EEPA Situation Report, Horn of Africa, No. 323- 02 December, 2022 https://t.co/SZIaNHeZ6v
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) December 3, 2022
#ASDailyScoop:@flyethiopian says preparations underway to resume regular flights to #Tigray region https://t.co/3EqRXDs6BO The CEO said that #Mekelle & #Shire airports are in good condition & convenient to resume flights,whereas adjustments are needed to be done for #Axum airport
— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) November 23, 2022
Martin Plaut Posts On The Horn Africa
The staggering death toll in the Tigray war has not sunk in. Estimated 383,000 to 600,000 civilians died November 2020 – August 2022. Combatant deaths on all sides start at 250,000 and range up to 600,000
Total deaths: 633,000 – 1.2 millionhttps://t.co/mM5R0zxFhw
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 22, 2022
EEPA Situation Report, Horn of Africa, No. 314- 21 November, 2022 https://t.co/PFzclnkhOl
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 21, 2022
The largest war in the world: Hundreds of thousands killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict https://t.co/mM5R0zxFhw
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 21, 2022
“For the November peace deal to hold, the Ethiopian government is most likely to succeed if it trains rebel commanders in peacebuilding.” Rebels? The Tigrayans have an elected government – they are no rag-tag undisciplined hoard of fighters https://t.co/ynfI0eKMqf
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 19, 2022
U.S. Senate: Sanction Ethiopia for using rape as a weapon of war – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/jYUNymukWB via @UKChange
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 20, 2022
A great deep dive into Ethiopia’s war in Tigray. I’m sure all sides would happy to throw buckets of mud at some of the conclusions – but that’s often a sign of good reporting. https://t.co/8d6fCJZtPh
— will ross (@willintune) November 19, 2022
Catherine Belton presenting the Magnitsky prize for outstanding journalist goes to Lucy Kassa for her work exposing atrocities (mass graves, detention camps, sex slavery) against ethnic Tigrayans in the civil war in N. Ethiopia. She faced death threats and forced to live in exile pic.twitter.com/9UYIZh739H
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) November 16, 2022
Amhara nationalist claims over Western Tigray are a smokescreen for ethnic cleansing https://t.co/L54OQ2ZcZy
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 17, 2022
UK House of Commons debates Ethiopia war https://t.co/7gZ48XmoE5
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 17, 2022
Foreigners who visit #Eritrea feel sorry for Eritreans!
Suprise how empty Asmara streets are!
They wonder what the containers are holding! pic.twitter.com/RvtGTavnYY— Y (@Yes2Now_) November 16, 2022
Full text of Modalities for Implementing the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Tigray, signed Nairobi 12 November 2022 https://t.co/GhzWqa6Fgd
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 14, 2022
Why Ethiopia peace deal banks on Eritrea’s next military move – “For the Eritreans, there was an unfortunately more sinister motive, from the way they conducted themselves that this was one of vengeance.” https://t.co/SAGKBzs0QQ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 13, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa, No. 307- 09 November 2022 https://t.co/uQvdbNPmBM
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 9, 2022
The USA’s periodic review of relations with Eritrea. In a word: scathinghttps://t.co/fzKyqaouX5
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 9, 2022
The Cessation of Hostilities Agreement as an instrument for creating better Tigray https://t.co/DHyx0Z1QRZ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 9, 2022
Ethiopia’s Redwan Hussien briefing on Tigray agreement, as military leaders due to meet https://t.co/9eVpXR9eRe
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 7, 2022
Analysis of the Ethiopia – Tigray peace agreement https://t.co/C7Oyam2MSx
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) November 3, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa, No. 301- 31 October 2022 https://t.co/7ofdpU4ra5
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 31, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa, No 300 – 28 October 2022 https://t.co/ER3nwNLIVY
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 28, 2022
Statement by General Tadesse Worede, Commander of Tigray Defense Forces https://t.co/bX9HVczVXv
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 28, 2022
Tigray’s resistance will grow in the face of adversity https://t.co/98rB4VN90U
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 27, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa, No. 296 – 24 October 2022 https://t.co/JkaUJKZl4i
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 24, 2022
U.S. Sec Blinken spoke with Kenya’s President, William Ruto, and “commended his critical role in regional peace talks” ahead of today’s Tigray negotiations. He also spoke with South Africa’s Minister Naledi Pandor, “on how to make peace talks successful”https://t.co/tWoFC9IoYH
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 24, 2022
As many as 600,000 civilians have died in the Tigray conflict up to the end of August, according to a new estimate from Jan Nyssen at Ghent University. Up to 200,000 people are estimated to have died from starvation and 100,000 from direct killings. https://t.co/XhIFWdyv3N
— Mark Anderson (@markc_anderson) October 19, 2022
The failure of western diplomacy in the Tigray war https://t.co/iwdHkOwvu0
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 20, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa – No 292- 18 October 2022 https://t.co/0bzVgncmh8
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 18, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa – No 291 – 17 October 2022 https://t.co/aR4bf6A7Bn
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 17, 2022
Eritrea detains Catholic bishop – sources
The reasons behind the detention of the bishop and the two priests are unknown. https://t.co/0m9HGN2TZF— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 17, 2022
Application Global Human Rights Sanctions regime to Eritrea State actors https://t.co/isj2ZW6m0P
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 16, 2022
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 3, 2022
Tigray faces a new onslaught by Eritrean-Ethiopian forces https://t.co/tQ29QdMtdr
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 15, 2022
EEPA – Situation Report, Horn of Africa, No. 287- 11 October 2022 https://t.co/myUoze9GES
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 11, 2022
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 7, 2022
The mass exodus of Ethiopian Somalis to Sitti Zone https://t.co/5FY2E0IObZ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 11, 2022
EEPA Situation Report – Horn of Africa No 286, 10 October 2022 https://t.co/CiS17FtjYZ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 10, 2022
The state of the Ethiopian and Eritrean offensives against Tigray https://t.co/6xbL5r5VMU
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 10, 2022
Uhuru Kenyatta “won’t attend Ethiopia peace talks in South Africa” https://t.co/C92ChEHfFJ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 7, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa – No. 284 – 06 October 2022 https://t.co/VaVbF92E0i
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 6, 2022
General Tsadkan Gebretensae’s assessment of the Tigray war https://t.co/jjHz8e8X0m
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 6, 2022
Babies in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care for over 5 million people, according to the most sweeping study yet of the sufferinghttps://t.co/pXSaJ37OMG
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 6, 2022
European Parliament resolution on Tigray https://t.co/AMlmIzFFiE
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 6, 2022
Alex de Waal utterly dismissive of the international committee’s attempts to resolve the Tigray war…I wonder…https://t.co/JS987cML8j
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 5, 2022
What “crimes” have been committed by aid workers in #Tigray?
It is a shame dat UN, world’s top conflict resolution body, cannot rescue its staff trapped in Mekelle Tigray
All parties to Tigray conflict receive foreign aid but they are trying their best to humiliate aid agencies pic.twitter.com/Num4VZjwNR
— Sajid Nadeem (@sajid_nadeem78) September 27, 2022
Some people quote the UN Charter suggesting it can do nothing about the tragic war in #Tigray because Ethiopia is sovereign. This is selective quoting.
Read the UN Charter in full, promising “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”https://t.co/tS2F9UfcTx
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 4, 2022
EEPA Situation Report – Horn of Africa – No. 280 – 30 September 2022 https://t.co/FEfqqTbp0x
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 30, 2022
Ethiopia: Statement by EU Commissioner Lenarčič on the humanitarian situation and International Humanitarian Law in northern Ethiopia https://t.co/DnQypz97wJ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 30, 2022
Superb documentary of one of the Tigray war’s worst atrocitieshttps://t.co/UfMAQsEOvX
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 30, 2022
UN Security Council discussed Ethiopia and Tigray war on Wednesday – but only behind closed doors https://t.co/kkiKykniKk
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 29, 2022
US State Department “We’ve also been very clear with Eritrea and Eritrean authorities that they must withdraw to their borders immediately and for Eritrea and others to cease fueling the conflict.” https://t.co/bby6SpwW2a
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 28, 2022
EEPA – Situation Report Horn of Africa No. 277, 27 September 2022 https://t.co/Vpr1TBG8ZI
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 27, 2022
Getachew Reda said that it wasn’t safe for him to be on the phone. After he had made a call a few days earlier, a drone strike targeted his home in Mekelle. “It was a direct hit,” he said. “I don’t know how I survived.” #Tigray #Ethiopia https://t.co/Sx76u7kUzZ
— Mohamed Kheir Omer (@mkheirom) September 26, 2022
Is Russia winning over the developing world by its propaganda? https://t.co/vTeQdufOjB
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 25, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa No. 273, 21 September 2022 https://t.co/pv65ypHmKs
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 21, 2022
UN investigators said Monday they believed Ethiopia’s government was behind ongoing crimes against humanity in Tigray, and warned the resumption of the conflict there increased the risk of “further atrocity crimes”https://t.co/ga7DQcSzMg via @RFI_En
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 20, 2022
CATEGORY: ETHIOPIA
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa No. 267, 13 September 2022 https://t.co/VccTAaoEKA
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 13, 2022
What chance of success for the Tigray peace talks? https://t.co/l2s9hir8uM
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 12, 2022
The Government of Tigray’s Stance on a Peaceful Resolution of the Current Conflict – Tghat https://t.co/zCMCQP1qtp
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 12, 2022
The right of the people of Oromia to shape their future is unquestionable. I just wish that the road ahead was not so hard and everyone in the Horn could find a path to peace and prosperity for all its wonderful people and peoples. https://t.co/ThUp2CyspZ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 11, 2022
CATEGORY: ETHIOPIA
“The U.S. Should Support The Tigray Defense Forces” https://t.co/1Ceo1qBPCQ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 10, 2022
EEPA Situation Report Horn of Africa No. 265, 09 September 2022 https://t.co/35jaJYFJ26
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. https://t.co/Bc6wKVXoLJ
— Farhan Jimale (@farhanjimale) September 8, 2022
Decine di ragazzi reclutati a forza dal regime durante la Messa https://t.co/VPc0oZnYao
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 7, 2022
The Ethiopian Catholic Church, on her own and jointly with other religious institutes, has frequently called for all parties to avail for peace regarding the war in northern Ethiopia. We are deeply saddened to note that the war has resumed in the area https://t.co/Y8RWEP7wmB
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 5, 2022
Etiopia, nuovo scontro tra le forze governative ed eritree contro le forze di difesa del Tigray – Focus On Africa – https://t.co/xti2OcPcLC
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) September 3, 2022
EEPA Situation Report – Horn of Africa – No 257, 30 August 2022
30/08/2022
Has the Ethiopian army been routed as the Tigrayan military drives southwards?
29/08/2022
AFRICA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, HORN OF AFRICA
What we know – or think we know – about the renewed war in Tigray
24/08/2022
Next PFDJ “festival” scheduled for Norway on 3rd September. This is all about controlling the Eritrean diaspora and extracting taxes from them pic.twitter.com/DGZXwkRUs0
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) August 22, 2022
A clear statement of the Ethiopian government’s position on peace talks with the government of Tigray. Full of accusations; hardly conducive to the start of negotiations https://t.co/6S82VbJ2RM
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) August 21, 2022
Tigray clashes as tensions rise ahead of possible peace talks https://t.co/fYA2jan0MQ
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) August 20, 2022
“Reports from inside Tigray say many women and girls are being forced to turn to sex work to survive while others suggest there has been an increase in suicide.” https://t.co/63rkbR2jYi
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) August 19, 2022
