News: #PM_Abiy alleges #Tigrayan youth forcibly recruited and sent to fight in #Sudan
Prime Minister #Abiy_Ahmed has alleged that Tigrayan youth are being forcibly recruited and sent to fight in neighboring Sudan, saying the practice is among the most serious challenges in Tigray.
Speaking before the House of Peoples' Representatives during its 30th regular session, where he responded to questions and comments from lawmakers, Abiy said there are "daily provocations" originating from forces in #Tigray, but dismissed an alleged alliance involving the #TPLF as posing no threat to #Ethiopia's sovereignty.
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Tigrayan youth are being forcibly rounded up and taken to military camps. We call on international human rights organizations to speak up against this violation of basic rights!!
#StopForcedConscriptionInTigray#ProtectTigrayYouth
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Video showing Tigray mothers crying and protesting as TPLF forcibly rounds up their children for forced military conscription in preparation for war in the Tigray region.
Africa Confidential: "Washington’s latest intervention in Ethiopia is designed to show that it holds Tigray’s hardliners responsible for raising the risk of renewed conflict. 1/3
Following the conclusion of the Grade 12 national examinations, widespread forced military conscription is escalating across Tigray. This footage was captured this morning in the regional capital, Mekelle.
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As armed forces, loyal to TPLF hardliners, have been conducting aggressive military conscription throughout #Tigray, people are angrily protesting even by attacking the buses that were used to kidnap their kids in #Mekelle, as seen in the video.
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Tigray Businessman’s Family Killed By Amhara Gunmen
The assault on Solomon Ayalew’s family in Alamata highlights the relentless campaign of terror by #Amhara expansionists—backed by the genocidal Federal Gov’t—who continue to target Tigrayans in Southern and Western #Tigray. 1/
#Ethiopia: Over 24 hectares of forest burned in Eastern #Tigray; officials report no federal intervention despite appeal
A forest fire that crossed into Eastern Tigray from the #Afar region has burned more than 24 hectares of forest land, with local officials warning that the blaze “is still ongoing” and could spread further into the ecologically critical Desa’a forest if not contained in time.
Speaking to Tigrai Television, Hailay Gebramariam, Deputy Administrator of the Eastern Tigray Zone, said the fire had already “damaged over 24 hectares of forest” in Kala’amin Kebele of Atsbi district after crossing from Bermiti Kebele in Berahle district, Afar region. “The fire is still burning,” he said, warning that it “threatens to burn additional areas of the Desa’a forest.”
The Tigray Regional Disaster Risk Management Commission, in a letter addressed to the Federal Disaster Risk Management Commission, stated that “uncontrolled forest fires have occurred” and warned that “due to strong winds, the fire is rapidly spreading to other areas.” The Commission noted that “community mobilization and fire truck positioning” were “absolutely unsuitable and impossible,” and requested urgent coordination with federal ministries to support “helicopter spraying” efforts to bring the fire “under control.”
Despite this formal appeal, Gebru Kahsay, Deputy Head of the Tigray Communication Affairs Bureau, told Addis Standard that “there has been no response” from the federal government. “Currently, the public is trying to control the fire through cooperation,” he said. “There are hopes that the federal government will be able to help. So far, there has been no practical action.”
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#Ethiopia: PM Abiy says war may break out unless #TPLF registers with #NEBE
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in a recent discussion with political parties, stated that if the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) does not register with National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), it will not be eligible to participate in the upcoming 7th national election or form a government.
NEBE revoked TPLF's legal identity following the outbreak of the #Tigray war. NEBE cited the party's engagement in "armed violence against the government" as the reason. Subsequently, On 05 May, 2021, the House of People's Representatives classified the TPLF as a terrorist organization.
The two year war ended with the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement on 02 November, 2022. On 22 March, 2023, the Ethiopian Parliament removed the TPLF from its terrorist designation. Despite this change, TPLF has not yet registered with NEBE.
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🚨The irony is that he denies the TPLF to reinstate its license (as agreed in Pretoria) but he also threatens war on #Tigray if TPLF convenes a congress? Where in 🇪🇹 constitution does this law exist? The sponsors of COHA @MikeHammerUSA@Uhurukenyata need to help here. #NoMoreWar
Ethiopian PM Threatens Renewed War Against Tigray
Abiy has warned #Tigray with another round of war unless the ruling #TPLF party re-registers with @NEBEthiopia within '2, 3 weeks' in accordance with the new bill passed by the parliament before convening its general assembly. 1/
🚨 Sfollati in #Tigray, dopo 18mesi di "tregua"+2 anni di guerra genocida con +800.000 morti, oggi sono +1MLN gli #IDP in attesa di giustizia e tornare alle loro case, vivendo ancora in rifugi allagati di giu2024‼️
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States should "Recognize that there is at least a reasonable basis to believe that genocide & other related acts were committed in Ethiopia against Tigrayans & that responsibility for these acts may be attributable to Ethiopia as a State"...
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Tigray: New Lines report says despite intense human suffering, this “forgotten” war has not garnered the international attention it desperately needs..the world is too ready to move on after its initial efforts” @David_Cameron. Read here: https://t.co/PP7ds5bAn8