70+ worshippers at the Al-Safiya Mosque in El Fasher were killed in an RSF drone strike today, Friday, when Jumah services means mosques are full. The UAE, which backs the RSF despite it being accused of genocide, continues to face no scrutiny from its western security partners, including the US.

After 14 years, the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric power dam on the Nile River, is complete. The dam was officially inaugurated. It is a huge achievement for Ethiopia, with hopes that the power generated can reduce poverty & power shortages.

Sigh. Orgs/individuals responsible for supporting genocides, tyrants & downplaying human suffering in Syria, Bosnia, Ethiopia & elsewhere continue to be given prominent leadership/organizer roles in Palestinian solidarity movements across North America. Solidarity shouldn't enable erasure.

It has been 3 years since our vocational school offering free education for MDW and refugees returnees in Ethiopia was launched. On Saturday, the latest group of 226 students graduated, completing courses in clothes design, sewing or hairstyling. The courses being free isn’t the point…

Keep their voices alive.

Saudi Arabia just executed Jalal al-Labbad for crimes during the Arab Spring, when he was 15. His brother Fadel was executed in 2019. His brother Mohammed waits on death row. MBS is using anti-terror laws to silence dissent: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.

"Ethiopia’s Tigray war, which lasted from 2020 to 2022, is one of the most criminally under-covered conflicts in modern history" “It is a really horrific and extreme form of sexual violence, and one that deserves the world’s attention.”🧵

In today's Proximities. - Horrific report points to genocide in Ethiopia - A Palestinian mother's story - just one of many - And Bukele clears path for third term As always, it can be read in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/ethiopia-g...

The 68 are almost entirely Ethiopian nationals, fleeing wars, oppression and the resulting abject poverty. Only twelve survived, and with this cycle so normalized and common since 2020, the Ethiopian government no longer even acknowledges such tragedies, let alone declare national mourning.

Visiting Fellow @raniaab.bsky.social's policy brief documents the ongoing attempt to identify and bring justice, dignity and closure to the disappearance and killings of hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq, many of whom are believed to be in mass graves @ecfrmena.bsky.social buff.ly/9iQFPoX

Canada pledges to recognize an independent Palestinian state at the 80th UN General Assembly session in September.

#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 In this @globalvoices.org piece, @ZekuZelalem unpacks the mass arrests of Ethiopian doctors, exposing how crumbling wages, exploitative conditions & unchecked repression triggered a brutal government crackdown.

In media, many voices, narratives & entire peoples are considered irrelevant by too many boardrooms. @globalvoices.org platforms those critical stories &the locals around the globe who write them. Like many non-profits, they've been hit with cuts. GV is worth supporting. Check out their fundraiser.

Last year, a report by Human Rights Watch outlined a systemic pattern of abuse and killings of health professionals in the country’s northwestern Amhara region.

Wrote in @globalvoices.org about the burgeoning protest movement by Ethiopian doctors, demanding better pay & safe working conditions. Their month long labour strike paralyzed the health sector. In response, police arrested 149 striking doctors. Doctors are threatening a new strike by Sept 15.

Since May 2025 Ethiopian doctors launched a strike demanding better pay and working conditions. 👩🏾‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️🇪🇹 The response from the government ➡️ 149 arrest of medical professional in the past 3 months. 📢💔 🔗 globalvoices.org/2025/07/15/w...

Every morning, the AJE homepage greets me with a staggering new figure of Palestinians murdered at designated food collection locations. Wondering if there is a precedent where "humanitarian" orgs like Gaza Humanitarian Foundation are deployed with the double mandate of aid work & enabling genocide

PSA for freelance journalists...don't forget to enter your best material in the Rory Peck Awards, which honours the best in journalism (cuz freelancers are the best journalists✊🏿). It was an unforgettable experience for me last year. It could be you this year. Three days for the submission deadline!

📢Just 4️⃣ days to go! Make sure your work is entered for the most important Awards for #freelance journalists and filmmakers. Showcase your work to an influential international media audience. Share your story on stage + win a trophy + cash prize. www.rorypecktrust.org/awards #journalismmatters

Very lengthy, detailed, sobering long form investigation by @reuters.com into the heinous mass killings of nearly 1,500 Alawite civilians by Syrian state forces from March 7 through the 9th. These stories need to be told. Awful, disturbing accounts with graphic footage/images included.

At least 50 African people at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-50-african-people-risk-imminent-execution-saudi-arabia

Nearly 100 migrants, from Ethiopia, Egypt and Somalia face beheading in Saudi Arabia, as hashish related executions are ramped up. Meanwhile, 30+ NGOs published an open letter calling on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to commute the death sentences. My latest for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.

The team at @dairinstitute.bsky.social are some of the most inspirational people out there. Infinitely proud to have worked with them on this academic paper, highlighting colossal failures of social media giants in curbing the spread of genocidal speech in Ethiopia, inflaming genocide in Tigray.

With 170 Palestinian journalists having been killed, and Israel barring most international journalists from entering Gaza, "reliable reporting has been overtaken by [Israel's] propaganda and 'dehumanizing' messages about the war.” news.un.org/en/story/202...

Very proud of my 1st newsroom, the Ethiopia based Addis Standard (addisstandard.com), longlisted for the 2025 Press Freedom Award by @oneworldmedia.bsky.social. AS is renowned for hard hitting journalism in a repressive atmosphere. Deserved honour. Proud alumnus! Congrats Team AS! #OWMAwards2025

🔇🔇🔇Announcing new work from DAIR which is very close to my heart, 3 years in the making. When #TigrayGenocide, the deadliest genocide of the 21st century thus far, started in November 2020, it was 1 month before I got fired from Google. 🧵 english.elpais.com/internationa...

And if you do nothing else, please watch this short video narrated by Fasica, the lead author of the CHI paper, Nuredin Ali, and exiled Ethiopian journalist @zekuzelalem.bsky.social: peertube.dair-institute.org/w/wTpAFSQkB2...

Re: ICJ genocide case. Not that one. Sudan has filed a case at the ICJ, accusing the UAE of complicity in the genocide of non Arab tribes in Darfur, citing its support of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary. It's unclear yet if the ICJ has jurisdiction here, but oral arguments have been heard.

In “CONTENT MODERATION: the harrowing, traumatizing job that leaves many African data workers with mental health issues and drug dependency”, Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan shares what she endured, while working for two years as a content moderator for Meta in Nairobi, Kenya.

What was initially reported as dozens may actually be hundreds of dead, in a Sudanese airstrike that targeted an open market teeming with civilians in the North Darfur town of Tora. Horrific.

End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.

Key dates on the evolution of anti homosexuality advocacy and online violence against LGBTQIA+ communities in Ethiopia: 1/

This is the sort of high caliber, robust reporting that the ongoing, tragic cycle of migrant domestic worker abuse in the Middle East needs. Abdi's must read NY Times probe into the trafficking, exploitation and deaths of Ugandan and Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia. Thank you Abdi! ____ cc: FIFA.

In solidarity with Salem, my mentor, sister from another mother, among 1300 VOA staffers on leave. Salem is an award winning editor, working in Tigrigna, Amharic & English. On X, her post was swarmed with regime trolling/misogyny. An indicator of who is happiest with press shutdowns: fascist men.

THREAD: The impact of the Executive Order VOA shutdown, while not as devastating as the USAID funding freeze, will have a similarly long ranging and damaging impact on the world and yes, US interests.

It's 1500 days since the Junta overthrew the government, jailed many MPs & others in Myanmar In response the Peoples of Myanmar began nationwide protests, strikes & other civil disobedience. Despite a brutal crackdown, violence, airstrikes & more the resistance continues. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Something light-hearted for once: Kiros Habte Kinfe has been elected President of Ethiopia's Swimming Federation. Why am I telling you? In 2016, Kiros allocated Ethiopia's sole Olympic swimming slot to his son Robel, despite his being overweight. Robel finished last & became a global phenomenon.

3/ Second, I'm really delighted to say my old comrade in arms @zekuzelalem.bsky.social has joined our programme as a visiting fellow. His first policy brief looks at how drones are changing the nature of power and warfare in Africa. How some countries are handing them out like candy.

A must read from one of the journalists I respect the most, @zekuzelalem.bsky.social. We heard all about how drones were going to be revolutionizing medicine delivery in Africa and all that. But what is happening? Cheap drones have been extending warfare on the continent. ecfr.eu/publication/...

On #Ethiopia’s drone-backed wars... "In just a few years, they have become some of the deadliest conflicts for civilians in the country’s history." ecfr.eu/publication/...

The number of civilians casualties from #drone strikes in #Ethiopia is rising sharply with the arrival of new Turkish #drones. The lackluster international attitude on drone warfare is sending states on a killing spree. Strong piece by @zekuzelalem.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...

📌📑 New @ecfr.eu analysis The worrying impact of drone use on #Ethiopia’s wars and the country’s foreign policy should be ringing alarm bells in European capitals. To deal with the rise in drone warefare, Europeans need to demonstrate serious commitment to global disarmament.

A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow. I used Ethiopia as a study case.

Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West. Read our new @ecfrafrica.bsky.social policy brief by @zekuzelalem.bsky.social buff.ly/4haBLtK

Ethiopian born Israeli citizen Avera Mengistu, the longest held hostage kept in Hamas custody (since 2014) released to the Red Cross this morning in Gaza. Release of the second longest held hostage Hisham Al Sayed (held since 2015) is imminent. Images: Al Jazeera, AP, Reuters

Feel like you know nothing about Sudan? I sat down with the team at Prospect Magazine to talk about the conflict, and why it’s NOT a forgotten war, but an invisibilised one: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Haven't heard anything in a while on Bluesky user growth or X usage 📉. Is this place keeping up the amazing momentum it had in late 2024?

Today, Russian state media outlet Sputnik officially opened a new broadcast center or "Africa hub" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A ceremony for the launch was attended by Ethiopian parliamentary speaker Agegnehu Teshager, and Valentina Matvienko, Russia's Federation Council speaker. The event is...

"Now or never" - @thecontinent.org. Thread: While Europe was getting scolded at its own Munich Security Conference, African leaders were in Ethiopia for the annual African Union summit. As @simonallison.bsky.social explained, it was a critical summit, with Africa facing a new Trump led world order.