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#Negotiations
1/ TPLF is facing serious setbacks in the battlefield, despite rearmmamanet and logistical support from Egypt and the UN. The Americans are convinced the only way to keep #TPLF viable is to bring them to the negotiation table.
1/ TPLF is facing serious setbacks in the battlefield, despite rearmmamanet and logistical support from Egypt and the UN. The Americans are convinced the only way to keep #TPLF viable is to bring them to the negotiation table.
2/ The US and probably EU have strong armed the AU to be included in the negotiation in some capacity; to make sure TPLF gets a better deal than it deserves based on it's current military standing.
3/ If the GoE refuses, then the sanctions and 'genocide' determination will be reactivated. Behind th scenes, the cosponsors of #HR6600 have increased from 9 to 18 between April and Sptember! In a way this negotiation is between the USG and GoE! 
Please take the time to do this. These bills make @StateDept use diplomatic measures to end the impunity for human rights violations and genocide in Ethiopia.
Our status quo of protecting authoritarian regimes over the basic human rights of the people must end./1
Our status quo of protecting authoritarian regimes over the basic human rights of the people must end./1
This needs to change, right now, before it is too late to stop the #TigrayGenocide. The peace process is proceeding at a glacial pace AND humanitarian aid is on the table because the @_AfricanUnion, @UN, and @StateDept have all stuck to appeasement.
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The US tolerance for genocide is a driver of genocide all over the world. Read "A Problem from Hell" by @PowerUSAID to see every case where those responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the past 50 years figured out that US backlash was not going to be an issue.
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This is interesting….
Diaspora efforts to combat #s3199 and #hr6600 are being actively encouraged by @DemekeHasen
Deputy Premier Calls on Diaspora to Ramp up Efforts to Protect Homeland ena.et/en/?p=34985 via @EthiopianNewsA
Diaspora efforts to combat #s3199 and #hr6600 are being actively encouraged by @DemekeHasen
Deputy Premier Calls on Diaspora to Ramp up Efforts to Protect Homeland ena.et/en/?p=34985 via @EthiopianNewsA
“Since the country has continued to face challenges… Ethiopian Diaspora should ramp up efforts to protect interests of their homeland.
He urged diaspora to consolidate support for the current situation in Ethiopia, particularly lifting of the ongoing unwarranted pressures.”
He urged diaspora to consolidate support for the current situation in Ethiopia, particularly lifting of the ongoing unwarranted pressures.”
An ETV #AddisDialogues IV with @GettyImages @JemalCountess and Sheba Tekeste (@PushStartMedia1 on twitter) about their recent journalism work in Ethiopia broadcast yesterday.
>> Covers ongoing humanitarian crisis in Northern Ethiopia, Amhara and Afar and their trip to Wolkayit.
>> Covers ongoing humanitarian crisis in Northern Ethiopia, Amhara and Afar and their trip to Wolkayit.
The IV begins with an account of their trip to Northern Amhara, where they met with Tegaru IDPs in camps who have fled over the border.
He speaks of the tragedy of Amhara IDP camps in the areas which are under resourced - water, food, sanitation are all major problems.
He speaks of the tragedy of Amhara IDP camps in the areas which are under resourced - water, food, sanitation are all major problems.
. @JemalCountess relates his experience seeing IDPs in extremely brutal circumstances in Sekota, where temperatures are often in over 95 Farenheit (36+ Celsius.) Sheba and Jemal also talk about Lalibela which still has no electricity and running water.
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#BloodyWinter: winter is coming to Ethiopia and it is going to be bloody
1/ In 2-3 months the rainy season will be upon Ethiopia. I am hoping against hope that I am wrong, but I am afraid it is going to be the bloodiest winter in our history!
#BloodyWinter: winter is coming to Ethiopia and it is going to be bloody
1/ In 2-3 months the rainy season will be upon Ethiopia. I am hoping against hope that I am wrong, but I am afraid it is going to be the bloodiest winter in our history!
2/ It appears, both #TPLF & its backers have given up their hope of bringing #TPLF back to power & have settled for an independent #Tigray to serve as their #HOA proxy to disrupt the region. The catch: An independent #Tigray can not be realized without #Welkait.
3/ #TPLF is using this respite to appease the populace severely affected by food shortage and the terrible cost of the loss from the previous campaign in terms of human life and replenish its dwindling supply to feed its army.
After a lengthy period of relative quiet @wdavison10 has popped up in a new and truly terrible #HoldYourFire podcast on the conflict in Northern Ethiopia hosted the usually insightful @atwoodr, one which reflects very poorly on @CrisisGroup.
The podcast comes just 2 days after TPLF conducted an online campaign against @CrisisGroup’s @Meron_El issuing an open letter to raise their grievances.
Whilst we can’t necessarily connect these two events, the podcast is not up to @atwoodr’s usual standards and is a bit loose and stream of consciousness at times.
It’s also incendiary in the context of current domestic politics in Ethiopia. An odd approach to peace building.
It’s also incendiary in the context of current domestic politics in Ethiopia. An odd approach to peace building.
@CrisisGroup needs to get rid of @wdavison10. New podcast just dropped full of TPLF propaganda.
I can’t even. #AfarAttackDefensive #ShireArmsFlights #TigrayBlockade all the talking points.
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/hol…
I can’t even. #AfarAttackDefensive #ShireArmsFlights #TigrayBlockade all the talking points.
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/hol…
It even begins with an intro which misses out the TPLF attack on the #NorthernCommand which started the war calls from Davison for #WesternTigray to be returned.
If @EroComfort wants to be taken seriously @WillDavison10 and his baggage needs to removed from the theatre.
If @EroComfort wants to be taken seriously @WillDavison10 and his baggage needs to removed from the theatre.
What @CrisisGroup needs to understand is that Will’s reckons are not even close to fair and balanced. Haven’t been for months, and perhaps that’s the reason they haven’t published anything for months.
This is a thread containing my response to one person’s doubts about #HR6600. All true Amharas, Afars, and Ethiopians should read this to understand why so many of us support the bill.
Disclaimer: These are my own views and observations, and they do not necessarily represent those of all Amharas/Afars/Ethiopians.
Others in this community have already explained in detail what HR6600 is about and how it will benefit us. The point of this post is to provide further justification for supporting this bill.
No sign of any hearings today on #HR6600 or #S3199 foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings
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Borkena has a report that Envoy Satterfield is in Addis and not being granted meetings. borkena.com/2022/03/22/us-…
foreign.senate.gov/hearings?mode=…
Borkena has a report that Envoy Satterfield is in Addis and not being granted meetings. borkena.com/2022/03/22/us-…
Also. What is this about?
Has AAA read the "Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act"?
The bill looks like it was drafted by TPLF misinformation operatives - the preamble is factually challenged and it is paternalistic/imperialist in extremis. amharaamerica.org/post/statement…
Has AAA read the "Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act"?
The bill looks like it was drafted by TPLF misinformation operatives - the preamble is factually challenged and it is paternalistic/imperialist in extremis. amharaamerica.org/post/statement…
The bill was proposed by Senators @ChrisCoons and @SenatorRisch back on Nov 4th 2021, as TPLF was marching on Addis - and @StateDept was calling for Americans to leave.
Senate info on the bill is here >> congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
Senate info on the bill is here >> congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
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#HR6600: Promising Blood, Tears and More Blood for Ethiopia
1/ Engineered by #DrEvil, powered by @PowerUSAID, introduced by @RepMalinowski and financed by the pro_TPLF diaspora, #HR6600 promises to inaugurate a decade of bloodshed, starvation and instability in the HoA.
#HR6600: Promising Blood, Tears and More Blood for Ethiopia
1/ Engineered by #DrEvil, powered by @PowerUSAID, introduced by @RepMalinowski and financed by the pro_TPLF diaspora, #HR6600 promises to inaugurate a decade of bloodshed, starvation and instability in the HoA.
2/ @StateDept supported TPLF up until the last moment with the hope TPLF will come back to power. With their dreams dashed, it seems they came to the conclusion that their best bet is to work with the GOE. The ambassador was replaced & @PowerUSAID's seems to have been sidelined.
3/ Now, @DrTedros & @PowerUSAID are spearheading a change in strategy. The new strategy is all about twisting the arm of @StateDept through bills passed by the Senate or Congress.
If you think, Malinowski, a former Washington Director of @hrw, who never uttered a single word against #TPLF during his tenure, is sponsoring this bill out of an abundance of care for #Ethiopia, think again. #HR666!
IMO, these are the two pillars of #HR6600
1) Section 6 aims at strangling the Ethiopian economy be stopping loans & grants from the WB & IMF. This will affect millions of Ethiopians by affecting supply of seeds & fertilizers. Outcome: Inflation, food insecurity & instability.
1) Section 6 aims at strangling the Ethiopian economy be stopping loans & grants from the WB & IMF. This will affect millions of Ethiopians by affecting supply of seeds & fertilizers. Outcome: Inflation, food insecurity & instability.
The fact that we have people in our midst that believe there's "nothing to be outraged" by sanctions is outrageous. On moral grounds alone, what right does the US, a country that goes around the globe bombing others, killing/displacing millions, stealing trillions, have?
Plenty has been said about how #sanctionskill - directly and indirectly - no matter how "benign" the language & "targeted" the clauses are. This is said by the people on the ground & the voices/analysts/experts that mainstream media loves to ignore. Again, plenty and fact-based.
So let's just talk on moral grounds. The US of chaos & wars, of economic/political bullies & special interest groups, of homelessness & no health care, of marginalized Black/Brown people, etc etc, has no moral grounds to *suffocate* the victims of its own killing machine, TPLF.
