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"There is no peace to be found from #Prosperity... We cannot secure our sovereignty through peace," #TPLF Chairperson #Debretsion_Gebremichael said during a public forum in #Mekelle on Sunday, where he accused the federal government of failing to implement the #Pretoria Agreement and urged #Tigrayans to "restore our national honor"... show more

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Our message to those hateful Tigrayans who oppose reconciliation: Let's be clear. Eritrea did not commit genocide in Tigray. On the contrary, TPLF inflicted severe harm on Eritreans living in Ethiopia in 1998. They deported over 90 thousand wealthy Eritreans from all over Ethiopia inhumane way. For twenty years, they actively worked to undermine Eritrea's economy. The refugee camps established in Tigray were a political tactic, not a humanitarian effort, contributing to the tragic loss of Eritrean youth in the Mediterranean due to the TPLF's 'no peace, no war' stance. Following the 2018 peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia, TPLF fired dozens of rockets at Asmara. TPLF is the one that owes Eritrea an apology. Eritrea's current openness to peace is not out of necessity to defeat Abiy Ahmed. Eritrea is capable of defending itself against any enemy. The reality is that Tigray needs Eritrea more than the reverse. For over four years, Abiy Ahmed has weaponized aid against Tigray, and Eritrea cannot stand by while the Tigrayan people suffer. This reconciliation is not up to the Tigrayan and Eritrean diaspora, but rather up to the people of Tigray and Eritrea who witnessed the war firsthand and need its end. Period!!

Our message to those hateful Tigrayans who oppose reconciliation: Let's be clear. Eritrea did not commit genocide in Tigray. On the contrary, TPLF inflicted severe harm on Eritreans living in Ethiopia in 1998. They deported over 90 thousand wealthy Eritreans from all over Ethiopia inhumane way. For twenty years, they actively worked to undermine Eritrea's economy. The refugee camps established in Tigray were a political tactic, not a humanitarian effort, contributing to the tragic loss of Eritrean youth in the Mediterranean due to the TPLF's 'no peace, no war' stance. Following the 2018 peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia, TPLF fired dozens of rockets at Asmara. TPLF is the one that owes Eritrea an apology. Eritrea's current openness to peace is not out of necessity to defeat Abiy Ahmed. Eritrea is capable of defending itself against any enemy. The reality is that Tigray needs Eritrea more than the reverse. For over four years, Abiy Ahmed has weaponized aid against Tigray, and Eritrea cannot stand by while the Tigrayan people suffer. This reconciliation is not up to the Tigrayan and Eritrean diaspora, but rather up to the people of Tigray and Eritrea who witnessed the war firsthand and need its end. Period!!

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How Abiy Ahmed’s Government Engineered Genocide in Tigray A former senior official in Ethiopia’s federal government has publicly admitted that the 2020 war on Tigray was deliberately provoked to target and purge ethnic Tigrayans, lending powerful confirmation to long-standing accusations by Tigrayan leaders and international human rights groups. Taye Dendea, a former Minister of Peace and senior member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party, said in a recently published interview that the federal government intentionally initiated the war in order to single out and remove Tigrayans from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). “Do you think it is TPLF who started the war? It is us who deliberately started it. We had no other way to single out ethnic Tigrayan members of the national army,” Taye said during an interview with Horn Observer, recorded shortly before his arrest. He added that the attack on the army’s Northern Command, which the government had blamed on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to justify its military assault, was used as a pretext to justify a mass purge of Tigrayan soldiers and an ethnic campaign that soon extended far beyond the military. Taye’s admission echoes a previously leaked audio recording of Brigadier General Tesfaye Ayalew, a senior ENDF commander, who was heard saying: “We had to clean out our insides… Even if there may be good people among them, we can’t differentiate… so we excluded them from doing work. Now the security forces are completely Ethiopian.” According to verified reports, more than 17,000 ethnic Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed, detained, or expelled from the army in the first weeks of the war. Simultaneously, ethnic Tigrayans across Ethiopia were subjected to widespread profiling, mass detentions, dismissals from public and private employment, and in many cases, disappearances. Throughout the war, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior officials insisted the conflict was a “law enforcement operation” triggered by an alleged TPLF attack on Northern Command bases in November 2020. The government framed the military campaign as an effort to restore constitutional order. However, human rights groups, UN investigators, and independent journalists have documented a very different reality one of systematic ethnic targeting, mass killings, sexual violence, forced starvation, and the displacement of millions of Tigrayans. The government’s narrative now appears increasingly hollow in light of multiple recent revelations. From the outset of the war, Tigrayan leaders and civil society maintained that: . The war was a premeditated genocidal campaign, prepared months in advance. . Tigrayans in the army, civil service, and society were systematically purged, imprisoned, or killed. . The federal government used siege warfare, coordinated attacks with Eritrean and Amhara forces, and blocked humanitarian aid to deliberately inflict suffering on Tigrayan civilians. .Independent investigations, including those by the United Nations and international NGOs, have consistently supported these claims. Taye Dendea’s testimony reinforces calls for the international community to act decisively: 1. Demand full accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict. 2. Insist on the safe and dignified return of displaced Tigrayans, especially those from Western Tigray, still under illegal occupation. 3. Push for full implementation of the Pretoria Agreement, which remains stalled due to the Ethiopian government’s lack of compliance. Taye’s admission provides a stark reminder of the true nature of the war on Tigray a war driven not by constitutional concerns but by ethnic hatred and political calculation. As millions of Tigrayans remain displaced and waiting for justice, and as the Pretoria peace process falters, the world can no longer look away. The victims deserve recognition, justice, and restoration.

How Abiy Ahmed’s Government Engineered Genocide in Tigray A former senior official in Ethiopia’s federal government has publicly admitted that the 2020 war on Tigray was deliberately provoked to target and purge ethnic Tigrayans, lending powerful confirmation to long-standing accusations by Tigrayan leaders and international human rights groups. Taye Dendea, a former Minister of Peace and senior member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party, said in a recently published interview that the federal government intentionally initiated the war in order to single out and remove Tigrayans from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). “Do you think it is TPLF who started the war? It is us who deliberately started it. We had no other way to single out ethnic Tigrayan members of the national army,” Taye said during an interview with Horn Observer, recorded shortly before his arrest. He added that the attack on the army’s Northern Command, which the government had blamed on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to justify its military assault, was used as a pretext to justify a mass purge of Tigrayan soldiers and an ethnic campaign that soon extended far beyond the military. Taye’s admission echoes a previously leaked audio recording of Brigadier General Tesfaye Ayalew, a senior ENDF commander, who was heard saying: “We had to clean out our insides… Even if there may be good people among them, we can’t differentiate… so we excluded them from doing work. Now the security forces are completely Ethiopian.” According to verified reports, more than 17,000 ethnic Tigrayan soldiers were disarmed, detained, or expelled from the army in the first weeks of the war. Simultaneously, ethnic Tigrayans across Ethiopia were subjected to widespread profiling, mass detentions, dismissals from public and private employment, and in many cases, disappearances. Throughout the war, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior officials insisted the conflict was a “law enforcement operation” triggered by an alleged TPLF attack on Northern Command bases in November 2020. The government framed the military campaign as an effort to restore constitutional order. However, human rights groups, UN investigators, and independent journalists have documented a very different reality one of systematic ethnic targeting, mass killings, sexual violence, forced starvation, and the displacement of millions of Tigrayans. The government’s narrative now appears increasingly hollow in light of multiple recent revelations. From the outset of the war, Tigrayan leaders and civil society maintained that: . The war was a premeditated genocidal campaign, prepared months in advance. . Tigrayans in the army, civil service, and society were systematically purged, imprisoned, or killed. . The federal government used siege warfare, coordinated attacks with Eritrean and Amhara forces, and blocked humanitarian aid to deliberately inflict suffering on Tigrayan civilians. .Independent investigations, including those by the United Nations and international NGOs, have consistently supported these claims. Taye Dendea’s testimony reinforces calls for the international community to act decisively: 1. Demand full accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict. 2. Insist on the safe and dignified return of displaced Tigrayans, especially those from Western Tigray, still under illegal occupation. 3. Push for full implementation of the Pretoria Agreement, which remains stalled due to the Ethiopian government’s lack of compliance. Taye’s admission provides a stark reminder of the true nature of the war on Tigray a war driven not by constitutional concerns but by ethnic hatred and political calculation. As millions of Tigrayans remain displaced and waiting for justice, and as the Pretoria peace process falters, the world can no longer look away. The victims deserve recognition, justice, and restoration.

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I see many Tegaru rightfully pushing for peace and urging Tigrayan leadership not to go to war. This is completely understandable our people have endured unimaginable pain and suffering over the past few years. I fully support this campaign for peace. But what’s deeply frustrating is that this pressure seems entirely one-sided. While our community pleads for peace, the Ethiopian government is actively mobilizing its army and moving heavy military equipment toward Tigray. And yet, I don’t see the same energy or accountability being demanded from that side. The truth is, no matter how hard we push our leadership for peace, if the federal government decides to launch another invasion, there’s little we can do to stop it. The public on that side won’t resist they’ll likely support and even cheer it on. That’s exactly what happened on November 4: Tigrayans were calling for peace while being persecuted daily, and still, the war was unleashed upon us. Peace cannot be achieved through one-sided restraint. Both sides must be held accountable. Pushing only Tigray to stand down while ignoring federal aggression does not prevent war it enables it

I see many Tegaru rightfully pushing for peace and urging Tigrayan leadership not to go to war. This is completely understandable our people have endured unimaginable pain and suffering over the past few years. I fully support this campaign for peace. But what’s deeply frustrating is that this pressure seems entirely one-sided. While our community pleads for peace, the Ethiopian government is actively mobilizing its army and moving heavy military equipment toward Tigray. And yet, I don’t see the same energy or accountability being demanded from that side. The truth is, no matter how hard we push our leadership for peace, if the federal government decides to launch another invasion, there’s little we can do to stop it. The public on that side won’t resist they’ll likely support and even cheer it on. That’s exactly what happened on November 4: Tigrayans were calling for peace while being persecuted daily, and still, the war was unleashed upon us. Peace cannot be achieved through one-sided restraint. Both sides must be held accountable. Pushing only Tigray to stand down while ignoring federal aggression does not prevent war it enables it

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The Perseverance of Welkait Amhara after 30 years of Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide at the hands of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Today marks the 3 year anniversary of the #MaiKadraMassacre, one of the largest and most gruesome massacre of civilians since war broke out in #Ethiopia on November 4th when TPLF attacked a military command post in Tigray. On November 9th, as TPLF forces were losing ground on all fronts, a Tigrayan youth group named Samri, led by Capt. Kassaye Mehar, went door to door in the town of Mai-Kadra and massacred over 1600 Amhara civilians. Mai-Kadra is a town located in the Amhara ancestral land of Welkait, or what TPLF and their Western backers call Western Tigray. In 1991, when TPLF came to power after the fall of the DERG regime, it annexed Welkait into Tigray and called it West Tigray. It's important to point out that TPLF started its armed struggle with the goal of "liberating" Tigray from Ethiopia, as their name clearly indicates. In order to make this a reality Tigray lacked two things; fertile land and an international border with a neighboring country, as Tigray was encircled by Amhara, Afar, and Eritrea inhabited lands. This is how their plan to annex Welkait (to the west) and Raya (to the south), two Amhara ancestral lands, came about. By annexing these lands as soon as they came to power in 1991 (way before the ethnic based constitution was ratified in 1994), they were able to achieve both goals of getting fertile land and having an international border with Sudan. If you're curious as to why Ethiopia is the only country in the world to have an article in its constitution (Article 39) that gives any of the ethnic based regions the right to secede from Ethiopia, the answer should be obvious by now. TPLF did not add this into the constitution so that Oromia or Somali region can declare independence, it was a parachute they were saving for themselves when they can no longer rule Ethiopia (they lost power in 2018). It's not like TPLF was not warned about the dangers of annexing the Amhara ancestral lands of Welkait and Raya. As @_HornAfrica pointed out in a tweet today, "Haileleul Getahun, in his book 'Assault on Rural Poverty: The Case of Ethiopia,' predicted two decades ago that Tigray annexing Welkait (Amhara lands) will trigger a regional conflict." ------------------------------------------- Excerpt from "Assault on Rural Poverty: The Case of Ethiopia", Published April 18, 2001: Therefore, the government chose to annex the land that was traditionally the home of other ethnic groups by force of arms. 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As time passed, the TPLF evicted the peasants of Northern Gondar and Wollo from their ancestral lands and annexed these areas to Tigray. The ethnically cleansed peasants from these places are now landless paupers, many exploited as cheap farm labor by the expropriators of their land. Others are forced to survive as beggars in Gondar, Dessie, and Bahar Dar. ... Considering the gravity of this situation and its future implications, two prominent Ethiopians from region 3 (Amhara region), the late Dagnew W. Selassie, and Fitaye Assegu wrote a joint memorandum to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, asking him to annul or declare invalid the redrawing of boundaries along ethnic lines. To date, Meles Zenawi has not reacted one way or the other. Although information is scanty, it is now understood that the Ethiopian Patriotic Front (Keffagne), an underground movement for the liberation of Humera, Tselemt, Welkait, and Tsegede is now operating in the region. The TPLF, EPLF, and others started their movements in the same way as the Keffagne. These districts must be returned to their original killils, otherwise a bloody civil war possibly affecting the entire horn of Africa could erupt. ---------------------------------------- Fast forward to today, Welkait and Raya have been restored to their rightful owner and informally incorporated into the Amhara region for the past 3 years after the Federal, Amhara Special forces and Fano freed the areas from TPLF in November 2020. The Federal government has put these areas in a limbo for the past 3 years by refusing to ratify their incorporation into the Amhara region and refusing to release 3 years of budget. These areas have been getting by from budgetary support they're getting from Amhara region and individual contributions from Amharas. The Pretoria agreement that was signed by the Federal government and TPLF last November states that the resolution to these "contested" lands will be done through the constitution, but as stated earlier, these lands were annexed by TPLF in 1991, 3 years prior to when the Ethiopian constitution was adopted (1994). Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 in a recent speech said that the issue will be resolved through a referendum, but as the book by Haileleul Getahum illustrates, TPLF has spent the past 30 plus years ethnically cleansing the native Amhara and settling Tigrayans on these lands. So the Prime Minister saying this will be resolved through referendum is an indirect admission that he wants these lands to be given back to TPLF. This might raise a question of why Abiy would want these lands to be given to TPLF, as TPLF led an insurrection to topple his government. For Abiy, everything is about preserving his power. From his point of view, TPLF is too weak to pose a threat to his power. So handing back these lands to them won't pose a major threat, and will put him in good grace with the US government and can get him IMF and World Bank loans to save the crashing economy. With TPLF and Tigray weakened, the biggest threat to Abiy and his Oromo nationalist government are Amhara, as demonstrated by the all out war he has waged on Amharas since signing the Pretoria agreement. The reason he disband the Amhara Special Forces in April before disarming TPLF, and the reason he has waged a full scale war on Amharas to disarm Fano is to achieve his goal of weakening Amhara and handing over the Amhara ancestral lands of Welkait and Raya to TPLF as part of the Pretoria agreement that was sponsored by the US. The Amhara in Welkait and Raya are steadfast in their determination to live free as proud Amhara, after enduring over 30 years of subjugation at the hands of the ethno-fascist Tigray People's Liberation Front. They are now demanding for their land to be formally recognized as part of the Amhara region and their budget, that has been withheld the past 3 years, to be released. Meanwhile the Amhara in Gojjam, Gondar, Wollo, and Shewa have risen up and are fighting the new ethno-fascist in power, the Oromo Prosperity Party led by Abiy Ahmed, so they can live free as proud Amhara. After 50 years of torment, ethnic cleansing, and institutionalized genocide, the Amhara people have said enough and there is not enough drones or tanks or artilleries that Abiy can use to stop the rise of Amhara. #AmharaRevolution #WarOnAmhara #AmharaGenocide

The Perseverance of Welkait Amhara after 30 years of Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide at the hands of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Today marks the 3 year anniversary of the #MaiKadraMassacre, one of the largest and most gruesome massacre of civilians since war broke out in #Ethiopia on November 4th when TPLF attacked a military command post in Tigray. On November 9th, as TPLF forces were losing ground on all fronts, a Tigrayan youth group named Samri, led by Capt. Kassaye Mehar, went door to door in the town of Mai-Kadra and massacred over 1600 Amhara civilians. Mai-Kadra is a town located in the Amhara ancestral land of Welkait, or what TPLF and their Western backers call Western Tigray. In 1991, when TPLF came to power after the fall of the DERG regime, it annexed Welkait into Tigray and called it West Tigray. It's important to point out that TPLF started its armed struggle with the goal of "liberating" Tigray from Ethiopia, as their name clearly indicates. In order to make this a reality Tigray lacked two things; fertile land and an international border with a neighboring country, as Tigray was encircled by Amhara, Afar, and Eritrea inhabited lands. This is how their plan to annex Welkait (to the west) and Raya (to the south), two Amhara ancestral lands, came about. By annexing these lands as soon as they came to power in 1991 (way before the ethnic based constitution was ratified in 1994), they were able to achieve both goals of getting fertile land and having an international border with Sudan. If you're curious as to why Ethiopia is the only country in the world to have an article in its constitution (Article 39) that gives any of the ethnic based regions the right to secede from Ethiopia, the answer should be obvious by now. TPLF did not add this into the constitution so that Oromia or Somali region can declare independence, it was a parachute they were saving for themselves when they can no longer rule Ethiopia (they lost power in 2018). It's not like TPLF was not warned about the dangers of annexing the Amhara ancestral lands of Welkait and Raya. As @_HornAfrica pointed out in a tweet today, "Haileleul Getahun, in his book 'Assault on Rural Poverty: The Case of Ethiopia,' predicted two decades ago that Tigray annexing Welkait (Amhara lands) will trigger a regional conflict." ------------------------------------------- Excerpt from "Assault on Rural Poverty: The Case of Ethiopia", Published April 18, 2001: Therefore, the government chose to annex the land that was traditionally the home of other ethnic groups by force of arms. The TPLF's major concern appears to be the consolidation of its power base by developing economic resources that will enable it to withstand any attempts from outside Tigray to adversely affect its goal of having the potential to be economically self-sufficient. To this end, the government was very active in developing the necessary infrastructure and resettling Tigrayan returnees from Sudan and demobilized TPLF soldiers in these districts. By resettling Tigrayan returnees and demobilized TPLF soldiers among the Amhara ethnic population, the TPLF tried to change the ethnic configuration of the annexed area with a view to ensuring that the majority of the settlers are from Tigray. To reinforce its plan, the language of instruction in the government primary schools quickly changed from Amharic to Tigregna, even though a substantial number of Amhara families still remained in the districts. As time passed, the TPLF evicted the peasants of Northern Gondar and Wollo from their ancestral lands and annexed these areas to Tigray. The ethnically cleansed peasants from these places are now landless paupers, many exploited as cheap farm labor by the expropriators of their land. Others are forced to survive as beggars in Gondar, Dessie, and Bahar Dar. ... Considering the gravity of this situation and its future implications, two prominent Ethiopians from region 3 (Amhara region), the late Dagnew W. Selassie, and Fitaye Assegu wrote a joint memorandum to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, asking him to annul or declare invalid the redrawing of boundaries along ethnic lines. To date, Meles Zenawi has not reacted one way or the other. Although information is scanty, it is now understood that the Ethiopian Patriotic Front (Keffagne), an underground movement for the liberation of Humera, Tselemt, Welkait, and Tsegede is now operating in the region. The TPLF, EPLF, and others started their movements in the same way as the Keffagne. These districts must be returned to their original killils, otherwise a bloody civil war possibly affecting the entire horn of Africa could erupt. ---------------------------------------- Fast forward to today, Welkait and Raya have been restored to their rightful owner and informally incorporated into the Amhara region for the past 3 years after the Federal, Amhara Special forces and Fano freed the areas from TPLF in November 2020. The Federal government has put these areas in a limbo for the past 3 years by refusing to ratify their incorporation into the Amhara region and refusing to release 3 years of budget. These areas have been getting by from budgetary support they're getting from Amhara region and individual contributions from Amharas. The Pretoria agreement that was signed by the Federal government and TPLF last November states that the resolution to these "contested" lands will be done through the constitution, but as stated earlier, these lands were annexed by TPLF in 1991, 3 years prior to when the Ethiopian constitution was adopted (1994). Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 in a recent speech said that the issue will be resolved through a referendum, but as the book by Haileleul Getahum illustrates, TPLF has spent the past 30 plus years ethnically cleansing the native Amhara and settling Tigrayans on these lands. So the Prime Minister saying this will be resolved through referendum is an indirect admission that he wants these lands to be given back to TPLF. This might raise a question of why Abiy would want these lands to be given to TPLF, as TPLF led an insurrection to topple his government. For Abiy, everything is about preserving his power. From his point of view, TPLF is too weak to pose a threat to his power. So handing back these lands to them won't pose a major threat, and will put him in good grace with the US government and can get him IMF and World Bank loans to save the crashing economy. With TPLF and Tigray weakened, the biggest threat to Abiy and his Oromo nationalist government are Amhara, as demonstrated by the all out war he has waged on Amharas since signing the Pretoria agreement. The reason he disband the Amhara Special Forces in April before disarming TPLF, and the reason he has waged a full scale war on Amharas to disarm Fano is to achieve his goal of weakening Amhara and handing over the Amhara ancestral lands of Welkait and Raya to TPLF as part of the Pretoria agreement that was sponsored by the US. The Amhara in Welkait and Raya are steadfast in their determination to live free as proud Amhara, after enduring over 30 years of subjugation at the hands of the ethno-fascist Tigray People's Liberation Front. They are now demanding for their land to be formally recognized as part of the Amhara region and their budget, that has been withheld the past 3 years, to be released. Meanwhile the Amhara in Gojjam, Gondar, Wollo, and Shewa have risen up and are fighting the new ethno-fascist in power, the Oromo Prosperity Party led by Abiy Ahmed, so they can live free as proud Amhara. After 50 years of torment, ethnic cleansing, and institutionalized genocide, the Amhara people have said enough and there is not enough drones or tanks or artilleries that Abiy can use to stop the rise of Amhara. #AmharaRevolution #WarOnAmhara #AmharaGenocide

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ALERT: Following a drone attack on the house of a member of the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a jirga was called by the Salarzai tribe in Bajaur district. “The state tells use that the Taliban are in Afghanistan, but we know where their families are and who are their facilitators, from now on [if the state is paralysed to act] we will take our revenge ourselves”. There were 8 other demands presented in the Jirga as well that included an end to drone attacks, extortion and restore peace to the region. The jirga said that if the state is unable to manage peace, the resources should be handed over to the tribes to restore peace.

ALERT: Following a drone attack on the house of a member of the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a jirga was called by the Salarzai tribe in Bajaur district. “The state tells use that the Taliban are in Afghanistan, but we know where their families are and who are their facilitators, from now on [if the state is paralysed to act] we will take our revenge ourselves”. There were 8 other demands presented in the Jirga as well that included an end to drone attacks, extortion and restore peace to the region. The jirga said that if the state is unable to manage peace, the resources should be handed over to the tribes to restore peace.

The Khorasan Diary

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The celebration of our people in Birnin Gwari at the return of peace and the revival of economic activities is a clear testament to the success of the Kaduna Peace Model. Through sustained collaboration with our security agencies, traditional leaders, and community stakeholders, we have worked tirelessly to restore safety and stability. This progress strengthens our resolve to secure every community, enhance livelihoods, and ensure that the people of Kaduna State continue to live, work, and thrive in peace.

The celebration of our people in Birnin Gwari at the return of peace and the revival of economic activities is a clear testament to the success of the Kaduna Peace Model. Through sustained collaboration with our security agencies, traditional leaders, and community stakeholders, we have worked tirelessly to restore safety and stability. This progress strengthens our resolve to secure every community, enhance livelihoods, and ensure that the people of Kaduna State continue to live, work, and thrive in peace.

Senator Uba Sani

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The sovereignty of our beloved nation is our most valuable shared asset. We will not permit orchestrated acts of violence to disturb the peace we've upheld since the birth of the white in our national flag. To those instigating anarchy from the shadows, we know you and we are aware of your schemes!

The sovereignty of our beloved nation is our most valuable shared asset. We will not permit orchestrated acts of violence to disturb the peace we've upheld since the birth of the white in our national flag. To those instigating anarchy from the shadows, we know you and we are aware of your schemes!

Hon. Aden Duale, EGH

583,802 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

In the coming days, our teams—government officials and diplomats—will engage in political consultations, while the military personnel will focus on filling the military aspects of the Victory Plan. This can quickly bolster Ukraine’s positions, particularly at the front lines. Everything outlined in the Plan is entirely achievable for our partners. The world has the resources of strengthening, which will allow to move forward according to the Peace Formula. Our goal, our mission, is to ensure a secure and lasting peace for Ukraine. This can only be achieved on the basis of international law, without any compromises on sovereignty or territorial integrity. As outlined in the Peace Formula. Ukraine seeks true and just peace—a guaranteed protection from war. This is possible only in strong positions and only when both our people and our partners are truly united. I am grateful to everyone who is helping and to those ready, like us, to make the coming week historic in many ways.

In the coming days, our teams—government officials and diplomats—will engage in political consultations, while the military personnel will focus on filling the military aspects of the Victory Plan. This can quickly bolster Ukraine’s positions, particularly at the front lines. Everything outlined in the Plan is entirely achievable for our partners. The world has the resources of strengthening, which will allow to move forward according to the Peace Formula. Our goal, our mission, is to ensure a secure and lasting peace for Ukraine. This can only be achieved on the basis of international law, without any compromises on sovereignty or territorial integrity. As outlined in the Peace Formula. Ukraine seeks true and just peace—a guaranteed protection from war. This is possible only in strong positions and only when both our people and our partners are truly united. I am grateful to everyone who is helping and to those ready, like us, to make the coming week historic in many ways.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum that the main objective of the World Economic Forum is to expose the public to a broader range of voices and ideas. He said the WEF is now seeking a deeper understanding and closer engagement with people. The goal is to sell the idea that more global control and less national sovereignty is something the public should accept.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum that the main objective of the World Economic Forum is to expose the public to a broader range of voices and ideas. He said the WEF is now seeking a deeper understanding and closer engagement with people. The goal is to sell the idea that more global control and less national sovereignty is something the public should accept.

Shadow of Ezra

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Breaking News ‼️ Former members of the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), many of them battle-hardened veterans who fought in the 2020–2022 war, organized peaceful demonstrations in Afar against the ruling elite of both groups. Dressed in worn-out uniforms and civilian clothes denounced the TPLF leadership, including figures like Debretsion Gebremichael, Fetlework Gebregziabher, and Tadesse Worede, for systemic corruption, exclusionary governance, and diverting humanitarian aid meant for famine-stricken communities. The central chant echoed through the streets: “Tigray should not be our graveyard!” a direct rebuke to the leadership's failure to address mass starvation (with UN reports citing over 400,000 at risk of famine in 2025), collapsed healthcare, and the exodus of youth fleeing conscription and poverty while they are preparing for another round of war. This wave of dissent marks the most significant challenge to TPLF authority since the Pretoria Agreement, fueled by leaked documents showing millions in donor funds unaccounted for and luxury vehicles purchased for party officials while 91% of Tigray remains food insecure. These oligarchs are also preparing and promoting for another war with the federal government.

Breaking News ‼️ Former members of the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), many of them battle-hardened veterans who fought in the 2020–2022 war, organized peaceful demonstrations in Afar against the ruling elite of both groups. Dressed in worn-out uniforms and civilian clothes denounced the TPLF leadership, including figures like Debretsion Gebremichael, Fetlework Gebregziabher, and Tadesse Worede, for systemic corruption, exclusionary governance, and diverting humanitarian aid meant for famine-stricken communities. The central chant echoed through the streets: “Tigray should not be our graveyard!” a direct rebuke to the leadership's failure to address mass starvation (with UN reports citing over 400,000 at risk of famine in 2025), collapsed healthcare, and the exodus of youth fleeing conscription and poverty while they are preparing for another round of war. This wave of dissent marks the most significant challenge to TPLF authority since the Pretoria Agreement, fueled by leaked documents showing millions in donor funds unaccounted for and luxury vehicles purchased for party officials while 91% of Tigray remains food insecure. These oligarchs are also preparing and promoting for another war with the federal government.

Habtish Gurmu (Commentary)

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🇪🇹 Thousands in Addis Ababa Protest Alleged Forced Recruitment in Tigray Thousands rallied in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday against an alleged campaign of forced conscription by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in a pro-government protest organized by a coalition of Tigrayan opposition parties. Tigray is a mountainous region in northern Ethiopia, bordering Eritrea and home to some 6 million people. From 2020 to 2022, it was the center of one of this century’s deadliest wars. The TPLF had dominated Ethiopia’s national government for nearly three decades before falling out with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose rise to power in 2018 ended the party’s dominance. Fighting erupted in November 2020, drawing in Ethiopian federal forces and troops from neighboring Eritrea, the TPLF’s longtime enemy. Estimates of the dead range from roughly 160,000 to as high as 600,000, with many dying from direct fighting, and also from starvation and the collapse of healthcare during the war and federal blockade. A November 2022 peace agreement ended the fighting but left major underlying disputes unresolved. Now the region is sliding back toward confrontation. The TPLF reasserted control over Tigray’s political administration on May 5, displacing the federal-backed interim administration established under the peace deal, and issued a June proclamation mandating military service. Human Rights Watch reported on July 6 that Tigrayan authorities and forces have been abducting and forcibly recruiting civilians, including boys as young as 15, through nighttime raids on homes and recruitment drives at offices and gold-mining sites. Protesters in Addis Ababa carried banners reading, “The Ethiopian government must fulfil its duty to protect the people of Tigray.” The federal government has separately accused the TPLF of sending fighters to Sudan, without providing evidence, with protestors holding signs reading “Stop trafficking combatants to Sudan!” 🎥 Melat Kiros, the Ethiopian-born, Tigrayan-American Democratic nominee for Denver’s overwhelmingly Democratic congressional district, recently spoke with Drop Site about her upbringing, her family’s experience during the devastating war in Tigray, and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis it left behind. That interview is linked in reply. Below, in a recent conversation in Denver on the Voice of Tegaru channel, Kiros discusses civic engagement and the importance of connecting the Tigrayan cause with struggles across the Global South and with issues facing communities in the United States. Melat Kiros for Congress, CO-1 | Drop Site

🇪🇹 Thousands in Addis Ababa Protest Alleged Forced Recruitment in Tigray Thousands rallied in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday against an alleged campaign of forced conscription by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in a pro-government protest organized by a coalition of Tigrayan opposition parties. Tigray is a mountainous region in northern Ethiopia, bordering Eritrea and home to some 6 million people. From 2020 to 2022, it was the center of one of this century’s deadliest wars. The TPLF had dominated Ethiopia’s national government for nearly three decades before falling out with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose rise to power in 2018 ended the party’s dominance. Fighting erupted in November 2020, drawing in Ethiopian federal forces and troops from neighboring Eritrea, the TPLF’s longtime enemy. Estimates of the dead range from roughly 160,000 to as high as 600,000, with many dying from direct fighting, and also from starvation and the collapse of healthcare during the war and federal blockade. A November 2022 peace agreement ended the fighting but left major underlying disputes unresolved. Now the region is sliding back toward confrontation. The TPLF reasserted control over Tigray’s political administration on May 5, displacing the federal-backed interim administration established under the peace deal, and issued a June proclamation mandating military service. Human Rights Watch reported on July 6 that Tigrayan authorities and forces have been abducting and forcibly recruiting civilians, including boys as young as 15, through nighttime raids on homes and recruitment drives at offices and gold-mining sites. Protesters in Addis Ababa carried banners reading, “The Ethiopian government must fulfil its duty to protect the people of Tigray.” The federal government has separately accused the TPLF of sending fighters to Sudan, without providing evidence, with protestors holding signs reading “Stop trafficking combatants to Sudan!” 🎥 Melat Kiros, the Ethiopian-born, Tigrayan-American Democratic nominee for Denver’s overwhelmingly Democratic congressional district, recently spoke with Drop Site about her upbringing, her family’s experience during the devastating war in Tigray, and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis it left behind. That interview is linked in reply. Below, in a recent conversation in Denver on the Voice of Tegaru channel, Kiros discusses civic engagement and the importance of connecting the Tigrayan cause with struggles across the Global South and with issues facing communities in the United States. Melat Kiros for Congress, CO-1 | Drop Site

Drop Site

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Tigray President: Ethiopia Broke the Truce on Day One “The agreement was violated from day one when we began disarming heavy weapons,” he said—accusing the federal govt of failing to ensure the withdrawal of Amhara and Eritrean forces from #Tigray as stipulated in the accord. 1/

Tigray President: Ethiopia Broke the Truce on Day One “The agreement was violated from day one when we began disarming heavy weapons,” he said—accusing the federal govt of failing to ensure the withdrawal of Amhara and Eritrean forces from #Tigray as stipulated in the accord. 1/

Yonas Nigussie

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EU's von der Leyen: The agreement should open the door to wider talks and lead to the end of Iran's nuclear and ballistic programs. There can be no lasting peace while Lebanon remains in flames. We call for a genuine ceasefire and the full respect for Lebanon's sovereignty. Once again, we've seen our energy dependency being weaponized.

EU's von der Leyen: The agreement should open the door to wider talks and lead to the end of Iran's nuclear and ballistic programs. There can be no lasting peace while Lebanon remains in flames. We call for a genuine ceasefire and the full respect for Lebanon's sovereignty. Once again, we've seen our energy dependency being weaponized.

Clash Report

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