@OwenGregorian Meta’s response exposes a disturbing double standard: acknowledging harm and settling cases in the U.S.,while fighting accountability in African courts. African lives cannot be treated as less worthy of justice. Professor's case deserves accountabilitynot delay, denial,or escape
The war on Tigray was supposed to have ended. It has not.
Civilians in Tigray are once again facing aerial attacks after years of the Pretoria Agreement being weaponized and a war of attrition against the region.
On August 20, drones sent by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces struck two areas of Mekelle. At least 13 casualties were received at Ayder Hospital, including women and children
#Ethiopia #Tigray
Reports from Tigray of drone attacks in Mekelle as concern mounts about escalating violence. International community must engage and not look away @Ed_Miliband@StewartWood@kirstyjmcneill@UN@martinplaut https://t.co/gtB7FEFABg
La práctica totalidad de quienes entraron en Ceuta han vuelto ya a Marruecos.
No es posible trasladarse de Ceuta y Melilla a la Peninsula sin identificarse en un control de policía. La integridad del espacio Schengen está absolutamente garantizada. Basta de confusión interesada
Nous n’oublions pas le Père Jacques Hamel.
Il y a dix ans aujourd’hui, il était lâchement assassiné par deux terroristes islamistes, pris pour cible parce qu’il incarnait le refus de la haine, la fraternité et l’espérance.
À ses proches, à ses paroissiens et à tous les habitants de Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, aux catholiques de France, j’adresse le salut fraternel et fidèle de la Nation.
Sa mémoire nous oblige.
Elle nous oblige à défendre sans relâche la liberté de conscience que garantit et protège la République.
Face au terrorisme islamiste, la France reste unie. Fidèle à ce qui la fonde. Résolue à ne rien céder à ceux qui veulent nous diviser.
In the midst of the wars in Gaza and Iran, we cannot forget the atrocities in Sudan.
As many as 150,000 killed since 2023
14 million driven from their homes
30 million need humanitarian aid
All of this is fueled by the UAE — one of Trump's closest allies.
We cannot be complicit in genocide.
What a disgrace! Racism is not a joke, a personality trait, or an excuse rooted in ‘where I come from.’ It’s a violation of basic human dignity, full stop. Public figures, especially elected officials, have a heightened responsibility to reject hatred, not rationalize it. Kylian Mbappé deserves an apology, and so does everyone who has been targeted by this kind of language. Human dignity for all is not a slogan. It’s a commitment. #France #Paraguay
#WHO chief rebukes bishop’s migration remarks, says labeling people “invaders” denies their humanity
Addis Abeba – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider describing migration to Europe as an “invasion,” saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship.
In a post on X, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that referring to human beings as “invaders” strips them “of their faces, their names, their stories,” and warning that “history teaches us where that road leads.”
The WHO chief was responding to widely circulated interview clips of Bishop Schneider, a traditionalist Catholic prelate serving as auxiliary bishop in Kazakhstan, who has repeatedly argued that large-scale migration to Europe constitutes an orchestrated effort to undermine the continent’s Christian identity.
In interviews published by conservative Catholic and European media outlets in 2025 and 2026, Schneider repeatedly argued that migration to Europe is “an orchestrated political action” aimed at suppressing Europe’s Christian identity. He has described the phenomenon as an “invasion” and linked it to what he characterizes as a broader agenda of cultural transformation.
“The people arriving on Europe’s shores are not an army. They are families fleeing war, hunger, and despair,” Tedros wrote, adding that migrants include “Christians and Muslims alike, mothers carrying children, young people who buried their dreams to survive.”
He said portraying migration as “a plot against a continent” ignores both evidence and migrants’ humanity.
Tedros also invoked Christian teachings in challenging the bishop’s framing, writing that Europe’s Christian heritage “is not defended by fear. It is defended by living it,” and citing the biblical passage, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me,” which he described as “not a political slogan; it is the Gospel itself.”
While acknowledging that “borders don’t matter” is not his position, Tedros said migration should be managed “with order, fairness, and honesty about its pressures.” However, he distinguished between border management and rhetoric targeting migrants.
“There is a difference between managing migration and demonising migrants,” he wrote. “The first is policy; the second is a wound to our shared humanity,” Tedros said.
“Compassion is not weakness, and fear is not faith. May we choose to see people, not plots.”
Thank you @LopesInsights. This deserves to be said louder. Africa represents 20% of the world’s population and enormous geographic, cultural, and epidemiological diversity. Yet disease outbreaks get generalized to the entire continent while similar issues in Europe are treated as isolated, local stories. That’s not reporting. That’s narrative construction.
This 98-year-old just did something that will make you rethink everything about aging.
40 press-ups. Daily. Bill Kober is rewriting the rulebook on what’s possible after 90.
And his secret? Simple: he never stopped moving and he is inspiring many people around the world.
Thanks Bill for the example you are setting to #BeActive anytime, anywhere at any age.
The fact that all major banks in ET have new shiny buildings but the same old rotten customer services and technology integration is a clear indication of the median age in the board rooms. Young educated and forward thinking brains are essential! Or else death is inevitable.
Five weekends in a row.
Before a single surgery is performed, before a single patient is treated, our volunteers have spent countless hours sorting, inventorying, packing, and preparing thousands of pounds of lifesaving supplies for Mission #5.
What makes this work so special is that most of us have no idea who these patients are. We have never met them, and after their surgery we may never see them again. Yet we fight for their lives as if they were our own family.
That is the purest form of service: helping someone not because of who they are, where they come from, their race, ethnicity, religion, or creed—but simply because they are human.
I am deeply grateful to every volunteer who has dedicated five consecutive weekends to this mission. A special thank you to our Founder and CEO, Dr. Obsinet Merid, who joined us virtually from Ethiopia, where she is already on the ground preparing to welcome the team and lay the foundation for Mission #5.
The logistics are complex. The work is intricate. It truly takes a village. But every box packed represents hope, and every life saved reminds us that humanity is at its best when it serves without conditions. ✊🏾❤️
@HeartAEthiopia
#Mission5 #OneHeartOneLife #HumanityWithoutBorders
US Unwittingly Green‑Lighting New Tigray War: Expert
@TsedaleLemma warns that US’ TPLF visa ban could inadvertently “green‑light” another Ethiopian invasion of #Tigray. The move could also push the #TPLF to deepen its nascent alignment with #Eritrea into a strategic partnership.