"A Southern Light at the end of the Tunnel"
Awasa Guardian (AG) | In-Depth Analysis The former United Nations (UN) relief chief Mark Lowcock has been accused of writing statements that go beyond criticizing the Ethiopian government, into pushing conspiracy theories advanced by the TPLF rebel group in Tigray. Some of his claims contradict even moderate rebel voices and independent observers, including the U.N. […]
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Popular Tigrayan journalist Hermela Aregawi, who previously criticized the Ethiopian government, spoke-out against Tigray rebels that are accused by the UN for starving Tigrayans by delaying aid transport. The high-profile Tigrayan reporter shocked many of her followers when she revealed that pro-rebel Tigrayans declared they “don’t want aid to get to people because it will […]
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Ethiopia and Samantha Power’s militarized humanitarianism By Abebe Gellaw USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s much-hyped mission to Ethiopia flopped on her arrival. What awaited her was not a fanfare of warm reception that American officials are normally guaranteed. She was given the cold shoulder. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed snubbed her in a stinging manner even though […]
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An AFP News agency photojournalist accused Amnesty International (AI) of misusing his photo for “unrelated” and debunked story of alleged ethnic profiling of Tigrayans in Ethiopia. AFP journalist Amanuel Sileshi asked Amnesty on Friday to “take down the photo.” The controversy began after a rise in Ethiopian government’s crackdown on supporters of the Tigrayan Peoples […]
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By Admasu Ashango * In 1884, European colonizers held the Berlin conference to carve up Africa and to “civilize” black people claiming that Africans were savages, inferior and “white man’s burden.” Over a century later, African people know that such racist “civilizing mission” rationale has mostly been replaced with a new pretext: a “humanitarian mission.” […]
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Days before BBC Tigrigna journalist Desta Gebremedhin picked up an AK-47 to join the TPLF insurgency, several VOA Tigrigna staffers were downplaying atrocities by the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) in Tigray. The situation escalated when current and former Tigrayan employees of VOA who supported TPLF began defaming VOA Amharic employees for not portraying only […]
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African-American actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish got praised by black lives matter activists this week for criticizing “racist” US foreign policy against Africa. President Joe Biden’s administration has come under fire for imposing economic sanctions against already poor Ethiopia and Eritrea, while providing billions of dollars for Egypt. At the center of the controversy is […]
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(AG) – The controversial source of CNN’s latest report in Tigray, Stalin Gebreselassie, once claimed the TPLF fighters had “zero casualties” during the conflict, according to a Tigrayan whistleblower. Stalin’s unrealistic statement on the death toll figure was one of his many bizarre comments, including telling CNN’s Sudanese journalist Nima Elbagir that Ethiopian soldiers are […]
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By Francesca Ronchin (Italian TV Journalist RAI, LA7/ contributor for Panorama, Corriere Della sera) Here the English version of my story on the mystery of Axum massacre in Tigray for Panorama.it AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT A MASSACRE BY ERITREAN MILITARIES WITH HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS IN AXUM, ETHIOPIA.HOWEVER, THE FINDINGS ARE MISSING, IN […]
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British politician Alex De Waal admitted Tuesday that he has connections with Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters, who sparked a deadly insurrection in northern Ethiopia. He was the key analyst used by a New York Times (NYT) article spreading TPLF propaganda of “ethnic cleansing” in Tigray, without providing evidence. (Alex De Waal also became […]
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