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Duke Burbridge

@burbridgeduke.bsky.social
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Former peacebuilder. Father of kind kids, son & grandson of fierce women, student of marginalized geniuses. Pro-immigrant. Mostly focused on Tigray. Board advisor for @hpn4tigray.bsky.social

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Will have some analysis on this tomorrow if anyone is interested. #Oromia
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 27/10/2025
World: Capacity-sharing with Organizations led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons: A Practical Tipsheet #Refugees
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World: Capacity-sharing with Organizations led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons: A Practical Tipsheet
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
And Grok is not up for it.
A screenshot from Twitter where Grok thinks that people praying in a field is a fight on a subway.
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 27/10/2025
After fleeing violence, refugees in Ethiopia struggle with hunger #Refugees
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After fleeing violence, refugees in Ethiopia struggle with hunger
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 24/10/2025
WFP Uganda Country Brief, September 2025 #Refugees
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WFP Uganda Country Brief, September 2025
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 24/10/2025
Cross border Household Multisector Survey Kenya and Somalia (June, 2025) #Refugees
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Cross border Household Multisector Survey Kenya and Somalia (June, 2025)
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 23/10/2025
Attacks on Health Care in Sudan, 01-14 October 2025 #Refugees
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Attacks on Health Care in Sudan, 01-14 October 2025
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Re #Tigray.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
96% of households in Gaza don't have enough water to meet basic needs.
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 22/10/2025
oPt: UNRWA Situation Report #193 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem [EN/AR] #Refugees
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oPt: UNRWA Situation Report #193 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem [EN/AR]
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 22/10/2025
Research Terms of Reference - Piloting Longitudinal Monitoring of Displacement Intentions - SYR 2413 Syria (September 2025, V1) #Refugees
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Research Terms of Reference - Piloting Longitudinal Monitoring of Displacement Intentions - SYR 2413 Syria (September 2025, V1)
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 22/10/2025
oPt: As the Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance, IRC scales up humanitarian response and calls for sustained peace efforts #Refugees
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oPt: As the Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance, IRC scales up humanitarian response and calls for sustained peace efforts
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 20/10/2025
German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners #Refugees
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German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 17/10/2025
Nigeria: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) - Summary of Movements in Borno State, Dashboard: 490 (6 - 12 October 2025) #Refugees
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Nigeria: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) - Summary of Movements in Borno State, Dashboard: 490 (6 - 12 October 2025)
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
NEW REPORT 🧵 Displacement & Survival in Tigray Today @hpn4tigray.bsky.social released the second report of our series. The first looked at displacement trends. This looks at how people are surviving. The primary source of data comes from IOM-DTM IDP site assessments. /1 mailchi.mp/hpn4tigray/i...
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Displacement & Survival in Tigray (Part 2)
Duke Burbridge's analysis for HPN4Tigray
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years. Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 03/06/2025
These ships honor giants of American history — people like Marylanders Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman, who helped forge a stronger, more powerful nation and made us a global example of freedom in action. This is repulsive.
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Navy mulls new name for USNS Harvey Milk and ships named for civil rights leaders
The Navy is considering renaming naval ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and others named for prominent Americans.
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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Professor Alex de Waal of @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social spoke on the use of starvation as a weapon of war. Listen to the interview on CBC. www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
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When hunger is a weapon | CBC Radio
We’re joined by an authority on ‘starvation crimes’ to understand why the weaponization of food during wartime continues, and why it’s difficult to prosecute.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
NEW REPORT 🧵 Displacement & Survival in Tigray Today @hpn4tigray.bsky.social released the second report of our series. The first looked at displacement trends. This looks at how people are surviving. The primary source of data comes from IOM-DTM IDP site assessments. /1 mailchi.mp/hpn4tigray/i...
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Displacement & Survival in Tigray (Part 2)
Duke Burbridge's analysis for HPN4Tigray
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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 21/05/2025
The war in #Sudan has profoundly impacted its environment but these consequences have received little attention. Our new overview details key incidents and trends that pose risks to Sudan’s people and ecosystems. ceobs.org/the-environm... 🧵⬇️1/7 #السودان
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The environmental costs of the war in Sudan - CEOBS
CEOBS has been helping UNEP monitor the environmental consequences of the war in Sudan since 2023, here's what we have found.
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Laurent Bonnefoy @laurentbonnefoy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
In the meantime in Yemen. "Almost five months into 2025, the Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is less than 10 per cent funded, preventing critical aid delivery to millions of people across the country" www.nrc.no/news/2025/ma...
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116 aid organisations call for immediate action to pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe
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Rift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
NEW REPORT | MINOR DEMARCATIONS MICRO-DAMS—MAJOR DRAMA? @jowedekind.bsky.social and Kedir Jamal examine how admin changes, micro-dams and regional rivalries in the Oromia–Somali borderlands risk reigniting conflict and unsettling fragile peace. Read more: bit.ly/4mm7WtI #Ethiopia
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
You'll be shocked to learn that mainstream media, amid its frenzied coverage of that Biden book and cancer diagnosis, is missing the story that matters most to Americans A vengeful Trump has shot down Biden's cancer 'moonshot,' with funding down 31%. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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The Joe Biden cancer story that matters most | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, why are Democrats aiding Trump’s crypto scam?
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Long overdue progress toward justice for the people of #Tigray. legalactionworldwide.org/accountabili...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/05/2025
Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.
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NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship ‘attacked by Israel’
Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I invite everyone to read the first of @HPN4Tigray’s “Displacement and Survival in Tigray” series, which will focus on the conditions of and facing people who are still displaced in Tigray more than two years after the Pretoria Agreement. Summary Thread (1/9) mailchi.mp/hpn4tigray/i...
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Health Professionals Network for Tigray @hpn4tigray.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨 Urgent 38,775 babies & 15,729 seniors disappeared from Tigray IDP sites in just 4 months. Data gaps or deeper crisis? @burbridgeduke.bsky.social's analysis for @hpn4tigray.bsky.social reveals hidden realities of displacement. Read now & subscribe ⤵️ mailchi.mp/hpn4tigray/i... #TigrayCrisis #idps
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Displacement & Survival in Tigray (Part 1) — An HPN4Tigray Report by Duke Burbridge
Data gaps or crisis?
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Health Professionals Network for Tigray @hpn4tigray.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🎉We’re halfway to our goal thanks to YOU! In less than a week, we see who won the raffle for the stunning "Mother" print by the incredible artist, Gelila Reda. Please give and share so others can have the opportunity to #BeTheLifeline by supporting urgent care. 💝 givebutter.com/today
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The term “Western values” – like its counterpart “African values” – has in fact always been more wineskin than wine. Rather than a codification of particular values, it is a framework for legitimating and justifying actions by Western (or African) states.
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The end of Western values
The selective moralising of the Western-led global order has been exposed for the lie it always was. It’s time to return to real values.
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Rift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
‘It’s a rare opportunity to bring together academic heavyweights and subject experts for a week of joint reflection.’ Dereje Feyissa , past course teacher, on what makes RVI’s field course training unique. Register: bit.ly/3RoODBP
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 08/04/2025
New report shows it’s largely officials and organizations demanding books be banned - not parents
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Report shows it’s largely officials and orgs demanding book bans - not parents
Only 16 percent of book challenges came from parents themselves
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Hey everyone, my organization is holding a fundraiser to sustain our programs for genocide survivors in #Tigray. We are a volunteer-based organization that gets doctors and nutritional support to women and children. Please help us reach our goal. 🙏 givebutter.com/today
Graphic showing HPN4Tigray's impact in 2024.
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TheFurLeft @fitsum.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
For those trying to leave X behind, there is a subreddit for our community. There is a decent number of users but could use some more. @burbridgeduke.bsky.social could use your help please to spread the word. www.reddit.com/r/Tigray/s/v...
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Click "Join" for discussions, pictures or anything related to Tigray or Tigrayans.
A subreddit dedicated to Tigray.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@hpn4tigray.bsky.social co-president on @npr.org’s Morning Edition talking about the impact of US aid cuts in Africa. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5316...
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🔊 Listen Now: Aid workers in Africa discuss the consequences of U.S. cuts to foreign aid programs
Morning Edition on NPR One | 7:01
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Food aid in Tigray is stopped. "Aid agencies in Ethiopia had to apply to USAID for waivers to continue handing out U.S. grain. These have been secured, but USAID’s payments system is still not functioning." apnews.com/article/ethi...
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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region
Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It's worth noting that when dipshit took office, we were beating China, Russia, and international terrorist networks by a lot.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ten years after the start of Yemen’s civil war, which has caused catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the country, millions of Yemenis are being driven further into hunger and severe poverty by the swiftly collapsing currency.
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Ten years on, Yemen’s economic war is raging more than ever
Recent attempts to shore up the Yemeni riyal have failed to stop its drastic fall in the government-controlled south.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Whether or not Tigray’s negotiators could have secured a better deal, the main sticking point now driving the TPLF apart is the failure to return home nearly one million displaced people – a key part of the peace deal.
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A power struggle in Tigray risks Ethiopia’s peace deal
As Tigray’s political leaders squabble, progress has stalled on key points of the peace agreement, including the return of a million displaced people.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Follow our reporters and editors to stay updated on global humanitarian crises and emergencies. go.bsky.app/VVZtDyz
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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Why doesn’t anyone want to foster this pup? For Gods sake! She’s going to die! Doesn’t anyone care? I’m absolutely terrified for her! She is going to be killed! My heart is breaking!
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Joël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Some people think that the demise of USAID is good news. Wasn't USAID a tool of US imperialism? A prominent proponent of this line of thinking is Patrick Gathara, a senior editor at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social His argument is ill-informed and wrong.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/02/2025
UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT: tomorrow, February 28th, is the Economic Blackout. I ain’t buying shit. Plan ahead, but if you must buy essentials, use cash and support local businesses only. No corporate chains!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We cannot ever forget what this administration has done already. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog
Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Our great shame. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia
Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we ...
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you are from or in Tigray and I’m not following you please comment on this post so I can follow you. ❤️💛
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/02/2025
LIVE: Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen leads a rally against DOGE cuts to NIH youtube.com/live/yN9vjY9...
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LIVE: Democratic Senator Van Hollen leads a rally against DOGE cuts to NIH
YouTube video by Reuters
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
subscribe to my website! most of the nonfiction is free, but the fiction and all the nonfiction with secrets will be paywalled lol I may have to flee the country, but I will tell you stories for $2, I am not precious! KerryCOran.com
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Author Kerry C. Oran's writing is at once fantastic and bound to the sensuousness of the everyday, blurring the boundaries between the natural, the human, and the magical.
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