#Ethiopia: Banking services remain absent in war-torn Irob, Tigray region despite peace deal
https://t.co/0HT31jc8uE
Residents in #Irob, a minority group in #Tigray, have been without banking services since the war broke out in November 2020.
Despite the peace agreement, four kebeles in Irob are controlled by #Eritrean troops, making it challenging to access public services and receive humanitarian aid.
The absence of banking services has caused financial difficulties for the community, forcing them to travel long distances for banking needs.
Leaked data reveal a campaign led by the Ethiopian government to try to smear @WHO chief @DrTedros because, a native Tigrayan, he spoke out about atrocities in Tigray by Ethiopian government forces and their allies. https://t.co/84mUHhjcD7
#Ethiopia: #Tigray women struggle to heal in the wake of systematic sexual assault https://t.co/OwCls6NYVg
Invading forces used mass sexual assault against women and girls of the region as a weapon of psychological warfare. Read more coverage about this issue from MNN here.
Eric Foley of the Voice of the Martyrs Korea works with Christians in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. He says even as the nation declared a three-day mourning period to honor the combatants who lost their lives during the two-year violent war that ended in November 2022, life for survivors can be difficult.
Cultural attitudes of shame in the region make these horrific assaults even worse. He tells of one woman who was sexually assaulted in a hospital. “She contracted AIDS. So she has to go to a clinic for HIV medication. But every time she goes, she wraps herself with a shawl so that our face is hidden [and her] identity is concealed. She hasn’t even told her daughters that she has HIV.”
#Ethiopia: #Tigray women struggle to heal in the wake of systematic sexual assault https://t.co/OwCls6NYVg
Invading forces used mass sexual assault against women and girls of the region as a weapon of psychological warfare. Read more coverage about this issue from MNN here.
Eric Foley of the Voice of the Martyrs Korea works with Christians in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. He says even as the nation declared a three-day mourning period to honor the combatants who lost their lives during the two-year violent war that ended in November 2022, life for survivors can be difficult.
Cultural attitudes of shame in the region make these horrific assaults even worse. He tells of one woman who was sexually assaulted in a hospital. “She contracted AIDS. So she has to go to a clinic for HIV medication. But every time she goes, she wraps herself with a shawl so that our face is hidden [and her] identity is concealed. She hasn’t even told her daughters that she has HIV.”
A ceasefire in #Tigray , but in the displaced peoples’ camps, the suffering goes on.
Despite an end to fighting, many people are still struggling to get enough food to survive. https://t.co/hfjCZbKiog
Tigray has faced cultural genocide by Ethiopian & Eritrean forces. Churches, monasteries, mosques, & other symbolic sites have been demolished & looted of artifacts, leaving the identity of the Tigrayan people at risk of erasure. @UNOSAPG#Justice4Tigray
https://t.co/riXxpZIQge
Amhara Fascist Calls for Mass Deportation of Ethnic Tigrayans
Motta Keranyo, a chauvinistic Amhara fascist, has called for the expulsion of #Tigray|ans form the Amhara region. Acc to the US, #Amhara forces committed ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against Tigrayans.
UK Calls for Complete Withdrawal Eritrean Forces from Tigray
“The Pretoria agreement is very clear in calling for Eritrean forces to leave all Ethiopian territory and here in #Tigray, of course. We join those calls for Eritreans to withdraw completely back to their own borders.”
Menen Haile says “No one will allow them [Tigrayans] to rent a house,no one will ever have a Tigrayan rent a house, I can assure you”, when the men say there is one Amhara woman in Kobo with a Tigrayan husband, Menen says “Give me their address, she will be dealt along with them”
"We have built TRENCHES in #Welkait, as sophisticated as the ones in #Nakfa. The Evidence is there!"..... says a teenage Isaias Army conscript.
A new video reveals the Level of #Eritrea'n Regime Involvement in #Ethiopia conflict.
Teenage Soldier Boasts Eritrean Presence In Western Tigray
“We've built trenches in Welkait as sophisticated as those in Nakfa,” an Eritrean teenage conscript boasted. Despite the Nov peace deal, #Eritrean forces are still in control of parts of Western and Northwestern #Tigray.
#Famine in Tigray is worse today than it was at the height of #TigraySiege. 2 years of war, humanitarian blockade and deliberate destruction of food and healthcare systems left the Tigray population unable to cope with the current food aid suspension.
https://t.co/DNU6VEwFx1
Tigray: Still areas where Eritrean troops remain;no humanitarian access. Guardian: “Eritrean troops waged campaign of gang-rape,sexual slavery,enforced starvation,torture,mass killings”. Still no justice & impunity for perpetrators @AndrewmitchMP https://t.co/UOpdanN7CG
“We have built trenches in Welkait, #WesternTigray as sophisticated as those in Nakfa" a teenage conscript of the Eritrean regime.
This is another evidence of deep involvement by Eritrea'n regime in #Tigray war
@MikeHammerUSA@EUSR_Weber@hrw@amnesty