By agreeing to a truce in the civil war, the Ethiopian government has effectively abandoned its original objective of eliminating the #TPLF as an independent political entity in control of Tigray. The Amhara elites are undoubtedly seething.

የሶስተኛ አለም ኮምሽንና የእውነት ሰዎች ተገላላይ (mutually exclusive ) ናቸው። ኮምሽኑ ካለ የእውነት ሰዎች ውስጡ የሉም፤ የእውነት ሰዎች ውስጡ ካሉ ኮምሽኑ የለም።

[Update May 13/22] Statement from the Welkait Tegede Amhara Identity Restoration Committee & its leader Colonel Demeke Zewdu in response to TPLF finalizing preparations to wage war on Amhara & attempt to re-annex Welkait, where indigenous Amhara residents faced years of genocide.

Tuesday May 24, 2022, in Amhara region of eastern Gojam region of Bubegne county, 13 yr old shepherd was fatally shot three times under the suspicion of being a Fano member. #massarrestofamhara #AmharaUnderAttack United Nations Geneva António Guterres UNICEF Ethiopia UN Human Rights Council BBC Breaking News

There is no safe place in Ethiopia for Amhara people. Everyday from infants to elders are being slaughtered by Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 lead promo extremists as well as TPLF lead terrorists. #AmharaGenocide

አሁንስ በጣም በጣም....በጣም በዛ😣😡😡😣

Ethiopia: more than 200 Amhara people killed in attack blamed on rebels theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…

መንግስት ትጥቅ ካላስፈታሁ ሞቼ እገኛለሁ ብሎ የሚፎገላው በወይናደጋ በጭልጋ፣ በጥሙጋ፤ በእናርጅ እናውጋ... ኒኦፋሺስቶቹ ህዝብን ያለከልካይ፣ በሰይጣናዊ ጭካኔ የሚጨፈጭፉት በቤኒሻንጉልና በወለጋ!!!!

ናዕተ እነሆ youtu.be/1hMVeENjVew

A suffocating shadow of hate and intolerance has been cast over the Amhara people in Ethiopia. Communities of all groups need to unite against this poison. My new essay - counterpunch.org/2023/04/21/eth…

PRESS STATEMENT President Buhari Approves Postponement of 2023 Census President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration.

I won’t say I wasn’t expecting this.

That being said i would support a postponement rather than a shoddy job. Getting our population right is the first &arguably most critical step in planning. Once that’s wrong any policy, program or project based on or targeting people is already destined to fail unless it’s luck

Thanks presenters and attendees at our Census Microdata Workshop--getting warmed up for #isiwsc2023 in Ottawa! INE Honduras INEGI INFORMA INE Guatemala INE Paraguay IPUMS CED Barcelona IBGE Comunica

An Ethiopian army drone has bombed protesters in Amhara, killing at least 70, local media reports. Air strikes reportedly hit demonstrators, who'd gathered in the town of Finote Selam to protest federal forces who planned to enter the area. bbc.in/3DUTtju

Was privileged to speak to PhD scholars as guest speaker at the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund guest webinar series for South Saharan Africa Universities on issue of data and statistics. Very rich exchange of knowledge ⁦ECA⁩ ⁦Research. Innovate. Transform⁩

ECA | ACS - African Centre for Statistics ECA organized a successful StatsTalkAfrica Webinar on Using LLM for Complex Information Extraction and Classification Tasks in Economics & Statistics. More than 100 attendees, #StatsTalkAfrica #LLM #Economics #Statistics #OfficialStatistics #DataDialogues

🎉 Momentous Milestone 🎉: We're thrilled with the completion of the six-week Census Preparedness Review, a pivotal exercise that covered key areas crucial for the success of our census project. 📊 I'd like to extend our thanks to Office for National Statistics (ONS) and ECA | ACS - African Centre for Statistics for their invaluable support

Twenty innocent civilians, among them three teachers, including a female teacher and her baby, tragically killed in a drone strike on a school in Ankober Worede, in the Shewa district of the Amhara region. Reports confirm the school was consumed by flames following the strike.