Tigray Exacts Punishing Cost on #Ethiopia’s Western Advances

By artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 2:14am |

#Ethiopia and #Eritrea soldiers are surrendering en mass to #Tigray . These are the latest prisoners of war shown on TV. https://t.co/Tnez86CA4r
— Kamal Hassan (@Kamaldacas) September 14, 2022

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https://twitter.com/Kamaldacas/status/1569925692942589952?s=20&t=diiLawce0LUoWs08AUdFEw

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found retweeted by Rashid Abdi @RAbdiAnalyst

Chief Analyst. Horn of Africa, Gulf. Depth, insight, nuance. Security, military, politics, geopolitics, strategy, plus dark humour. Fellow Rift Valley Institute. Nairobi, Kenya. sahan.global

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 2:18am

He also just retweeted these:

It's time Abiy resign before Ethiopia collapses. https://t.co/gTV9al0Xzp
— GuledWiliq (@GuledWiliq) September 14, 2022

Ethiopia now ranks with Eritrea as the biggest jailers of journalists in sub-Saharan Africa, a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists says.

At least 63 journalists and media workers have been arrested in Ethiopia since the Tigray conflict broke out in November 2020
— Mustafa Bağ (@mustafa__bag) September 13, 2022

Denying the #TigrayGenocide is a way to justify the murders of #Tigrayan civilians.

Pay attention.

These are crimes against humanity.

The targeted attacks are occurring on a daily basis.#Tigray
— Sarah Mojarad (@Sarah_Mojarad) September 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 2:32am

and another:

They were involuntary sent to military training center. Now, they are surrendered voluntarily. #AbiyMustGo https://t.co/ZrOlIETUUI
— Dhibbisaa (@LDhibbisaa) September 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 2:36am

Biden's related Sept. 9 Executive Order -

25/25@JoeBiden:"In accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14046 with respect to Ethiopia."#StopWarOnTigray #TigrayGenocide @Heh https://t.co/GhvZPILVlx
— ) (@HehHeh93725868) September 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 2:49am

Sept. 10:

Tigray President Calls on Ethiopian, Eritrean Troops to Surrender

BREAKING: #Tigray President Dr Debretsion Gebremichael has appealed to #Ethiopian and #Eritrean forces to surrender rather than die in vain. “If you surrender to our forces, we'll offer you our usual cooperation.” pic.twitter.com/0z2yLNialf
— Yonas Nigussie (@Yonigussie) September 10, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 3:00am

When you target hospitals and other civilian areas that have no military value with missile strikes that's terrorism. It's also a war crime. But of course we cant say that because it would make achieving a diplomatic settlement that much harder. https://t.co/sXyy71YJnk
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) September 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:31pm

The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki. Eritrea’s dictator makes his move on Tigray. No country in the world has a purer autocracy than . #TigrayGenocide #NoFlyZoneInTigray @SecBlinken @UN @POTUS @antonioguterres @RigatGrmay https://t.co/lojiAtKWWX
— Rigat Tigraweti (@RigatGrmay) September 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 2:46am

published Sept. 13:

NEW Alex de Waal the latest on the #Tigray peace agreement.

Unfortunately, "Ethiopia publicly claims it has the military upper hand, and the 'twitter lions' are crowing that the Tigrayan offer shows that the TDF is defeated.https://t.co/V3W5t7OLtT
— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) September 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 3:04am

I'm sorry, i missed the Hillary tie-in noting where (everywhere!) she's responsible - Hal will be gravely disappointed.

Well-written articles. Scary as hell re: a corner we get snippets from, but not a deep-dive like this.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 4:02am

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