There is no other situation 🌍 in which 6 million people have been kept under siege for almost 2 years like in #Tigray, Ethiopia. This is a health crisis. I urge the intl. community to give this crisis the attention it deserves. There is a narrow window now to prevent genocide.
Tigray is the world’s unseen war, a sprawling conflict hidden behind a punishing government siege that has severed communications in the region, locked out reporters and left 5.2 million people in urgent need of food aid.
via @nytimes ⤵️ https://t.co/lhFnHm420b
The MoH of Ethiopia is @lia_tadesse; in-kind donations of vaccinations & medications from @gavi@GaviSeth is delivered to MoH.
Reports from #Tigray region show vaccination rate is below 10% & deadly childhood diseases are on rise.
@kibrom30 confirmed no vaccine in Tigray. Why?
As with issue of when extent & pattern of #Tigray killings is enough for official authorities eg @UN to declare it genocide, is this question of when is mass starvation sufficient in #Somalia to be called famine? In both cases, answer: when it's too late
https://t.co/ZPtu68CmRf
The renewed bombardment of Tigray by combined Eritrea and Ethiopian forces, comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the war, targeting a civilian population weakened by an 18 months humanitarian blockade
Disturbing to see assault by both Eritrean & Ethiopian troops against #Tigray. Many lives already lost on all sides. All parties should agree to immediate ceasefire & negotiations to end conflict. Humanitarian access badly needed @antonioguterres@WFPChief https://t.co/JYk1e28PtD
"I have run out of emotion because it is a living reality, I am just describing what I face daily."
Ethiopia's conflict has led to those in hospital needlessly dying, a doctor in Tigray tells the BBC's .
Full story 👉🏾 https://t.co/wzxeWZVH6H
Happy Maulid to all Muslims in the world. It’s however heartbreaking to note that the people of Tigray, Muslims and Christians alike, are forced to spend Maulid under a concerted attack by #IsaiasAfeworki &#AbiyAhmed’s forces!#TigrayWillPrevail!
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed's spiritual advisor Deacon Daniel Kibret, a clergyman, warns that Tigrayan negotiators will not return safe from South Africa in a tweet.
Tigrayans are incensed such thuggish behaviour is encouraged and sanctioned by a state.
#Ayder Hospital's dialysis service, the only dialysis center for the entire population in #Tigray, is acutely jeopardized by the #TigraySiege and is counting down the clock knowing patients with kidney failure will succumb to slow, bitter and painfull death. (1/2)
Skilled surgeons couldn't help these poor patients due to the lack of basic surgical items, IV fluids, anesthetic medications among the few. (2/2)
@WHO@ICRC@ICRCPresident@ICRCEthiopia@ICRC_Africa
Waiting list for surgery in #Ayder Hospital after the #TigraySiege has increased significantly. Currently there are close to 4000 patients with cancer and non-cancer diseases waiting for major surgery. Of these patients, 77% should have been operated on emergency basis. (1/2)
The world admired these leaders with their promise to improve the life of common man but delayed a response to horror when finally revealed costing the lives of millions of innocents from #TigrayGenocide Why? Because the #sovereigntyofevil is valued over human life in #Ethiopia