♻

Policy Strategy | Governance | #NationBuilding | #ሕብረባሕል |
NoMoreCorruption | #NoMoreImpunity

[Dawit @HOAAffairs]

Every people deserves a historical record of its suffering, not to nurture hatred, but to preserve memory and seek justice.

This Was Once Your Home by photojournalist Jemal Countess is one such record. Through photographs and firsthand reporting, it documents the displacement, suffering, and often overlooked experiences of Amhara and Afar communities during the war in northern Ethiopia. It is a difficult book to read, precisely because it confronts the reader with stories that many would rather ignore.

At some point, there will be a fuller reckoning with this painful chapter of Ethiopian history. There will be demands for truth, accountability, and justice. Historical memory matters because transitional justice begins with documentation and testimony.

I encourage everyone interested in the Horn of Africa, human rights, and the recent history of Ethiopia to read this book. Buy a copy, share it as a gift, and preserve it for future generations.

Some books are not merely read; they become part of a people’s historical archive.

This Was Once Your Home is one of them.

@UN_HRC @CSISHumanRights

This Was Once Your Home https://t.co/LUw6mupo8a #Amazon via @Amazon

[Dawit @HOAAffairs]

https://t.co/4FeZ1yeSNk

[♻ @HebereBeher]

@egyptian_yousif @SenaitSenay

[Mesay Mekonnen @mamamesay]

ይሄን ቪዲዮ እያየሁ የአብይ አህመድ ''ምርጫውን አሸንፌአለሁ'' ሰነድ ወደ ህሊና ጓዳዬ ጥልቅ አለብኝ። እንዲህ ዓይነት አውሬ፡ ጨካኝ፥ የጭካ ውስጥ እሾህ፡ ባለጌና ዋልጌ ፍጡር በዚህች ምድር ተፈጥሮ ይሆን? የሚል ጥያቄ ለራሴው ጠየኩኝ። ይህ እኩይ፡ አረመኔ ሰው በአስቸኳይ መወገድ አለበት የሚለው የእስከአሁን አቋሜን ይበልጥ መግፋት እንዳለበኝ ተሰማኝ። ጎበዝ፥ ለዚህ ሰው ጊዜ መስጠት የለብንም።

[Dawit @HOAAffairs]

Stop the Systematic Persecution of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/HBYddouvQq via @CdnChange

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, has talked of a “new era of US–Eritrea relations”. Much chatter suggests that sanctions on the country will soon be lifted https://t.co/CeOkIow1ou

[ECLJ - European Centre for Law & Justice @ECLJ_Official]

📆Next Wednesday, June 17, H.I.H. Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate will be the keynote speaker of our side-event in the European Parliament of #Strasbourg to speak out against the ongoing perscutions of #Ethiopians
Follow online:
https://t.co/FdZbnGpDrQ
or register quickly to attend in person: https://t.co/IOb2RcHsYT

[Meseret Media @MeseretMedia]

#የምርመራዘገባ አዳዲስ የሰሌዳ ታርጋዎችን ከውጭ ለማስገባት ከመንግስት ጋር የ12.12 ቢሊዮን ብር ግዙፍ ውል የተፈራረመው የግል ድርጅት ማነው?

"ምርቱን በሀገር ውስጥ ለማምረት ቢታሰብ ወጪው 600 ብር አካባቢ የሚጠጋ ሲሆን በጨረታው ላይ የተሳተፉ አንዳንድ አካላት እስከ 800 ብር ድረስ ዝቅተኛ ዋጋ ቢያቀርቡም ሳይደመጡ ውድቅ ተደርጓል። የጉምሩክ ባለሥልጣናት እንኳ ሳይቀሩ እነዚህ ቀላል የሰሌዳ ታርጋዎች ከውጭ አገር ተመርተው ሲገቡ ማየታቸው ትልቅ ግርምት ፈጥሮባቸዋል"

የፕሪሚየም አባል ከሆኑ ሊንኩን ይከተሉ:
https://t.co/vUn0S73Ug6

አባል ለመሆን ከፈለጉ ይህን ሊንክ ይጠቀሙ:
https://t.co/lCn1NoeWTK

[JohnnyM @JonnnMc]

The disconnect between the government’s English language social media posts and the reality experienced by millions of Ethiopians is striking. The Prime Minister’s Office appears increasingly focused on promoting a carefully crafted image of progress, filled with dubious accomplishments, to an international audience. Meanwhile Ethiopians continue to ask for something far more basic suc as security, accountability, economic stability, and peace. No amount of polished posts, curated narratives, or public relations campaigns can hide the realities people face every day or fool the international community.

[Sean Nelson @Sean_ADFIntl]

The attacks on Ethiopia’s Orthodox churches in Oromia recently and sadly ongoing for years are shocking, and officials should be doing more to stop it. It is specific targeting of these Orthodox communities.

But it’s not clear to me that “Islamists” are doing this, but rather extremist Oromo nationalists. Maybe some might be Islamists as well, but this seems timed more for national destabilization because of elections and to inflame tensions.

[Dawit @HOAAffairs]

@ElizabethFarah https://t.co/3EpK9c60tM

[Dawit @HOAAffairs]

VOAU English- Be a voice for voiceless Ethiopian Orthodox Christians Mas... https://t.co/jNSNvRDzoZ via @YouTube

[እስከዳር እምሻው 🇪🇹አስካለ ማርያም @EmishawEskedar]

The cries of families mourning innocent civilians targeted and killed in Oromia for being Orthodox Christians should shake the conscience of the world. The ongoing failure to protect citizens under @AbiyAhmedAli is unacceptable. @UNHumanRights

[♻ @HebereBeher]

@Jawar_Mohammed @MengistuTefer16 #ShamElection

[Jawar Mohammed @Jawar_Mohammed]

Ballots were cast like this by cadres across Ethiopia last night. I hope the African Union team was at such scenes to observe the process. They were filling the ballot box on the even the election before the polls opened.

[♻ @HebereBeher]

@EthiopianNewsA #Garbage

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

When Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed took office he promised a historic transition to democracy." Instead, "at the polls next week voters will be offered no real choice. Nor is there any reason to trust that [he] will step down after two terms, as he once promised." https://t.co/hoe95WFqqs

[Jawar Mohammed @Jawar_Mohammed]

Here is my Oped warning African Union against trying to legitimise the least credible election Ethiopian History

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The prime minister says he is uniting Ethiopians. Register for free to discover why, in practice, that has meant centralising power https://t.co/Kte52CiE6U