The UN briefing yesterday was a good start. But to get to the bottom of what is happening in Tigray, and why there are issues with fuel entering the region, you need to look into this.
The tweet quoted ^^ is from @fitsumaregaa the Ethiopian Ambassador to the USA. I am certain he would be available to be interviewed about this.
Ethiopia is understandably concerned further fuel deliveries to Tigray will be used for military purposes.
It is also understandable that @OCHA_Ethiopia doesn’t want to explicitly say this, but such is the reality of this horrific war.
For months TPLF forces have been using humanitarian aid to pursue a brutal war not just against the ENDF burn against civilians in Amhara.
And in Afar.
Ethiopia’s repeated efforts to inform the UN and media of this simple reality have been ignored. But as this is all now in plain sight, and TPLF’s leadership is acting even more erratic and psychotic, there is a pressing need to reveal the facts.
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@reda_getachew 1. Towards the beginning he discusses the air-strikes, and in doing so he suggests that the UN was warned by the Ethiopian Govt. about the coming air strikes.
@reda_getachew My unconfirmed report is this. UN had staff stationed in the Planet Hotel - the site of one of the first airstrikes on Monday. And my source told me that the building was also occupied by TPLF leadership.
In the intro @UN_Spokesperson@StephDujarric jokes that he arranged the briefing as there is lots of media questions, and also because “I didn’t want to answer them”.
The briefing is from the OCHA regional coordinator Gemma Connell, based in Nairobi.
Here is the readout from Ms Connell, which was followed by a Q&A with three questions from reporters from @ap@reuters and @nytimes.
The aborted flight appears to have been the reason for increased media interest.
Tonight is an Emperor’s New Clothes moment for the world. The TPLF have just flipped the kill switch on their war because they now know they have lost and they want to burn all of Ethiopia.
Meanwhile global news media are obsessing over a plane that could not land because of tweets from “nutty professor” @ProfKindeya, a serial liar, the basic facts about which are contested, and even if true, completely irrelevant to what is happening in this conflict.
This is the biggest war in the world, and it is yet to receive any significant news coverage in both the EU and the US.
The basic facts are the UN, US and EU all believe TPLF lies about their actions absent any evidence, and in the face 1000s of deaths and Mlns of IDPs.
The UN is definitely failing again in the ways you describe. It seems to be doubling down on its false facts as we tweet.
But the difference is COVID & Climate. Two huge crises which will not wait for human stupidity to resolve itself.
@GetachewTamiru5 The UN as it is now is not equipped to really deal with either. For the most part it is a multi-disciplinary humanitarian aid, governance consultancy, and development delivery organization with some political/legal arms.
@GetachewTamiru5 It has no effective Governance or Accountability mechanisms. And in media terms outside of the places where it is working is politically and news media wise invisible.
There is a similar but different pattern on the West Coast of the Pacific, albeit significantly more unusual. Rains have already started to fall in California and up the coast all the way to Alaska, with a lot more in the forecast, including loads of snow in BC.
This East Pacific 16 day PWAT forecast animation shows a series of atmospheric rivers bringing multiple episodes of heavy rain up and down the West Coast.
A wider angle view of all of North America shows the collision between the Wet Pacific and cold Arctic Air masses over the Rockies. Meanwhile in the East there is also a very late season cyclone over Haiti (albeit highly speculative at such long range).