Getachew Assefa

#Ethiopia-#Eritrea Rift: A Shifting Narrative of Alliances and Accusations umdmedia.com/2024/12/ethi...

It was a good read.. thanks.

Am wondering if you covered Florence in depth as well. Can’t wait to read it.

Thanks.. great! Trying to DM you.. please follow back.

Is #Sweden staying neutral here once again, as always?😜

openly opposed the #UnitedStates' push for negotiations at the time saying,

“The audacity of #America to tell the bandits and the government to sit at the table and negotiate reflects the extent of their disdain for #Ethiopia.” 3/3

including meetings with members of #Congress, to lobby on behalf of #AbiyAhmed amid pressure to end the war, Archbishop Fanuel of the Diocese of #Washington, D.C., and its environs 2/3

Efforts to promote #peace during the genocidal war on #Tigray were met with strong resistance from certain clergy of the #Ethiopian #Orthodox Tewahedo Church, including some bishops. After leading a delegation of 11 bishops to U.S. government offices, 1/3

Am curious what note/reference 172 is.

Thanks a lot. Would love to read it.

Her visible delight at my response was heartwarming, and I truly meant every word.

Forever grateful for the teachers who guide and nurture our children.4/4

rarely take the time to meet with teachers. I explained that I made it a point to meet all of his teachers because I believe that parents and teachers are partners in raising children—and that meeting each teacher is just as important as connecting with the other parents in my child's life. 3/4

she apologized for the class being below his level and even suggested he could teach the course to avoid boredom. At that point, Zeki asked if he would be paid for his efforts 😂.
Afterward, she expressed gratitude for our meeting, noting that parents of students in elective courses 2/4

Yesterday, I attended a parent-teacher meeting for my children. I scheduled appointments with all nine of my Grade 9 son's teachers, including his PE teacher and the instructors for his elective courses, French and Sports Performance. During the meeting with the French teacher, 1/4

Do we know their names? Was this before Florence?

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

If there's one journo in the Horn of Africa with a lived experience mirroring the journos of Gaza, it's my good friend @millionh.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Tigray amidst genocide & a humanitarian siege.

He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English.

Welcome to Bsky!

Solange’s ‘Eldorado Ballroom’ offered a transcendent soundtrack for the grief of a year of genocide In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in…

In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in community.

Addressing illegal gold mining: International policy priorities Held in partnership with the World Gold Council, this panel of experts examines the global Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) landscape and propose policy priorities essential for fostering ...

Ethiopia, the sector’s informality is tied to the nation’s volatile security dynamics, with illicit gold mining proliferating as non-state actors compete for control in conflict-prone regions such as Tigray.
#StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining
@getachew.bsky.social
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My bad.. @zekuzelalem.bsky.social

Many thanks brother, @zechharvey.bsky.social, for bringing me to this cool side of the social networking isle and for your generous words 🙏

In Ethiopia, mass detention signals shrinking press freedom Twenty-two media employees have been arrested across Ethiopia this year alone.

THREAD: Ethiopian press set to integrate BlueSky. Over the course of a brutal civil war that killed an estimated half a million people in Ethiopia between 2020-2022, our free press was decimated.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom