“#Tigray is world’s unseen war, a sprawling conflict hidden behind a punishing government siege that has severed communications in the region, locked out reporters & left 5.2 mln ppl in urgent need of food aid. UN investigators have called it a war crime” https://t.co/YZXyeZQWt6
Tragic scenes from #Tigray, Ethiopia. Almost daily drone attacks on civilians. Civilians should be protected. We call on Eritrean & Ethiopian forces to end the war, end the siege, & provide access for humanitarian & health aid. Innocent lives, including children's, are at stake.
In the Ethiopian region of #Tigray, the drought is compounding a man-made catastrophe for 6 million people who have been under siege from Ethiopian and Eritrean forces for 21 months. Can the world come back to its senses and uphold humanity? Or 6 million lives don't matter?
How the int’l communityㅡ the US gov’t, @UN & the European Union in particularㅡreacts to the state-led #TigrayGenocide & the man-made #TigrayFamine at this point isㅡmore than everㅡdirectly related to the stated actors’ credibility in the global political realm.
#TigrayCantWait
Rather than address such matters as the atrocities and humanitarian-aid blockade that are plaguing the people of Tigray, the Ethiopian government expels seven UN representatives.
#Ethiopia: The US has condemned the expulsions of top UN officials from #Ethiopia and says it will sanction those who obstruct the humanitarian efforts. #Tigray
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DAY 331
Today, the Ethiopian government expelled Senior @UNOCHA humanitarian workers who were coordinating emergency humanitarian responses to Tigray. The Ethiopian government wants to continue its genocidal starvation of millions while putting a gag order on journalists & NGOs.
BREAKING: Strong-worded Statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemning #Ethiopia Gov. decision to expel 7 UN Officials.
Blinken calls for “immediate reversal”, threatens US economic sanctions as #Tigray conflict nears 1 year. Stmt:
Hate speech against Tigrayans like Daniel Kibret’s have been the norm since AbiyAmhed rose to power & it has resulted in genocide. "They should be erased and disappeared from historical records.” #StopTigrayFamine#CallItAGenocide@HouseForeign@USUNSpox https://t.co/8unTKKBwfY
ENDF & Amhara forces, “locked up…hundreds of children…pregnant women, infants and toddlers ,…thousands of Tigrayan adults” to systematically starve them to death simply “because of their ethnicity.” #StopTigrayFamine#CallItAGenocide@DeputySecState https://t.co/MngqHMwg19
The Ethiopian govt has been using denial & blame games to run #WeaponizedStarvation on Tigray. The latest is "aid trucks not returning from Tigray" when the same govt prohibited those trucks from carrying fuel. @WFP@UN#TigrayGenocide#StopTigrayFamine https://t.co/aIazYmoF9x
Early June, the @UN predicted over 350,000 people were suffering famine in Tigray. After nearly 4 more months, under even worse conditions and a SIEGE, hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans are perishing in a famine. #StopTigrayFamine#TigrayGenocide@WFP@StateDept@PowerUSAID
6.8M people need emergency food aid
900k civilians are starving
90% of the harvest pillaged or burnt
80% of the livestock looted & slaughtered
Food & Medicines need to be Air-Dropped NOW! #StopTigrayFamine#TigrayGenocide@luigidimaio@WHOAFRO@ItalyMFA https://t.co/V0bpElQ14O