#Ethiopia-#Eritrea Rift: A Shifting Narrative of Alliances and Accusations umdmedia.com/2024/12/ethi...

Is #Sweden staying neutral here once again, as always?😜

Efforts to promote #peace during the genocidal war on #Tigray were met with strong resistance from certain clergy of the #Ethiopian #Orthodox Tewahedo Church, including some bishops. After leading a delegation of 11 bishops to U.S. government offices, 1/3

Yesterday, I attended a parent-teacher meeting for my children. I scheduled appointments with all nine of my Grade 9 son's teachers, including his PE teacher and the instructors for his elective courses, French and Sports Performance. During the meeting with the French teacher, 1/4

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.

Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

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If there's one journo in the Horn of Africa with a lived experience mirroring the journos of Gaza, it's my good friend @millionh.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Tigray amidst genocide & a humanitarian siege. He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English. Welcome to Bsky!

In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in community.

Solange’s ‘Eldorado Ballroom’ offered a transcendent soundtrack for the grief of a year of genocide

In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in…

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Ethiopia, the sector’s informality is tied to the nation’s volatile security dynamics, with illicit gold mining proliferating as non-state actors compete for control in conflict-prone regions such as Tigray. #StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining @getachew.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

Addressing illegal gold mining: International policy priorities

Held in partnership with the World Gold Council, this panel of experts examines the global Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) landscape and propose policy priorities essential for fostering ...

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THREAD: Ethiopian press set to integrate BlueSky. Over the course of a brutal civil war that killed an estimated half a million people in Ethiopia between 2020-2022, our free press was decimated. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom

In Ethiopia, mass detention signals shrinking press freedom

Twenty-two media employees have been arrested across Ethiopia this year alone.

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