The situation in Ethiopia is spiraling out of control. The social fabric is being ripped apart & civilians are paying a horrific price. Hostilities in Tigray must end now – including the immediate withdrawal and disengagement of Eritrean armed forces from Ethiopia.

Tonight at 8pm EST H-Panel - #Mekelle, #AddisAbaba & #Pretoria: climate of #war and #peace Faisal Roble Zeke Tsegay Tekleselassie youtu.be/e-0ROXVnrkY

War crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed against civilians in Tigray. #SaveCiviliansInTigray #ChildrenOfTigray

The cruelty of #TigrayGenocide, with denial, apathy, & hate coming out of “intellectuals” & complete apathy of the international community is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in my life. They didn’t teach us what a genocide looks like in action, only taught about after the fact.

Furthermore, lasting peace requires inclusion and justice. There must be accountability for the atrocities, which include ethnic cleansing, starvation as a weapon of war, mass rape, and mass detentions of #Tigrayan civilians. (3/4)

The most courageous choose peace.

Aid agencies are quite on the most pressing issue of humanitarian aid to Tigray while financial bodies are talking about a package to the Ethiopian government in defiance of the spirit of the COHA.Often,that is how international institutional priorities stand in the way of peace.

Everything we do, every move we make, or every agreement we sign is driven by the need to ensure the interest of the people of Tigray. Peace is what our people need more than anything. Whether we will deliver on our promise in a manner that satisfies our people time will tell. We

"Nothing is moving" World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says no food or medicine has reached Tigray despite the signing of a ceasefire last week. An Ethiopian official says Dr Tedros is undermining the agreement & that food & medicine were reaching Tigray. bbc.in/3UKnwkl

Phone & internet connections to #Tigray are still down, and foreign journalists and human rights researchers remain barred from the region, complicating efforts to verify reports from the area of ongoing violence. (AP)

Last Thursday, I had an extensive discussion on #Tigray and #Ethiopia with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who clearly has an extensive knowledge of this tragic conflict. [A Thread]

Why is the months-long humanitarian tragedy in Tigray not on the agenda of the international community? Is the fact that tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced from their homes of no concern to the rest of the world? #JusticeForTigrayPeople

Just done a powerful interview with #TPLF spokesman Getachew K Reda Having signed peace deal with #Ethiopia Govt he says ‘we make painful concessions so our people could survive’. After half a million civilian deaths is the end of #Tigray’s suffering in sight? BBC HARDtalk

The USG says #Ethiopia is no longer engaging in a pattern of gross #HumanRights violations, just 3 months after determining its forces committed #WarCrimes and #CrimesAgainstHumanity. Nicole Widdersheim asks what that says about US #atrocities determinations: justsecurity.org/87320/why-say-…

A more coordinated approach is required to bridge the skills gap and mismatch between job-seekers and #employers in Addis Ababa, write Lukas Hensel 🇺🇦, Tsegay Tekleselassie, and Marc Witte for the latest IGC blog. You can read their study below. theigc.org/blogs/bridging…

Food and Agriculture Organization food award to Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed ignores the plight of millions of food insecure people in the country and the govt's use of starvation as a weapon of war during the two year armed conflict in #Tigray hrw.org/news/2024/01/3…

Ethiopia food crisis threatens ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ on.ft.com/3HMHdDF

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is Tsegay Tekleselassie, visiting at Wellesley from the Policy Studies Institute in Ethiopia who works on topics related to development, labor + political economy sites.google.com/view/tsegaytek…

Paper accepted in Oxford Development Studies; will share once it is published online. Happy Friday to all ODS #EconTwitter Wellesley College Economics Department

Check out my commentary published in The Conversation: Ethiopia’s bold economic reforms target stability and growth, but they come with risks Wellesley College Economics Department theconversation.com/ethiopias-bold… via The Conversation Africa