Thread by @althecat

This @jeffpropulsion story followed on the heels of the release on FB of an audio recording of him talking with sources, which appears to have been obtained from a stolen audio recorder as he left Ethiopia.

The recording has since been taken down.

link.medium.com/qLPe9KoB7jb

@jeffpropulsion The story is based on an Oct. 2nd (Saturdauy) leaked email from a UN aid worker based inside Tigray. Its contents, as explained by @jeffpropulsion are deeply disturbing, seemingly showing indifference towards issues such as the weaponisation of aid and the use of child soldiers.

In a normal news media environment, the recording & leaked email would be treated as bombshell revelations, especially given their bearing on a diplomatic rift between the UN's humanitarian agencies and the Govt. of Ethiopia in the wake of the expulsion of 7 UN officials.

United Nations has bristled in response to the expulsions calling hurried meetings of the UNSC to consider the impact of the officials departure from Ethoipia (they have left) on the very serious humanitarian crisis in Northern Ethiopia which now affects 7 million people.

The bombshell in the leaked audio recording is that at the beginning of the war, the most senior leaders of the UN HQ in New York - led by @DrTedros of WHO, took over direct management of the humanitarian operations, cutting the @UNEthiopia Team out of the loop.

And that after doing so, UN HQ they then attempted to remove the @UNEthiopia head to install new leadership, more closely aligned with the UN HQ view on the crisis in Tigray. They failed in this effort however.

From what we now know it appears that an edited audio recording of an internal @UNEthiopia meeting was leaked to Omna Tigray by one of the most senior Ethiopian officials, the UNDP' Dr. Kwesi Sans-Cullotte-Greenidge, who is one of the expelled officials.

In the immediate aftermath of his expulsion, research into Dr. Kwesi's emails discovered extensive associations by the @UNEthiopia team member responsible for liason with high level leadership with TPLF propaganda.

In addition:
1. A prior professional link from Sudan was established between Dr Kwesi Sans-Cullotte and General Tsadkan Gebretensae, commander of the main Amhara offsensive against civilians which began in July, and the "hero" of the retaking of Mekelle in June.

2. Apparent involvement by Dr Kwesi (or support of) an African Human Rights inquiry which was announced four days before the Ethiopian elections, in a press event which came as a surprise to the govt. achpr.org/pressrelease/d…

The Inquiry's release notes claimed the inquiry - which is based in Gambia - had a mandate from the Ethiopian Govt. when that was not the case. They also claimed, incorrectly, that the Nov. 3 attacks on ENDF by TPLF followed an invasion by Ethiopian forces.