Biraanu Gammachu

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[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

Sudan’s government and military have formally accused the UAE and Ethiopia of orchestrating a series of drone strikes on Khartoum’s international airport and military bases.

Critical updates:

*- Officials claim to have "conclusive evidence" including flight data from drones launched via Ethiopia's Bahir Dar airport.
*- Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations.
*- The military asserts its right to respond at a time and place of its choosing.

https://t.co/uKZ6oo4DL2

#Sudan #Khartoum #Ethiopia #UAE #SudanNews

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@JuliaMuhumuza @UniofOxford @BlavatnikSchool Congratulations 🎊

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Happy Easter!

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

Lord Hague of Richmond has been officially admitted as Oxford’s 160th Chancellor in a ceremony that took place at the Sheldonian Theatre today after winning the election for the Chancellor of the University of Oxford role in November 2024.

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UK summons Rwandan High Commissioner following advances by Rwandan Defence Force and M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) https://t.co/hl82Yz4Xzg

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[Institute for Peace and Security Studies @IPSS_Addis]

🗣️ Prof. Thomas Tieku: "70% of Africa’s population is under 35, yet the average leader’s age is 69."

For effective AU leadership, we need youth-driven energy and vision.

#Africa #Leadership #AUElections #AUSUMMIT

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[African Union @_AfricanUnion]

“One of the most pressing issues before us today is the ongoing humanitarian crisis and conflict in #Sudan. The war has come at an immense cost—thousands of lives lost, communities displaced, and institutions weakened.

The number of internally displaced persons rose by 27% in 2024, from 9 million to 11.5 million, with children making up over 53% of the displaced.

Additionally, admissions for severe acute malnutrition rose by 44% in 2024, with 431,015 children receiving treatment. The human rights situation is deeply concerning where we witness reports of grave violations, including attacks on schools and hospitals, forced recruitment of child soldiers, and the denial of humanitarian access.”
🎙️ 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚̃𝐨, Chairperson of African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child & Political Chairperson of the AGA-APSA Platform.

𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 -𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 #𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧

📍African Union Headquarters.

#SilencingGuns in Africa
#MakePeaceHappen
#DGTrends

@acerwc @AUC_PAPS @AGA_Platform

[African Union @_AfricanUnion]

The continued fighting in #Sudan since the war broke out on 15th April 2023 has hampered access to humanitarian relief, led to shortage of food and aggravated hunger, children and women are continually abused, and the elderly and sick lack medical assistance. This is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

External interference has equally contributed to why the war has lasted this long. The conflict in Sudan is posing of challenges in implementation of AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silencing the Guns in Africa.

Efforts to resolve crisis has not yielded results yet but as the African Union, we remain committed to end the crisis. Only Inter-Sudanese political dialogue, not the military option can end this war.

The AU mediation efforts are guided by AU roadmap for the resolution for the resolution of conflict in Sudan that calls for Sudanese- ownership and Sudanese-leadership; inclusiveness; reconciliation; neutrality of facilitators and transparency.

We are also keen on enhancing coordination efforts by partners to ensure there is harmonization and complementarity in our efforts. The effective coordination between IGAD and AU is one of the best practices we can highlight.

🎙️ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐛𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬, Chairperson of the African Union High-Level Panel on Sudan

𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 -𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 #𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧

📍African Union Headquarters.
#SilencingGuns in Africa
#MakePeaceHappen
#DGTrends

[African Union @_AfricanUnion]

The 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 has expressed grave concern over the increased tensions between the 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 and 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 and strongly condemns the heinous attacks by the M23, which resulted in the loss of lives, injuries, and displacement, especially women and children, and warns that those concerned will be held accountable for their actions.

The activities of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have worsened the insecurity and suffering of the population in eastern DRC.

The PSC demands the M23, ADF and FDLR, other armed and terrorist groups operating in eastern DRC to immediately and unconditionally cease their attacks and permanently disband and lay down their arms.

Further, PSC calls for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of M23 from Minova, Sake, and Goma, and other occupied areas in the DRC, and all other foreign armed and terrorist groups operating in the DRC.

PSC unequivocally condemns any foreign military support being provided to M23 and any other armed group operating in eastern DRC and demands the immediate cessation of such support and the immediate withdrawal of any such external party from the entire Congolese territory.

The PSC has commended the efforts of H.E. João Manuel Lourenço, President of Angola, the Chair of ICGLR and AU Champion for Peace and Reconciliation, for facilitating dialogue between the DRC and Rwanda and urges the two parties to continue extending their cooperation and collaboration to the efforts of the Facilitator.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 here:
𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡- https://t.co/OUFVI0plxB

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[Refugees In Libya @RefugeesinLibya]

Breaking News: Dozens kidnapped for Ransom in Kufra, Libya.

Naima Jamal is among dozens of victims of Libya’s modern slave trade.

Naima Jamal, a 20-year-old Ethiopian woman from Oromia, was abducted shortly after her arrival in Libya in May 2024. Since then, her family has been subjected to enormous demands from human traffickers, their calls laden with threats and cruelty, their ransom demands rise and shift with each passing week. The latest demand: $6,000 for her release.

This morning, the traffickers sent a video of Naima being tortured. The footage, which her family received with horror, shows the unimaginable brutality of Libya’s trafficking networks. Naima is not alone. In another image sent alongside the video, over 50 other victims can be seen, their bodies and spirits shackled, awaiting to be auctioned like commodities in a market that has no place in humanity but thrives in Libya, a nation where the echoes of its ancient slave trade still roar loud and unbroken.

“This is the reality of Libya today,” writes activist and survivor David Yambio in response to this atrocity. “It is not enough to call it chaotic or lawless; that would be too kind. Libya is a machine built to grind Black bodies into dust. The auctions today carry the same cold calculations as those centuries ago: a man reduced to the strength of his arms, a woman to the curve of her back, a child to the potential of their years.”

Naima’s present situation is one of many. Libya has become a graveyard for Black migrants, a place where the dehumanization of Blackness is neither hidden nor condemned. Traffickers operate openly, fueled by impunity and the complicity of systems that turn a blind eye to this horror. And the world, Yambio reminds us, looks the other way:

“Libya is Europe’s shadow, the unspoken truth of its migration policy—a hell constructed by Arab racism and fueled by European indifference. They call it border control, but it is cruelty dressed in bureaucracy.”

The $6,000 ransom demanded for Naima is not just a price for her life; it is a price for the silence of a global community that allows this horror to happen to the black child. And yet, for many, this is not survival, it is a cycle of endless suffering.

Naima’s fate, and that of the 50 other victims in Kufra, remains uncertain. Their cries are met with indifference by those who could intervene but choose not to. Meanwhile, their families are left to battle with the impossible, raising the funds demanded by traffickers or risking the loss of their loved ones forever.

The world must confront the uncomfortable truth: the slave trade is alive and thriving in Libya. It thrives in the silence of nations, in the shadows of complicit systems, and in the unchecked racism that dehumanizes Black lives. Naima’s story, as Yambio writes, is not an anomaly, it is the legacy of a history that refuses to end.

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[Meseret Media @MeseretMedia]

ኦሮሚያ ባንክ ከአውሮፓ አገኘሁ ያለው ሽልማት እና የሸላሚው አካል ማንነት

(መሠረት ሚድያ)- ኦሮሚያ ባንክ እያስመዘገበ ባለው የማይዋዥቅ የላቀ አገልግሎት ምክንያት ከአውሮፓ ሶሳይቲ ፎር ኳሊቲ ሪሰርች (ESQR) ህዳር 30/2017 ዓ.ም በኦስቲሪያ��� ቪየና በተካሄድ ፕሮግራም ላይ ሽልማት መቀበሉን አስታውቆ ነበር።

በዚህ ወቅት የባንኩ ሀላፊዎች "ባንካችን ወደ ዓለም አደባባይ በስ���ት በመውጣት ተወዳጅ ዓለም-አቀፍ  ብራንድ እየሆነ መጥቷል" ብለው ተናግረው ነበር።

በዚህ ሽልማት ዙርያ መሠረት ሚድያ ባደረገው ማጣራት የአውሮፓ ሶሳይቲ ፎር ኳሊቲ ሪሰርች (ESQR) የተባለው ሸላሚ ተቋም ከ4 ሺህ ዩሮ ጀምሮ ክፍያ ለሚፈፅሙ ተቋማት ሽልማት በማከፋፈል ከዚህ በፊት የሚታወቅ መሆኑን ለማወቅ ችለናል።

የዛሬ ሁለት አመት ናሚቢያ ውስጥ የሚገኙ ሁለት ተቋማት እያንዳንዳቸው 4,200 ዩሮ ከፍለው ይህን ተመሳሳይ ሽልማት ተቀብለው እንደነበር አንድ የሀገሪቱ የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅት አጋልጦ ነበር (ሊንክ: https://t.co/zoo3S7jv96)

በተጨማሪም አለም አቀፉ የተደራጁ ወንጀሎች እና የሙስና ተግባሮችን አጣሪ እና ሪፖርት አቅራቢ ተቋም (OCCRP) የዛሬ አስር አመት ባወጣው ሪፖርቱ የአውሮፓ ሶሳይቲ ፎር ኳሊቲ ሪሰርች (ESQR) እና ሌሎች ተመሳሳይ በሽልማት ስም የሚያጭበረብሩ ድርጅቶች ምንም አይነት ውድድር ሳይደረግ እና የማሸነፊያ መመዘኛዎችን ሳያስቀምጡ ገንዘብ ለከፈሉ ሁሉ ሽልማት እንደሚሰጡ ጠቅሶ ነበር (ሊንክ: https://t.co/IOvEFsUhhc)

አሁን አሁን ብዙ የሽልማት ፍላጎት እየበዛ የመጣው ከታዳጊ ሀገራት እንደሆነ ሪፖርቱ ገልፆ ማንኛውም ገንዘብ መክፈል የቻለ ተቋም ከ ESQR እና መሰል ድርጅቶች ሽልማት ማጋበስ እንደሚችሉ ጠቅሟል።

ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከኦሮሚያ ባንክ በተጨማሪ የንግድ እና ኢንደስትሪ ሚኒስትር፣ የጉምሩክ ኮሚሽን እንዲሁም ሌሎች ሽልማት እየተበረከተላቸው እንደሆነ በተደጋጋሚ መረጃዎችን ሲያጋሩ ቆይተዋል።

እነዚህ African Leadership Magazine፣ African Governance Award፣ The African Women Awards፣ Africa Respected Professionals Award ወዘተ የተባሉ ሽ���ማቶች በተለይ ጋና እና ናይጄርያ መቀመጫቸውን ባደረጉ ጋዜጠኞች እየተዘጋጁ የሽልማት ፍላጎት ላለባቸው ሀገራት ገንዘብ በማስከፈል እንደሚሰጡ ታውቋል።

መረጃን ከመሠረት!

[Biraanu Gammachu @Biraanu]

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UK welcomes the Ankara agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia, supporting stability and prosperity in the Horn of Africa. The UK reaffirmed that collaboration will continue with Somaliland. Türkiye's mediation is appreciated. https://t.co/Xl9yaFKP1b

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[Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers.

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