report library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=…

See also my thread...
There is a short video here >>
And the twitter version of the report follows in this thread in the order it was posted.
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5 Oct
Today the World Meteorological Agency @WMO held a press conference in the lead up to the COP26 summit, which addressed water, and the importance of measures to address adaptation measures. media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k…
@WMO A new report has been issued which contains some very interesting slides on changes in climate so far (last 20 years) plus what is expected to happen. Image
In the above slide you can see now very clearly that Sub-Saharan Africa (particularly the Sahel & East Africa) and the Middle East are expected to get substantially wetter as the climate warms, while South America is expected to get drier.
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5 Oct
The forecast path of Extratropical Cyclone Sam is unusual to say the least. The storm is expected to reach as far north as Iceland. And will continue to impact European Weather significantly for several more days. Image
Here is a 120 hour forecast for the north Atlantic where you can see how the storm continues northwards.
Here's another view of the same model, @NOAA's GFS which places it in larger context.
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