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Stand for humanity: Advocate #Justice4Tigray, humanitarian needs, Peace ✨💛♥️✨

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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · 04/08/2026
Tigray residents are at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region. Amnesty calls on both Federal and Tigrayan authorities to respect and comply with international human rights standards including on the protection of civilians. Read more 👇
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Return of violence in Tigray puts residents at renewed risk of violations.
Even as communities continue to grapple with the devastating legacy of past atrocities without justice or accountability.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/07/2026
I find it as an extension of only listening to and reading western scholars, texts etc which limits one frame of analysis and how to analyze what is bad. For example, I only found out that Eugene Puryear praised Mengistu Hailemariam after reading this. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mb-s...
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How and Why the US Left Betrayed Tigray
MB Sundjata How and Why the US Left Betrayed Tigray US organizations like PSL and Black Alliance for Peace cannot be trusted to advocate for Palestine’s...
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hundreds flee Ethiopia to war-torn Sudan following new fighting in Tigray rfi.my/CvwG.BS
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Hundreds flee Ethiopia to war-torn Sudan following new fighting in Tigray
In Ethiopia, hundreds of people have started to flee to Sudan following Saturday's fighting, when clashes in Tigray pitted federal forces against rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/08/2026
Fighting breaks out in western Tigray as Ethiopia and TPLF trade blame aje.news/rmxx5w
Fighting breaks out in western Tigray as Ethiopia and TPLF trade blame
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Simon Adams @simonadams.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Eritrea not only commits grave human rights violations at home, it also perpetrated atrocities when it invaded the Tigray region of Ethiopia. 🇪🇷 www.globalr2p.org/publications...
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Atrocity Alert No. 488: Eritrea, Central African Republic and Children and Armed Conflict - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. UN EXPERT...
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Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
thrilled to have chatted with Tghat about the situation in Tigray and what the US could do about it (...if the political will were to materialize). You can listen to our conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JK-...
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US Policy on Ethiopia | Carrots and Sticks | Sanctions | Root cause of Ethiopia's political problems
YouTube video by Tghat ትግሃት
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 02/07/2026
Three Doctors Without Borders staff were killed five years ago in Tigray, #Ethiopia. We still have no answers. We remember María, Tedros and Yohannes, and we continue to demand justice for them and protection for humanitarian workers everywhere. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/deafening-si...
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Ranked News @rankednews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
U.S. imposes visa restrictions over renewed tensions in Northern Ethiopia: The United States has imposed targeted visa restrictions on "hardline members" of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their families, citing concerns over renewed tensions and the … ranked.news/1009125?u=b
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 19/06/2026
#Tigray: From 2020-2022, 280K+ cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented. Many survivors are still being silenced. Birhan Gebrekirstos Mezgbo & Veronica Blecker discuss breaking the silence in their upcoming documentary, Not Ours to Carry: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/06/no-m...
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
'Drone strikes in Tigray kill unspecified number amid fears of renewed conflict… An unspecified number soldiers killed & injured in drone strikes in the NW Tigray region… in what appears to be another sign of renewed tensions between regional & fed forces' www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2026/06/06/d...
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Drone strikes in Tigray kill unspecified number amid fears of renewed conflict - Ethiopia Observer
An unspecified number soldiers were killed and injured in drone strikes in the northwestern Tigray region, according to Dimtsi Weyane, in what appears to be another sign of renewed tensions between re...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15/06/2026
‘Gold mines in Sudan, which have played an important role in financing the brutal civil war, are backed by money linked to the UAE and Russia. In Ethiopia, China is the biggest player.’ Claire Wilmot reports from Tigray. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Claire Wilmot · Gold Rush
Across Tigray, the remains of razed towns are marked with mounds of earth piled over the dead – impressions of war...
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Million Haileselassie @millionh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Ethiopian government and their international partners seem determined to ignore the treatment of Tigrayans as effectively second-class citizens. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
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Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, emp...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/06/2026
‘By the end of 2025, Ethiopia reported record volumes of gold exports – 38 tonnes, worth more than $3 billion – and gold surpassed coffee as the country’s biggest export. But these figures are only part of the story.’ Claire Wilmot reports from Tigray. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Claire Wilmot · Gold Rush
Across Tigray, the remains of razed towns are marked with mounds of earth piled over the dead – impressions of war...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/05/2026
Ethiopia has faced near-continuous conflict since 2020, with fighting in Tigray, Oromia and Amhara.
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A visual guide to Ethiopia's ethnic groups and conflict areas
Ethiopia has faced near-continuous conflict since 2020, with fighting in Tigray, Oromia and Amhara.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 17/05/2026
After having consulted the #DRC & #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR. My statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX
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Mukesh Kapila @mukeshkapila.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Are we doomed to fight yesterday's battles in global health? So much energy needing expenditure to sooth misinformation, mistrust in public concerns around Hantavirus comparisons with Covid19 when the strategic challenge is elsewhere. My interview alongside others: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pF0...
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Should we be worried about the Hantavirus outbreak? | Inside Story
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 10/05/2026
#Hantavirus is not COVID, and the risk to the people of Tenerife is low because of the nature of the disease and the actions of the Spanish government. 1/3
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Refugees International @refugeesinternational.org · 07/05/2026
Conditions in #Tigray are beginning to dangerously resemble the humanitarian blockade we saw enacted during the last war. Local partners in Tigray and women’s health experts told RI that the population is "preparing for the worst." Our full statement: www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
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Ethiopian, Tigrayan Forces Must Pull Back from the Brink - Refugees International
Conditions are beginning to dangerously resemble the humanitarian blockade we saw enacted in Tigray during the last war.
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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Anyways, the other day @reuters.com reported that the US was considering lifting 5 year old American sanctions placed upon Eritrea's government for its role in the 2020-2022 Tigray war. The US clearly wants to get in on the strait craze.
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US to lift Eritrea sanctions as Red Sea tensions reshape alliances, document says
The United States is set to remove sanctions against Eritrea, according to an internal U.S. government document seen by Reuters, a decision analysts linked to the African ​state's strategic location o...
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CJA @cja-news.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We're excited to present human rights defenders from Ethiopia with our 2026 Judith Lee Stronach Award. During the Tigray war, many of our partners, trapped in Tigray, faced famine, threats & isolation. Today, we honor their courage. Listen to their acceptance speech at: loom.ly/nOg61i0
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 22/04/2026
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, employment, and access to services.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 21/04/2026
I was reading along and then 🙄 "some very knowledgeable people fear that ... superintelligent AI could become smarter than humans, could become independent of human control, and pose an existential threat to the human race. " 🙄 🙄 🙄 justfacts.votesmart.org/public-state...
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Blen @blen11.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
As fires hit camps in Um Rakuba, Sudan 🇸🇩, both the host community and Tigrayan refugees are facing loss and hardship together. How long will these voices go unheard? #tigraygenocide #KeepEyeonSudan @unhcr.org @hrw.org
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 14/04/2026
Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Civilians are facing a dire humanitarian crisis. Read more:
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DR Congo: Aid, Movements Hindered in South Kivu Highlands
Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Short thread containing satellite imagery of Emirati weapons smuggled to the genocidal RSF militia in Sudan, with accompanying file photos. Snapped at a secret RSF logistics base in western Ethiopia (10°05'55.5"N 34°34'50.9"E). Wednesday marked 3 years since the start of Sudan's brutal civil war.
Light technical vehicles used widely by the RSF in battle, about 120 seen here before being delivered to the RSF. December 29th 2025.About 200 light technical vehicles seen on February 18th.RSF fighter aboard a technical
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Black Agenda Report @blackagendareport.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
War against Iran impacts the UAE, whose RSF proxies carry out atrocities in Sudan. Colonial borders are in dispute, Ethiopia faces a renewed conflict in Tigray, and Israel recognizes Somaliland. www.blackagendareport.com/iran-uae-sud...
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Iran, UAE, Sudan, and Crises in the Horn of Africa | Black Agenda Report
Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of Pan-African Newswire, discusses events in the Horn of Africa. The U.S. war against Iran is impacting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose Rapid Support Force proxies are ca...
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Brian K. Murphy @murphyslog.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Ethiopian army has been mobilizing troops and equipment in the north, around the Tigray region and the border of neighbouring Eritrea − the same region that suffered a devastating war from 2020 to 2022, with Axum one of Tigray’s worst-hit cities. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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For survivors of Ethiopian massacres, fears of a new war are looming
For weeks, the Ethiopian army has been mobilizing around the Tigray region and the Eritrean border
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Blen @blen11.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚨Shewit Wudassie — Salsay Woyane member & producer of the Romanat Online podcast was detained today in Mekelle by security forces after his political commentary. Detaining voices for speaking out is an attack on freedom of expression and press freedom in Tigray 🧵
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Blen @blen11.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The government tightened its grip on Ethiopian media. Journalists working for independent outlets faced harassment, arbitrary arrest, and incommunicado detention by authorities. www.hrw.org/world-report...
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World Report 2026: Rights Trends in Ethiopia
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Ziggy @theziggiestzag.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Free Sudan 🇸🇩 - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 - Free Congo 🇨🇩 - Free Yemen 🇾🇪 - Free Afghanistan 🇦🇫 - Free Haiti 🇭🇹 - Free Myanmar 🇲🇲 - Free Togo 🇹🇬 - Free Lebanon 🇱🇧 - Free Uganda 🇺🇬 - Free Somalia 🇸🇴 - Free Tigray⭐💛🟥 - Free Uyghurs ♥️- Free Ukraine 🇺🇦 - Free Kurdistan🇹🇯 - Free Georgia 🇬🇪 Free the World 🌍
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Mukesh Kapila @mukeshkapila.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Who is starving to death the people of Western Tigray in Ethiopia and, in effect, continuing to ethnically cleanse them? Answer: everyone through a conspiracy of federal punishment and infighting among Tigrayan authorities. What a betrayal! www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
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Ethiopia’s blame game after videos reveal starving displaced people in Tigray
Both the federal government and the Tigray authorities refuse to take responsibility for a crisis that has shocked the country.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Civilians Flee Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Amid War Fears Residents of Ethiopia’s Tigray region are fleeing toward Addis Ababa as federal & Tigrayan forces mass near their shared border, raising fears of renewed conflict nearly 4 years after the 2022 peace agreement ended the previous civil war.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 10/03/2026
An Al-Qaeda-linked armed group summarily executed ten long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices in January in southwestern Mali. The killings are apparent war crimes Malian authorities should step up efforts to protect civilians and hold those responsible for abuses to account.
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Alafia Foundation @alafia4hope.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ethiopia’s blame game after videos reveal starving displaced people in Tigray : www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
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Ethiopia’s blame game after videos reveal starving displaced people in Tigray
Both the federal government and the Tigray authorities refuse to take responsibility for a crisis that has shocked the country.
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#BBCNews - Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government
Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 06/03/2026
Its always unnerving to see people talking about war like its sports game, supporting their respective teams, like its not something with extraordinary destruction that, under the BEST of circumstances, those who haven't been obliterated, will need to spend many decades attempting to rebuild from.
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lala @coyotequeen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
canadian mining colonizes destroys and kills. speakers from the #congo, #tigray , and first nations in the #ringoffire speaking of the damages to their land and ppl. while those who profit from murder and pillage network in the convention centre. #pdac #pdac2026 #shutitdown #canada #environment
in front of the metro toronto convention centre, a group of protesters that traveled 2 days from the far north to speak against the planned ring of fire mines in ontario, canada. signs read "water is life" "sturgeon are forever" "neskantaga strong" "neskantaga & attawapiskat will protect our river" Congolese flags in the background.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 26/02/2026
"Fears of a return to war in northern Ethiopia are driving many people to leave the region of Tigray just over three years after the civil war there ended." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Is Ethiopia heading back to war with the TPLF or Eritrea in Tigray?
Many people are again leaving the region of Tigray just over three years after the civil war there ended.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 26/02/2026
A death toll as high as 600,000, millions displaced, widespread sexual violence – the last war in #Ethiopia’s #Tigray region looms large as tensions escalate again. From Sarah Miller and Abdullahi Boru Halakhe: www.justsecurity.org/132370/tigra...
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Risk of Renewed War in Tigray
With the possibility of renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, reminders and recommendations for the world to take preventive action.
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Blen @blen11.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Is this intended as preparation for a new demographic within Tigray’s population by the federal government? omnatigray.org/house-of-fed...
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House of Federation's Decision to Strip Tigray of Electoral Authority Over Five Districts Threatens the Pretoria Agreement and Constitutional Order
Omna Tigray calls on the international community and the U.S. Congress to condemn this dangerous escalation ahead of Ethiopia's 7th General Election.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 25/02/2026
The Rapid Support Forces, one of Sudan’s two main warring parties, targeted, abused, and killed people with disabilities during and after their October 26, 2025, takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital. New research from HRW:
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Sudan: People with Disabilities Targeted in North Darfur
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of Sudan’s two main warring parties, targeted, abused, and killed people with disabilities during and after their October 26, 2025, takeover of El Fasher, North Dar...
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Blen @blen11.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
AN URGENT CALL FOR PEACE, CIVILIAN PROTECTION, AND DIALOGUE IN TIGRAY omnatigray.org/stop-the-war...
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STOP THE WAR DRUMS: AN URGENT CALL FOR PEACE, CIVILIAN PROTECTION, AND DIALOGUE IN TIGRAY
Tensions between the Ethiopian government and Tigray’s leadership, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Tigray’s Interim Administration, have reached a boiling point, with signs of an imminent ful...
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Omna Tigray @omnatigray.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Protests are continuing across Tigray as IDPs - ethnically cleansed from their land - rise up to demand their right to return home. From every corner of #Tigray, people are joining them in this fight. They deserve to go home. They deserve justice. #TigrayGenocide
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Omna Tigray @omnatigray.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The humanitarian crisis in Tigray—marked by genocide, famine, and mass displacement—worsens amid global silence. Millions remain in urgent need as atrocities continue unchecked. Read our latest quarterly Situation Report below ⬇️ omnatigray.org/omna-tigray-...
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OMNA TIGRAY FEBRUARY 2025 QUARTERLY SITUATION REPORT
The international community’s response and its mechanisms for accountability and monitoring have been largely inadequate. Unlike other global crises that have prompted swift and large-scale action, Ti...
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 08/03/2025
The civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region was one of the deadliest of this century. The conflict ended with a ceasefire in November 2022. In Mekelle, Zeywegih Leyti describes the anxiety of waiting for another war.
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One day in Mekelle
Just two years after the peace deal that ended the civil war, tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are simmering.
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Omna Tigray @omnatigray.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
As we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we honor the strength of Tigrayan women—leaders, fighters, and survivors. Their resilience is unmatched, yet their struggle for survival and justice continues. The world must listen. #IWD2025 #Tigray #Ethiopia
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wegahtafacts.bsky.social @wegahtafacts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#Tigray: Haben Yemane’s murderer sentenced to life in jail Today David Zeru, who was charged with the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Haben Yemane, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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wegahtafacts.bsky.social @wegahtafacts.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
ርሑስ በዓል ጥምቀት! 📸 by @millionh.bsky.social
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Jozef Naudts @jozefnaudts.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th... The world’s oldest Christian manuscripts are in hiding from the violence that has ripped through the Tigray region.
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In Search of Ethiopia's Garima Gospels
The world’s oldest Christian manuscripts are in hiding from the violence that has ripped through their region
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