High Rates of Honey Bee Colony Losses and Regional Variability in Ethiopia Based on the Standardised COLOSS 2023 Survey https://t.co/JHTNAxz2Ex #mdpiinsects via @Insects_MDPI
IDPs from Southern Tigray rally in Mokhoni demanding repatriation
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Over 10,000 IDPs held a demonstration in Mokhoni, demanding to return to their homes.
Most of the IDPs currently reside at Hayelom Araya Primary and Secondary School, repurposed into an IDP center after the War on Tigray.
The demonstrators, originating from the school housing over 2000 households, marched towards Kukufto and then Beri-Teklay, where elements of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces are stationed, to voice their concerns.
They urged the federal government to withdraw Amhara forces from constitutional Tigrian territory to facilitate their return to their hometowns.
Addressing the concerns, Colonel Messele of the ENDF appreciated the demonstrators for their peaceful manner and applauded them for standing in support of the constitution and the Pretoria peace agreement.
Haftu Kiros, Administrator for the Southern Zone of Tigray, stated that the Ethiopian Forces have the responsibility to maintain constitutional order and withdraw other non-ENDF forces from Tigray.
“You should act in accordance with the Pretoria agreement and the decisions made during the trilateral meeting last month,” he told the Ethiopian forces.
He also stated that during the meeting, it was decided that the federal government shall dismantle the Amhara’s unconstitutional administration in the occupied areas.
The IDPs underscored their desperation to go back home as they are suffering from a lack of food and medicine in the IDP center they shelter.
The majority of the IDPs were displaced from Alamata, a town located 176 kilometers from the capital Mekelle, in November 2020 during the onset of the war.
@Abeltsgab reports from Mokhoni, Southern Tigray
The African Union is hosting a strategic review of the implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). This is going to be a forum where the two parties, members of the AU panel
TPLF says the people of #Tigray continue to suffer terribly due to the failure in full implementation of the Pretoria Peace Accord
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November 2, 2023, Mekelle (Tigrai Television) In a statement released on the occasion of one year anniversary of the Pretoria Agreement, TPLF says the people of Tigrai continue to suffer terribly due to the failure in implementing Pretoria agreement.
TPLF asserts that the peace accord has come up with comparative peace as it silenced the guns and paved a way for the resumption of basic services.
However, says the Party, the people of Tigrai at large continue to suffer terribly due to the failure in fully implementing the peace agreement.
As a result, silent death persists due to the extreme hunger, states the party.
“Millions of people in Tigrai are scattered everywhere looking for shelter in camps, and those under invading forces are forced to change their identity, while those in IDP camps are dying of hunger” TPLF highlights on the statement.
The party says it is implementing its expectations properly while denouncing the federal government’s failure to act accordingly.
“Invading forces were supposed to withdraw from Tigrai, but they haven’t been withdrawn.” TPLF noted.
TPLF urges the federal government, the AU, the US, the EU, IGAD, the international Media and Rights’ organizations to maintain the progress achieved through the Pretoria Agreement and strive for undertaking their moral and legal obligations to ensure the full implementation of the agreement.
TPLF reiterates its call for the federal government to strive for the full implementation of the Pretoria agreement and free the constitutionally recognized Tigrain territories from invading forces.
It also asked the federal government to return the IDPs to their homes and reinstate TPLF’s legal personality immediately.
The party says the denial and the delay of the party’s reinstatement is unconstitutional and violates the terms of agreement in the Pretoria peace deal that it says was signed while the whole world watching.
TPLF says declining its legal personality directly endangers the term of the IRA that was formed months ago according to the agreement.
Recognizing the commitment of the international community in bringing the issue of Tigrai to attention on the UN Security Council General assembly frequently, the party on the other side slams the failure to extend the mandate of the ICHREE that was meant to facilitate independent investigation and reveal credible findings on the ground.
TPLF believes this is not an exemplary precedent as it paves the way for the extension of further genocide.
TPLF reiterated its commitment to strengthening peaceful struggle for the proper and full implementation of the agreement.
Highlighting the ongoing agony on Tigray’s soil, the party calls for the international community and humanitarian agencies to double their efforts in accelerating the reconstruction and healing of Tigrai.
TPLF demands provision of humanitarian assistance to the people to prevent the worst humanitarian crisis unveiling in Tigrai, ensuring accountability and succeed the proper implementation of the Pretoria Agreement.
Last year, exactly on this day, the TPLF and the Ethiopian Federal government signed a permanent cessation of hostilities agreement in Pretoria South Africa to end the bloody war in Tigray that broke out on Nov 4, 2020.
A new publication by Kohl et al. (2023) provides evidence that:
-honey bee colony swarming reduces parasite pressure,
-feral colonies are unlikely to spread bee diseases,
-there is no conflict between conservation of feral honey bees and disease management in managed colonies.
New publication finally out as part of the PhD thesis of Patrick Kohl @UniWUE in collaboration @UniHohenheim : Reduced parasite burden in feral honeybee colonies - https://t.co/TZ8QmZikNf
The Biden administration has deceptively cleared the Ethiopian government of committing ongoing atrocities even though its allied Amhara regional security forces continue an ethnic cleansing campaign in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone. https://t.co/BozWpiu2ej
#AbaSerekebirhan:
-Ethiopian Tigrayan,
-Orthodox priest & church chief administrator in Sydney, Australia,
-Arrived at Bole airport in Addis Ababa on 12/07/23 to transit to Tigray & visit victims of the war,
It's lovely when you see your students produce impressive work. This first paper by @ManuelTreder_ was a lot of fun to put together. Really well-designed study, where he investigated the impact of electromagnetic fields on bee development, longevity, and homing ability.