United States lawmakers led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat, urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene diplomatically to address the crisis in Ethiopia, to back an immediate ceasefire, and warning that renewed fighting in Tigray and escalating tensions with Eritrea could spiral into a multi-front war destabilizing the region.
They also called for halting new arms sales to Ethiopia, to use all available diplomatic and policy tools to press parties to protect civilians, end the use of drones and heavy weapons in civilian areas, protect farmland and harvests, maintain communications access, and safeguard civilian infrastructure.
@StateDept@TdacAustralia@_AfricanUnion@EU_Commission@UN@hrw@amnesty@BBCWorld
Jawar Mohammed’s willingness to support war to protect a regime and strengthen its narrative is morally abhorrent. Human lives are not cannon fodder for political power. His stance deserves unequivocal condemnation. #Ethiopia#Eritrea@Jawar_Mohammed@saayEritrea@AbiyAhmedAli
News: Renewed fighting in #Tigray pushes its fragile healthcare system closer to collapse, again
The crisis has also been compounded by reductions in international humanitarian assistance, including cuts associated with the dismantling of USAID, while shortages and continued looting have further depleted medical supplies. Many doctors have reportedly left the country.
Reflecting on the recurrence of violence and the unresolved consequences of the previous war, the Mekelle surgeon described the crisis as an injury that had never properly healed.
“It’s an open wound, which was never closed, you know. Left for healing and never healed. I guess now it’s infected,” he said.
“We’ve lost our sense of being secure. It’s a repeat of what’s happened in the past,” he added.
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#Tigray Defence Forces (#TDF) Army-70 has released footage displaying heavy weapons it claims to have captured from the #Ethiopian National Defence Forces (#ENDF).
The footage, showing a multiple rocket launcher system, follows reports of significant battlefield gains by Army-70 in Western Tigray amid continued fighting with Ethiopian federal forces.
Yesterday marked six years since the Mai-Kadra Massacre. As another year passes without accountability for the ethnic cleansing and genocidal acts committed in Mai-Kadra and throughout Tigray, we honor the victims and survivors. We remember how communication was shut down to hide the atrocities of Mai-Kadra and beyond from the world, and how the perpetrators hijacked the victims' grief and blamed the victim's themselves.
Since November 9, 2020, the families that fled for their lives remain displaced. Six years on, they remain unable to return to their homes, enduring severe suffering and dire conditions in camps for the displaced. We must continue to advocate for this return home.
#Tigray #TigrayGenocide #MaiKadraMassacre
News: More than 65 killed in armed attack in #Benishangul_Gumuz’s #Assosa Zone, residents say
More than 65 people, including members of regional security forces and at least 27 civilians, were killed in a heavily armed attack in Dalati locality of Buldiglu Woreda, Assosa Zone in #Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, residents told #Addis_Standard.
The attacks, which reportedly took place on Thursday and Friday, 5 and 6 November, targeted members of the regional anti-riot police, local militias, and special forces, as well as civilians, including women and children. Residents said approximately 45 of those killed were members of the region’s various security forces.
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Five #US senators, including the ranking member, committee on foreign relations @SenatorShaheen wrote an urgent letter regarding the war in Ethiopia calling @SecRubio among others to:
1. Assist Americans in need of emergency support in Ethiopia,
2. Ramp up U.S. diplomacy to support an immediate ceasefire and renewed mediation,
3. Protect civilians and ensure humanitarian access,
4. Delay of arms sales to Ethiopia,
5. Prevent further regionalization of the conflict,
6. Surge Humanitarian Assistance,
7. Reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians in the USA.
United States lawmakers led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat, urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene diplomatically to address the crisis in Ethiopia, to back an immediate ceasefire, and warning that renewed fighting in Tigray and escalating tensions with Eritrea could spiral into a multi-front war destabilizing the region. They also called for halting new arms sales to Ethiopia, to use all available diplomatic and policy tools to press parties to protect civilians, end the use of drones and heavy weapons in civilian areas, protect farmland and harvests, maintain communications access, and safeguard civilian infrastructure. @SecRubio@StateDept@SenateForeign@SenatorCardin@SenatorRisch
I am disgusted by the way Jawar Mohammed has chosen to reassert himself in Ethiopia’s political discourse. If he wants to revive his old playbook of cynical political calculation, that is his choice, and he can waste himself all the way to ሜንጫ. What I cannot accept is his flippant and dismissive treatment of the genocide in Tigray. Trivializing such immense suffering is morally indefensible and dangerously irresponsible. Frivolity at this level is dangerously playing with fire. The pain of victims and survivors deserves dignity and respect.
1. UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh wants to lead the UN.
2. A UN report found her country sent Colombian mercenaries to the genocidal RSF in Sudan.
3. She repeatedly lied to cover up that criminal complicity.
4. That should make her ineligible to be UN chief. https://t.co/T9AFEjzaY3
#UN report reveals a mercenary network links to #UAE, operating in #Somalia and #Sudan. The UAE-based company GSSG claims to have recruited and deployed Colombian fighters to support the #RSF—including during the capture of El Fasher, where widespread atrocities were committed.
The Climate Crisis is fuelling disease outbreaks.
The Climate Crisis is driving higher rates of heart and lung disease.
The Climate Crisis is driving higher rates of cancer and asthma.
The Climate Crisis is making healthy diets less affordable.
I call on leaders ahead of #COP31 to put people's health at the centre of negotiations. @WHO recommendations are here: https://t.co/AZyMkSIrP0
⛔️⛔️ 🚨New York Times:
🔺UN investigators have discovered that the United Arab Emirates hired Colombian mercenaries to assist the notorious Rapid Support Forces militia, accused of genocide.❌❌
#Tigray's regional leadership has accused #Ethiopia's federal government of deploying foreign mercenaries directly alongside the #Ethiopian National Defense Forces (#ENDF) in renewed military operations.
In a November 6 statement, it alleged that foreign personnel are no longer limited to drone operations and technical assistance but are actively participating on multiple frontlines.
The statement cited civilian killings in Chila and Rama, aerial bombardments and artillery attacks, demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign fighters and accountability for those financing and facilitating their involvement.
#نيويورك_تايمز
تحقيق #أممي يفضح أسوأ كوابيس #أبوظبي
وثائق سرية تقدم لمجلس الأمن تكشف تورط #الإمارات في استئجار ونقل مرتزقة #كولومبيين للقتال بجانب قوات الدعم السريع في #السودان عبر شبكة أمنية سرية وشركات واجهة! (جيش ظل) أُنشئ بصمت منذ عام 2010 بإشراف مؤسس بلاك ووتر لتنفيذ مهام قذرة تمتد من اليمن وليبيا إلى دارفور..
دماء الأبرياء تُنزف وأجندات الخفاء تكشفها التقارير الدولية، فمتى تتوقف هذه الحرب العبثية؟ 🌍🚨
#سلسلة_الفضائح_الإماراتية #مرتزقة_كولومبيا #السودان #دارفور #مجلس_الأمن