Three books (in Tigrinya) on the war on Tigray. Two from blockaded Tigray and another from Addis. The first one, "A Revolution of Tigrayness", by University Lecturer Asmelash Girmay, is available in a digital copy for free here: 1/n researchgate.net/publication/35… The second one "How Dow we Sleep?" is by a known activist and now TDF fighter Tsegay Gebremedhn. It is will be available soon. 2/n

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Ethiopia & Eritrean disrupted the @WHO's @DrTedros reelection by raising point of order 3 times in turns & delaying it by 13 minutes. Both tried to block the African Group (45 states) from expressing support. The Eritrean said he is Ethiopian delegate.
Ethiopia disrupts 1/n Then Eritrea disrupts. The representative says "this is the second point of order raised by the delegation of Ethiopia" 2/n

ሻዕብያ ዝትትንክፍ ምስ ትፅሕፍ፡ ኰራኹር ሻዕብያ፡ ከከብ ዝነበሩዎ ደበኽበኽ ኢሎም፡ እታ እንኮ ክእለቶም ዝዀነት ፀርፊ የወፍዩ። ካልእ ኢደ እግሪ ድኣ ካበይ ክየምፅኡ? ሻዕብያ ኣፀቢቓ ሰንኪላቶም፥ ተጋሲሳቶም እያ። ኰይኑ እውን ግን የምልኹዋ 1/ተ ድንቍርነኦም መጠን የብሉን። "ቀኒእኻ ድኻ" ይብሉኻ ክዓ! ብ ኤርትራ ከመይ ኢልካ ይ
ቅናእ? እንታይ ኣሎ? ብ ባርነት ዶ ይቕናእ እዩ? ፅቡቕ ሃሊዉ እንተዝእቐንእ ክንደይ ደስ ምበለኒ። ግን ዝየቕንእ የለን። እስኪ ሓንቲ ዝተቕንእ ነገር ፅርሑለይ? 2/ተ

Thread: Why Africans/blacks & the world should care for #Tigray, an African & world civilization & stand against #Tigraygenocide. Tigray is a unique civilization (one of the four great powers of the ancient world) that has always been humane & welcoming to all people.1/n Early on, it accepted judaism and because of that connection, Aksum is still considered the place where the Ark of the convent is housed. 2/n theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…

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I watched 'Taking Stock of U.S. Policy on Ethiopia: A Conversation with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman' #USPolicyEthiopia
I put my reactions to the ambassador's points here as a Tigrayan. My thread will focus both on the spirit of his messages and on particular points 1/n 1) I understood that the US still sees Abiy as salvageable and as having the mandate to rule Ethiopia. The ambassador said the US wants to revitalize Abiy's "economic and job creation agenda". This is deeply disturbing to me and tells me Us interests override even genocide . 2/n

I sometimes listen to the Ethio-360 guys. The Habtamu guy has only one boring theme: I told you so. The thing is he never told it. Today, they were talking about the design to destroy Amhara and Tigray, and they blame Tigray for that. What do these people smoke, really? 1/n Tigrayans, including myself, have warned before the war that there was a work to antagonize Amhara and Tigray, among other things. And yet, no one supported the war more than Amharas. They also invaded and seized Tigrayan lands and engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide. 2/n

Thread: Can an Amhara be impartial?
The intercept article has shown the ugly highjacking of an American institution. @VOAAmharic, for the service of an ugly fascistic, racist & backward Amhara nationalism. But is it an isolated case? No, it is not. 1) theintercept.com/2021/05/21/voi… Any institution headed/staffed by Amhara will always end up being an Amhara propaganda tool. And I am not talking about Ethiopian institutions which have always been Amhara political tools, but foreign and international institutions. 2

Thank yo all for your messages of condolences on the passing of my grandmother, Abrehet Gidey. In a time of chance for contact with grieving family members, your messages are comforting. 1/2

https://twitter.com/GebrekirstosG/status/1395348519754608642

My grandmother was old, and I was hoping to have a last chance to sit down with her and hear her story, and her blessings. When I was about to go about a year ago, Covid-19 came followed by the genocidal war. That she passed away like this makes me sad.

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The International community (IC) has the ground to invoke its residual responsibility to protect (R2P) #Tigrayans. According to the R2P commitment, state sovereignty is a responsibility for people's welfare. 1 R2P is states' and IC's responsibility to protect populations from the worst forms of violence: genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. 2
un.org/en/genocidepre…

The genocidal and traitorous man, @AbiyAhmedAli, has told the world it is his right to commit war crimes and violate IHL using Amhara, Eritrean and Ethiopian armies in Tigray. He rebuffed calls for Eritrean and Amhara armies to leave Tigray. 1/2 He blamed Tigrayans for anything and engaged in the usual lies and deception. He mocked the pain of "their women"[Tigrayan women] that are being raped by #Eritrean, #Ethiopian and marauding #Amhara militias by arguing it is nothing compared to the damage on his army. 2/2

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Why the international community should be alarmed about the well-planned, campaigned and intended #TigrayGenocide. @Martijncda @RAbdiAnalyst @LaetitiaBader @amnesty @hrw @mbachelet 1/15 I wrote on the genocidal undercurrents leading to the war on Tigray. Time has made it more relevant. In 1984/5
The Derg launched “to kill all the fish, it was necessary to drain the sea”—the sea being the Tigrayans the fish the fighters. 2/15
bit.ly/37HWkN9

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Enabling supporting and providing cover for #TigrayGenocide
Connecting the dots. @antonioguterres has been a major obstacle for Tigray in the UNSC. Guterres is apparently connected to @AnaMartinsGomes who is connected to @EthzemaLeader, a founder of @ESATtv 1/11 @ESATtv is a hate media founded with funding from Eritrea and peaches Tigray extermination. @BronwynBruton of @AtlanticCouncil is a lobbyist for the Eritrean regime. Recently she appeared with Gizaw of ESAT, endorsing #TigrayGenocide. How do we explain all these? 2/11

The Mai Kadra Massacre 1/4 Thread
I have found evidence that Eritrean soldiers pretending Tigrayans massacred Amharas. These Eritrean soldiers were stationed in the newly established command in Bahirdar in the pretext of helping establish the command. The goal was to galvanize Amhara support for the war on Tigray. It was indeed seized as planed for galvanizing support for the war. After that, Amhara militia who were fed the news of the massacre came charging and wiped Tigrayans out from Mai Kadra and other places. 2/4

Why the #WaronTigrai is to exterminate the #Tigray|an people. It is a war on the multi-national federal order and elections. But it is also to exterminate Tigraians.
#SayNo2WarOnTigray #SayNo2CivilWarInEthiopia #AbiyMustGo @NobelPrize @AbiyAhmedAli #USElectionResults2020 Genocide against Tigraians is ripe in Ethiopia. There is a long history of hate preaching against Tigraians. There is a huge Amharic literature likening Tigraians to the jews of Germany and calls for "Ethiopians" to take lessons from "Nazi heroic extermination techniques".

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A War to Exterminate the Tigraian People #Tigray
The @NobelPrize recipient @AbiyAhmedAli junta's and Isaias' war on Tigrai is to exterminate the #Tigraian people and it is on all fronts. Abiy Ahmed has shut down the internet, telephone and electric lines to Tigrai.
1 Roads have been blocked since he came to power. He has denied Tigrai locust-fighting and Covid-19 protection tools and funds, and cut budget and safety-net funds. That is to starve and kill as many Tigraians as possible.
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