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Stand for humanity: Advocate #Justice4Tigray, humanitarian needs, Peace ✨💛♥️✨
Tigray residents are at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region. Amnesty calls on both Federal and Tigrayan authorities to respect and comply with international human rights standards including on the protection of civilians. Read more 👇
Return of violence in Tigray puts residents at renewed risk of violations.
Even as communities continue to grapple with the devastating legacy of past atrocities without justice or accountability.
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I find it as an extension of only listening to and reading western scholars, texts etc which limits one frame of analysis and how to analyze what is bad. For example, I only found out that Eugene Puryear praised Mengistu Hailemariam after reading this. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mb-s...
How and Why the US Left Betrayed Tigray
MB Sundjata How and Why the US Left Betrayed Tigray US organizations like PSL and Black Alliance for Peace cannot be trusted to advocate for Palestine’s...
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Hundreds flee Ethiopia to war-torn Sudan following new fighting in Tigray rfi.my/CvwG.BS
Hundreds flee Ethiopia to war-torn Sudan following new fighting in Tigray
In Ethiopia, hundreds of people have started to flee to Sudan following Saturday's fighting, when clashes in Tigray pitted federal forces against rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF...
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Eritrea not only commits grave human rights violations at home, it also perpetrated atrocities when it invaded the Tigray region of Ethiopia. 🇪🇷 www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Atrocity Alert No. 488: Eritrea, Central African Republic and Children and Armed Conflict - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. UN EXPERT...
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thrilled to have chatted with Tghat about the situation in Tigray and what the US could do about it (...if the political will were to materialize). You can listen to our conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JK-...
US Policy on Ethiopia | Carrots and Sticks | Sanctions | Root cause of Ethiopia's political problems
YouTube video by Tghat ትግሃት
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Three Doctors Without Borders staff were killed five years ago in Tigray, #Ethiopia. We still have no answers. We remember María, Tedros and Yohannes, and we continue to demand justice for them and protection for humanitarian workers everywhere. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/deafening-si...
U.S. imposes visa restrictions over renewed tensions in Northern Ethiopia: The United States has imposed targeted visa restrictions on "hardline members" of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their families, citing concerns over renewed tensions and the … https://ranked.news/1009125?u=b
#Tigray: From 2020-2022, 280K+ cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented. Many survivors are still being silenced. Birhan Gebrekirstos Mezgbo & Veronica Blecker discuss breaking the silence in their upcoming documentary, Not Ours to Carry: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/06/no-m...
'Drone strikes in Tigray kill unspecified number amid fears of renewed conflict… An unspecified number soldiers killed & injured in drone strikes in the NW Tigray region… in what appears to be another sign of renewed tensions between regional & fed forces' www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2026/06/06/d...
Drone strikes in Tigray kill unspecified number amid fears of renewed conflict - Ethiopia Observer
An unspecified number soldiers were killed and injured in drone strikes in the northwestern Tigray region, according to Dimtsi Weyane, in what appears to be another sign of renewed tensions between re...
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‘Gold mines in Sudan, which have played an important role in financing the brutal civil war, are backed by money linked to the UAE and Russia. In Ethiopia, China is the biggest player.’ Claire Wilmot reports from Tigray. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Claire Wilmot · Gold Rush
Across Tigray, the remains of razed towns are marked with mounds of earth piled over the dead – impressions of war...
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The Ethiopian government and their international partners seem determined to ignore the treatment of Tigrayans as effectively second-class citizens. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, emp...
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‘By the end of 2025, Ethiopia reported record volumes of gold exports – 38 tonnes, worth more than $3 billion – and gold surpassed coffee as the country’s biggest export. But these figures are only part of the story.’ Claire Wilmot reports from Tigray. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Claire Wilmot · Gold Rush
Across Tigray, the remains of razed towns are marked with mounds of earth piled over the dead – impressions of war...
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Ethiopia has faced near-continuous conflict since 2020, with fighting in Tigray, Oromia and Amhara.
A visual guide to Ethiopia's ethnic groups and conflict areas
Ethiopia has faced near-continuous conflict since 2020, with fighting in Tigray, Oromia and Amhara.
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After having consulted the #DRC & #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR. My statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX
Are we doomed to fight yesterday's battles in global health? So much energy needing expenditure to sooth misinformation, mistrust in public concerns around Hantavirus comparisons with Covid19 when the strategic challenge is elsewhere. My interview alongside others: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pF0...
Should we be worried about the Hantavirus outbreak? | Inside Story
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#Hantavirus is not COVID, and the risk to the people of Tenerife is low because of the nature of the disease and the actions of the Spanish government. 1/3
Conditions in #Tigray are beginning to dangerously resemble the humanitarian blockade we saw enacted during the last war. Local partners in Tigray and women’s health experts told RI that the population is "preparing for the worst." Our full statement: www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Ethiopian, Tigrayan Forces Must Pull Back from the Brink - Refugees International
Conditions are beginning to dangerously resemble the humanitarian blockade we saw enacted in Tigray during the last war.
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Anyways, the other day @reuters.com reported that the US was considering lifting 5 year old American sanctions placed upon Eritrea's government for its role in the 2020-2022 Tigray war. The US clearly wants to get in on the strait craze.
US to lift Eritrea sanctions as Red Sea tensions reshape alliances, document says
The United States is set to remove sanctions against Eritrea, according to an internal U.S. government document seen by Reuters, a decision analysts linked to the African state's strategic location o...
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We're excited to present human rights defenders from Ethiopia with our 2026 Judith Lee Stronach Award. During the Tigray war, many of our partners, trapped in Tigray, faced famine, threats & isolation. Today, we honor their courage. Listen to their acceptance speech at: https://loom.ly/nOg61i0
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, employment, and access to services.
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As fires hit camps in Um Rakuba, Sudan 🇸🇩, both the host community and Tigrayan refugees are facing loss and hardship together. How long will these voices go unheard? #tigraygenocide #KeepEyeonSudan @unhcr.org @hrw.org
Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Civilians are facing a dire humanitarian crisis. Read more:
DR Congo: Aid, Movements Hindered in South Kivu Highlands
Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Short thread containing satellite imagery of Emirati weapons smuggled to the genocidal RSF militia in Sudan, with accompanying file photos. Snapped at a secret RSF logistics base in western Ethiopia (10°05'55.5"N 34°34'50.9"E). Wednesday marked 3 years since the start of Sudan's brutal civil war.
War against Iran impacts the UAE, whose RSF proxies carry out atrocities in Sudan. Colonial borders are in dispute, Ethiopia faces a renewed conflict in Tigray, and Israel recognizes Somaliland. www.blackagendareport.com/iran-uae-sud...
Iran, UAE, Sudan, and Crises in the Horn of Africa | Black Agenda Report
Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of Pan-African Newswire, discusses events in the Horn of Africa. The U.S. war against Iran is impacting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose Rapid Support Force proxies are ca...
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The Ethiopian army has been mobilizing troops and equipment in the north, around the Tigray region and the border of neighbouring Eritrea − the same region that suffered a devastating war from 2020 to 2022, with Axum one of Tigray’s worst-hit cities. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
For survivors of Ethiopian massacres, fears of a new war are looming
For weeks, the Ethiopian army has been mobilizing around the Tigray region and the Eritrean border
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🚨Shewit Wudassie — Salsay Woyane member & producer of the Romanat Online podcast was detained today in Mekelle by security forces after his political commentary. Detaining voices for speaking out is an attack on freedom of expression and press freedom in Tigray 🧵
The government tightened its grip on Ethiopian media. Journalists working for independent outlets faced harassment, arbitrary arrest, and incommunicado detention by authorities. www.hrw.org/world-report...
World Report 2026: Rights Trends in Ethiopia
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