Dawit zAX

If you can't to your people, whom can you be?
I always Stand with Tigray

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopian-born ‘most impactful geneticist’ Gebisa Ejeta awarded #US National Medal of Science

President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Oct. 24) awarded the National Medal of Science to Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics and International Agriculture, executive director of the Purdue Center for Global Food Security and Purdue University Presidential Fellow for Food Security and Sustainable Global Development. 

The award is the highest recognition the nation bestows upon scientists.

Gebisa studies sorghum, an ancient grain used widely as a food source for humans and livestock. He received the 2009 World Food Prize for his research in creating sorghum hybrids that are resistant to both severe drought and the destructive parasitic Striga weed. The resulting dramatic increase in sorghum production has helped feed hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

"Gebisa Ejeta is one of the most impactful geneticists in the world, a remarkable leader at Purdue in food security research, and a role model of perseverance for all Boilermakers. Our university celebrates another prestigious and richly deserved honor, bestowed by the president of the United States, to Gebisa, and I am delighted to join him on behalf of our university at the White House ceremony today," said Purdue University President Mung Chiang.

"With this latest exciting news, Purdue faculty and alumni have received 19 National Medals of Science, of Technology and Innovation, of Humanities or the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including three current faculty members." https://t.co/P0GdznD3KN

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

Dying people, not because war but a deadly starvation

[ሓድጋት HADGAT @wedi_atse]

ኣብ መሬት ለሎ ሓቂ! #Tigray

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

Another way of killing civilians and refuse to respect law and agreement

[Tghat ትግሃት @TghatMedia]

This update includes an assessment of starvation-related mortality in Tigray since Pretoria Agreement. It finds 2,694 deaths in nine woredas (districts) and 53 IDP centers in five towns (Maichew, Mekelle, Abi Addi, Adigrat, and Shire.)"

https://t.co/2REF0Qfmbl

[Mohamed Kheir Omer @mkheirom]

It is strange that #Ethiopia says it wants a quick implementation of the Pretoria peace deal with #Tigray when it delays its implementation, and I wonder to whom the statement is addressed.

"Ethiopia told the United Nations on Saturday it wanted quicker implementation of a peace deal in Tigray, including the disarmament of former rebels." https://t.co/pSUbqq3wFd

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

…. the commission said human rights violations in Tigray were “grave and ongoing”, and there had been attacks by the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) against civilians.

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts https://t.co/HV0vDZ6vrR via @AJEnglish

[United Nations @UN]

Freedom

Human rights

Free & fair elections

↪️ These are the essential elements of democracy.

More on Friday’s #DemocracyDay: https://t.co/Ng4TCszNce #StandUp4HumanRights

[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

The Shura Council of the Zaghawa tribe accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), of assassinating three of its prominent tribal members in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state.

https://t.co/3Gvkua2nwJ

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

#NewProfilePic

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Sport unites people. Sport keeps us healthy.

This is why @WHO is organizing the Walk the Talk: #HealthForAll Challenge in New York City tomorrow, to give #UNGA a healthy start and unite leaders ahead of critical discussions.

My friend Thomas Bach, @Olympics Committee President, and I are on our way to NYC now. We hope to see you there!

[Tghat ትግሃት @TghatMedia]

A shocking organized large-scale theft in Tigray involving the TPLF, the IRA, TDF leaders, traders and aid organizations. The theft involves everything including construction materials, steel, vehicles, aid and fertilizers. 1/n

Part 1
https://t.co/iZtuwgFEgQ

[Hamza Oromo @HamzaOromiya]

Fano's armed group crossed the border into Oromia and massacred 40 innocent people in Wolga, Gida Ayana.
however, Fano has not been classified as a terrorist by the government.

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

Terribly Injustice in Tigray! in 21 century where IC come together!
So #TigrayGenocide calls for Strong action.
@SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @SenateForein @HouseForeign @USAmbUN @Ulkoministerio @eu_eeas @PowerUSAID @JuttaUrpilainen @MarcGarneau @Haavisto @AnnLinde @JanezLenarcic

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

The IC saw worst of mass massacres, sexual abuses by gangs, destroyed/burnt private & gov't possesses and knew empty left. But not strong action. Now again IC sees worst of worst of exterminating due to famine and still not strong action.
So who would save the earth? @UN @POTUS

[Kassa HaileMariam @KassaHMariam]

Alert: Ethiopian govt, who opposed UNHRC intern’l comm. of experts to investigate the war crimes committed in Tigray, has engaged in destroying evidences of the genocide by digging out mass-graves in Western Tigray. UN reports that 1.2m people r under ethnic cleansing in W Tigray

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

@reda_getachew After all efforts to stop, soon #UN investigation is allowed now are busy hiding and destroying evidence
@SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @SenateForein @HouseForeign
@USAmbUN @Ulkoministerio
@eu_eeas @PowerUSAID
@JuttaUrpilainen @MarcGarneau
@Haavisto @UN @AnnLinde
@JanezLenarcic

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

#Ethiopia is digging out mass- graves and taking them out to unknown place, after the #UN investigation and budget, with objective to hide evidence they massacred #Tigrayans in western
@UNHumanRights @OHCHR_EARO @POTUS @eu_eeas @amnesty @cnni @BBCAfrica @UKinEthiopia @AFP @UN

[AbrahaBelai @abraha_belai]

BREAKING - To conceal crimes ahead of UN investigation, Ethiopian regime digs up & moves elsewhere remains of over 51000 Tigrayans massacred during the start of #TigrayGenocide in Nov 2020. @SecBlinken @hrw @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USAmbUN @cnn @AJENews @ap @bbc

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

Catastrophic #TigraySiege openly against int'l law and mind...Terribly worst #WarCrime on people who are cradle for civilization but not to see the int'l community and @POTUS to say enough is terribly disappointing
@eu_eeas @SecBlinken @BBCNews

[Kassa HaileMariam @KassaHMariam]

We applaud President Biden’s call for a trial against Vladimir Putin’s war crime on Ukraine. It’s very disappointing that he didn’t uphold the same stand against African #TigrayGenocide. The intern’l community has terribly failed Tigrayans @POTUS @USAmbUN https://t.co/WzeHPtlJ5g

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

President Biden has called for a war crimes trial against Putin. @POTUS must now call for war crimes trials against Ethiopia's @AbiyAhmedAli & Eritrea's Isaias Afwerki. There should be no difference in how the US responds to African vs European war crimes https://t.co/dxjNznimKN

[Dawit zAX @DawitZax]

@SenatorCardin @qelaqil Thank you to feel compassion and concerned to the inhumanity starving millions people under all siege for 500+ days. #Tigray people are dying because no sign of justice
@SenateForeign @SenToddYoung @SecBlinken

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

Men, women, & children are dying of starvation in Tigray. @PMEthiopia 
uses rape & access to food as weapons of war. @POTUS has offered to take in Ukraine refugees. This is a good thing. We now ask @POTUS to allow Tigrayan refugees to come to the US. Let us do the right thing @UN