@magattew Exactly. The West should stop treating Africa like it desperately needs their help. This is patronizing nonsense.
Frankly, my observation is that the average happiness in a village in Africa is higher than the average happiness in Beverly Hills!
The aid industry raises money by showing the world images of African children with flies in their eyes and swollen bellies.
That money is supposed to help us.
But those images do something else too. They plant a belief.
One of my employees, Yahara, told me she grew up thinking Africans were inferior because every magazine showed people like her looking pathetic while the world "saved" them.
Aid didn't just fail to fix poverty. It taught an entire generation of Africans to feel small.
#Tigray: Systematic destruction of education system in Tigray puts girls futures at risk, women’s groups warn
Women-led CSOs & rights advocates warned destruction of schools during the war has pushed girls out of education on a massive scale.
Read more:👇🏾https://t.co/U5KWgZGiPH
. @USEmbassyAddis met leaders of Ethiopia's Janjaweed militia (a.k. a Tekeze Zeb) in Western #Tigray today.
One hopes the terms of their extradition to the ICC discussed.
State Department had determined that ethnic cleansing was carried out in Western Tigray.
#Ethiopia
Across the #Tigray region, over 1.1 million displaced people—including 891,000 people sheltering in 146 IDP centers—struggle to meet basic needs. Chronic food shortages, overcrowding, and limited access to health services have increased the risks of malnutrition and disease. 2/
Old, Bereaved, Forgotten In #Tigray IDP Camps
“I am exhausted and can barely move my legs. It has been days since I last received enough food or medicine. I don’t even remember when we last received wheat—or how quickly it ran out,” says Tiblets (68). 1/
https://t.co/lg41Fqhf2e
Ethiopia will always starve Tigray, no surprise here. What’s painful is getting the help of goons in Tigray to achieve its goals by hiding the crisis.
https://t.co/mjkL9TOgSf
Genocidal Ethiopia Denies Severe Hunger In Tigray, Again!
The severe hunger in #Tigray wasn’t an outcome of the war. It was the result of deliberate policies—a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid by #Ethiopia—designed to destroy civilian life.
https://t.co/6348q8V7KI
#Tigray Aid Controversy: Influencer's Forced Donation to Gov't Revives Fears of Aid Diversion
After vowing a direct convoy to starving IDPs, Adonay handed 16.6 million Birr to a government previously accused of stealing and exporting donated wheat.
December 26, 2025
https://t.co/tv4TE9RQ6V
Sometimes impact matters more than numbers. Three TikTok creators did what 800 @Tigrai_TV journalists could not bring Tigray’s pain to the world.
🕊️ Respectful & Balanced
#Tigray: Mass starvation, disease stalk IDPs in Tigray
“When we first arrived here, we were 140 elderly people from one village, Now only a dozen remain. Many died of hunger, lack of medical care & stress,” says Eyob Hagos.
Read more:👇🏾 https://t.co/rpLkh8CYWK
What breaks my heart is watching people starve while thieves misuse aid and in doing so, steal even our ability to help honestly through donations.
TPLF created this rotten culture, where theft is normalized and local leaders survive not on salaries, but on whatever they can take
#Tigray: Residents of Mariam Dengelat held a candle light vigil today to remember & honor the victims of the #MariamDengelatMassacre, in which the Eritrean army killed unarmed civilians at the end of November 2020 while they were celebrating the annual festivity of Tsion Maryam.