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Reasons why #UNSC should #SanctionEritrea & #SanctionEthiopia

#Isaias is constructing a3⃣cornered axis of autocracy in z HOA where he's z leader & 🇪🇹&🇸🇴are his junior partners.

@RussiaUN @Chinamission2un @StateHouseKenya @AmbMKimani @MexOnu

foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/eri… #Isaias offered2⃣things to the🇪🇹🇸🇴insecure rulers.

1⃣practical advice on political survival against the odds—specifically, how to face int'l pressure to democratize

2⃣a model of military training that transforms high school students into obedient fighting machines

#UNSCActNow

Thread: (hrw.org/news/2021/02/1…)
1) In Nov. "ENDF carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in violation of the laws of war.

#100DaysOfGenocide
#AllowAccessToTigray 2) "Artillery attacks at the start of the armed conflict struck homes, hospitals, schools, & markets in the city of Mekelle, & the towns of Humera and Shire, killing >83 civilians, including children, & wounding >300. Many of artillery attacks struck generalized populated areas"

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- #Mekele & #Adigrat - densely populated regions
- 1992-2012 (Meles)📉Infant Mortality by 36.5%
- #Ethiopia has a youthful population (60% is <25years old)
- Morality rate of mother while giving birth is high
- 42% lacked access to water
- 72% struggled to maintain sanitation 2/8 - #TigrayGenocide - Tigray:
- Remains w/out food & water
- Lack of medicine (looted/destroyed) - concern for sanitization & health +COVID-19
- Women giving birth on-route while seeking Asylum
- Current death # >9K
- Education & livelihood jeopardized