Tigray

[Tigray @SaveTigrayST]

@bobmarley The battle of Adwa is the victory of black history for anti colonial struggle against the Italian invaders. The iconic victory of Adwa was the continuation of the victory of Dogali on Jan 1887 led by the first African General, Ras Alula Aba Nega, the son of peasant.

[Kindeya Gebrehiwot, PhD, Prof @ProfKindeya]

The drones of @AbiyAhmedAli target anything in Tigray including UN humanitarian trucks. Here are the footages of Yesterday's attack of a WFP truck at #Bahra #Zana in NW Tigray @WFPChief #TigrayUnderAttack

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

While world leaders are meeting at #UNGA to discuss global challenges, #Eritrea started a major offensive on #Tigray, Ethiopia. This comes after 6 million Tigrayans have been under the siege for more than 22 months. This horror must stop & health assistance allowed in.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

No food
No medicine
No telecommunications
No banking. All weaponised.
Bad enough that 6 million people of #Tigray have been sealed off from the world for 21 months & counting, but they are also victims of renewed aggression by Eritrean & Ethiopian forces. The siege & war must end

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

This terrible event and loss of innocent lives reminds me of the air strike by Eritrea in same city, Mekelle, #Tigray, in 1998 where my own children escaped narrowly.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Horrifying images from Mekelle. Children killed in a kindergarten in today's air strike on #Tigray, while the 21-month starvation, deprivation & death of children continue. The siege by Ethiopia must end & unfettered humanitarian access restored urgently. https://t.co/5nB9zWWito

[Kindeya Gebrehiwot, PhD, Prof @ProfKindeya]

Breaking News: Today at midday, a jet of the fascist regime in Addis @AbiyAhmedAli dropped bombs at a civilian residential area & kindergarten at #Mekelle. Civilians are dead & injured. More details being assesed & rescue effort is underway #Tigrayunderattack #Tigrayshallprevail

[Getachew K Reda @reda_getachew]

Killing innocent children and women. If shooting didn’t work the first time around, there are far stronger reasons that it won’t work this time around. Let the international community stop coddling #Abiy & bring its pressure on the regime and nudge into bona fide negotiations.

[Getachew K Reda @reda_getachew]

While the international community is calling on both parties to the fighting to de-escalate, #AbiyAhmed has chosen to send its Air Force to attack civilians in #Mekelle, this time around a kindergarten. With the regime’s large scale offensive in its third day & in disarray, #Abiy

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Four killed, including two children, in air strike on Ethiopia's Tigray: hospital official

[Tigrai Television @Tigrai_TV]

BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian Government Bombarded Mekelle
Mekelle, August 26- Tigrai Television - Ethiopian government has conducted an airstrike in Mekelle city killing several civilians including children.
Numbers of causalities are yet to be reported.

[Tigrai Television @Tigrai_TV]

UPDATE:
BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian Government Bombarded #Mekelle
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Tigrai television verifies 7 dead in an airstrike in a kindergarten in Mekelle at noon today.

Three children aged 3, 6, and 10 were among the dead.
#MekelleUnderAttack #Tigray #TigraySiege #TigrayWar #AirStrike

[Yohannes Abraha @johniabraha]

In many accounts the #EU is closer to the HoA region. It is also in a better position to help bring lasting peace & stability in the region.The fact of the matter lies on EU’s dealing with the killers in #Ethiopia & #Eritrea. Appeasement isn’t a solution! @eu_eeas #TigrayGenocide

[Getachew K Reda @reda_getachew]

drag the region into an interminable conflict and sabotage in real or perceived effort at peace. It behooves the International community to exert pressure on the regime to reverse course while reiterating our unwillingness to let the regime prolong the suffering of our people!

[Getachew K Reda @reda_getachew]

than 300 soldiers were killed and wounded. Many weapons and materiel was also captured. As part of their desperate attempt to escalate the tension and drag us into more action, they shelled Sheraro in the 28th and 29th of May. It is clear that the regime will stop at nothing to

[Getachew K Reda @reda_getachew]

An offensive launched by Eritrea’s 57th and 21st divisions on the 24th of May was thwarted and the units deployed by the Isaias regime decimated after a successful counteroffensive by our forces around AdiAwalla, Tigray. A brigade commander, three battalion commanders and more

[WFP Ethiopia @WFP_Ethiopia]

Another 27 trucks delivered humanitarian supplies into #Mekelle yesterday.

170 trucks in April = enough food for 8% of @WFP's target population.

Next convoy ready to depart tomorrow. We must keep convoys flowing & need all authorities to build on this momentum in month ahead.

[ጋማር ራያ @GamarRaya]

Though Conventional agricultural development policies like farmers' access to fertilizers, loans or markets have only had modest effects on productivity on Tigray, currently there is no access. #AllowAccessToAgriculturalInputs #EndTigraySiege @UNGeneva…

[Kindeya Gebrehiwot, PhD, Prof @ProfKindeya]

The Path Forward:
1) Unfettered humanitarian access
2) Lift the deadly blockade of Tigray & restore essential services
3) Immediate withdrawal of invading Amhara forces from Western Tigray
4) Hold Eritrea accountable for
multifaceted crisis & immediately withdraw from Tigray