🇺🇳 THREAD: Bias at the highest level of @UN with staff taking rebels’ side in #Ethiopia.
A summary of the bias going straight to the top, inc. @DrTedros of @WHO.
No blanket accusations. The UN is not homogeneous.
🚨 Biased officials named. Read on.
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A summary of the bias going straight to the top, inc. @DrTedros of @WHO.
No blanket accusations. The UN is not homogeneous.
🚨 Biased officials named. Read on.
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🇺🇳 SIDE NOTE: @UN is organisation with staff from all over world.
Structure (for purpose of thread) is 2-pronged:
➡️ local/in-country staff (on the ground)
➡️ int’l staff (abroad).
e.g. You may see @UNOCHA (referring to int’l staff) & @OCHA_Ethiopia (for in-country staff).
Structure (for purpose of thread) is 2-pronged:
➡️ local/in-country staff (on the ground)
➡️ int’l staff (abroad).
e.g. You may see @UNOCHA (referring to int’l staff) & @OCHA_Ethiopia (for in-country staff).
PART 1️⃣
MANUFACTURED FIGURES:
Ran by @WHO (“partnered” with Ethio gov’t), Health Clusters generate data on those in need of humanitarian help & strategise on how to reach them.
⏱ Jan 2021: The sub-national #Tigray Cluster (w/ expert support) estimate 2.8mil people in need.
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MANUFACTURED FIGURES:
Ran by @WHO (“partnered” with Ethio gov’t), Health Clusters generate data on those in need of humanitarian help & strategise on how to reach them.
⏱ Jan 2021: The sub-national #Tigray Cluster (w/ expert support) estimate 2.8mil people in need.
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The country team submits estimate (based on @OCHA_Ethiopia data & globally approved methodology).
⏱ April 2021: Global Health Cluster coordinator Emma Fitzpatrick (int’l staff) sends figure back as 3.8mil (🚩+1mil) with no explanation.
📸 Emma enjoying a glass of wine
(ctd…)
⏱ April 2021: Global Health Cluster coordinator Emma Fitzpatrick (int’l staff) sends figure back as 3.8mil (🚩+1mil) with no explanation.
📸 Emma enjoying a glass of wine
(ctd…)
Despite resistance from in-country team, 3.8mil published in @UNOCHA bulletin as final.
In-country staff reported Emma had actually said that her mission was to elevate #Tigray crisis to Level 3.
🚨IASC Level 3 declared 28-Apr-2021. This means system-wide mobilisation.
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In-country staff reported Emma had actually said that her mission was to elevate #Tigray crisis to Level 3.
🚨IASC Level 3 declared 28-Apr-2021. This means system-wide mobilisation.
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A “L3 Response is activated when a humanitarian situation suddenly and significantly changes.”
➡️ That means Emma succeeded in her “mission”. More money, more staff and (most importantly) more global/political attention.
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➡️ That means Emma succeeded in her “mission”. More money, more staff and (most importantly) more global/political attention.
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Around this time, reports emerge from @UN staff saying @DrTedros (@WHO Head) personally handpicked Cluster Coordinators & #Tigray Incident Managers.
⚠️ For reference, Tedros Adhanom was a #TPLF central committee member (also Minister of Health & Defence during their regime).
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⚠️ For reference, Tedros Adhanom was a #TPLF central committee member (also Minister of Health & Defence during their regime).
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E.G.#Tigray Incident Manager Andrew (surname?) held a celebration for the TPLF after the ENDF withdrew from #Mekelle in June.
Both in-country & int’l staff reported amazement at his open support. Not surprising… the career-climbers were keen to impress the big boss, Tedros.
Both in-country & int’l staff reported amazement at his open support. Not surprising… the career-climbers were keen to impress the big boss, Tedros.
Recent leaked audio of @UN staff even revealed regional Emergency Coordinators made to report directly to Directors @ HQ (as part of “scale-up protocol”).
Unprecedented move to go over the heads of in-country coordinators.
💬 But why? Easy - a direct line with @DrTedros…
Unprecedented move to go over the heads of in-country coordinators.
💬 But why? Easy - a direct line with @DrTedros…
A familiar name also pops up (again) in the leaked audio. Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, UN staffer & ardent TPLF supporter.
Read on Kwesi’s previous (& recent) escapades in this thread by @Qnie_Addis.
Hint, it involves TPLF General Tsadkan Gebretensae, Alex de Waal & Rashid Abdi.
Read on Kwesi’s previous (& recent) escapades in this thread by @Qnie_Addis.
Hint, it involves TPLF General Tsadkan Gebretensae, Alex de Waal & Rashid Abdi.
https://twitter.com/qnie_addis/status/1444626818875678723
UN staffers indicate the only way to survive at this point is “to be a Kwesi”.
Meaning:
✅ DO run with the Tedros faction
⛔️ DO NOT question countless lies
⛔️ DO NOT criticise TPLF axis
✅ DO destabilise a sovereign African nation
And if you’re not a Kwesi, you better 🤐
Meaning:
✅ DO run with the Tedros faction
⛔️ DO NOT question countless lies
⛔️ DO NOT criticise TPLF axis
✅ DO destabilise a sovereign African nation
And if you’re not a Kwesi, you better 🤐
➡️ More manufactured numbers. But this time it’s IDPs.
⏱ Jan 2021: At same time as cluster data on hum’n needs, @IOMEthiopia set displaced at just <1mil.
🚩 This number suddenly more than doubles to 2mil (with no justification).
⏱ Jan 2021: At same time as cluster data on hum’n needs, @IOMEthiopia set displaced at just <1mil.
🚩 This number suddenly more than doubles to 2mil (with no justification).
⏱ Jun 2021: Cholera vaccination campaign to target the 1mil+ IDPs. Vaccinators find nowhere near that many IDPs & resort to vaccinating people in their homes.
💬 So what was the 2mil based off?
(ctd…)
💬 So what was the 2mil based off?
(ctd…)
How about the 400k in famine? More names ⬇️
⏱ Jul-Sep 2021: @FAO report that ~400k acutely food insecure (IPC 5 i.e. famine).
When @FAO staff asked how data produced, 1 IPC staffer in entire #Ethiopia had gone to Mekelle & Axum to sample “most affected” areas.
⏱ Jul-Sep 2021: @FAO report that ~400k acutely food insecure (IPC 5 i.e. famine).
When @FAO staff asked how data produced, 1 IPC staffer in entire #Ethiopia had gone to Mekelle & Axum to sample “most affected” areas.
They teach how to take a representative sample in 7th grade…
Clue: it’s not by looking at the worst areas.
🚨 IPC Ethiopia staffer later admits the data was cooked by “bosses in Rome”.
(This is where it gets juicy 🧃).
(ctd…)
Clue: it’s not by looking at the worst areas.
🚨 IPC Ethiopia staffer later admits the data was cooked by “bosses in Rome”.
(This is where it gets juicy 🧃).
(ctd…)
Turns out the project is supervised from Rome by none other than:
Shukri Ahmed, Ethiopian-born @FAO Senior Economist / Deputy-Director of Emergencies Div… And a long-time outspoken supporter of #TPLF.
📸 Shukri before/after showering
But it doesn’t end there
(ctd..)
Shukri Ahmed, Ethiopian-born @FAO Senior Economist / Deputy-Director of Emergencies Div… And a long-time outspoken supporter of #TPLF.
📸 Shukri before/after showering
But it doesn’t end there
(ctd..)
In the same team is another outspoken #TPLF supporter from #Tigray:
⚠️ Berhe Tekola, Senior Programme Officer in Emergencies Division & the former @FAO Director of Livestock.
Appears he was demoted by new FAO Dir-Gen after TPLF left office.
📸 Berhe before/after his demotion
⚠️ Berhe Tekola, Senior Programme Officer in Emergencies Division & the former @FAO Director of Livestock.
Appears he was demoted by new FAO Dir-Gen after TPLF left office.
📸 Berhe before/after his demotion
🚨Question is, now that TPLF-allied factions are in public eye, what is the @UN going to do about it?
🚨What does it mean about MSM reporting over past year?
🇺🇳Sec-Gen @antonioguterres says he will investigate. And he better…
#Ethiopia (& #Africa) are watching closely…
🚨What does it mean about MSM reporting over past year?
🇺🇳Sec-Gen @antonioguterres says he will investigate. And he better…
#Ethiopia (& #Africa) are watching closely…
to be continued…
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