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Zecharias Zelalem

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My latest, with @geoffreyyork for the @globeandmail newspaper.The civil war in Tigray has seen the destruction of many of the region's cultural heritage sites. Leaked documents & testimony reveal widespread

From yesterday's @AFP report, an Ethiopian army General has said his own troops were prevented from moving into certain areas of Tigray by Eritrean soldiers. He said he requested permission

With regards to the protests in the Amhara region, there is reason for the gov's security response to come in for scrutiny. A top caliber journalist in @Akemeloo mapped out

THREAD: Somalia based Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabab released a horrific 1 hour high production propaganda video of its January 2019 ambush on members of Ethiopia's African Union troop contingent

Re: EthiopiaArrests of journalists, closure of tv/radio stations & security forces commiting atrocities...these all sadden and deflate the public. No journalist enjoys covering such depressing topics. But it would be

THREAD: ቤሩት በድንገተኛ ፍንዳታ ተናውጣ ወደ 2ሺህ ሰዎች መቁሰላቸውንና ከ70 በላይ መሞታቸው ተዘገበ። ኢት/ያን ከቁስለኞቹ ይገኛሉ። የጠሚው መጻናኛ ት

My latest @addisstandard.The MOST IMPORTANT investigation of my career.5 months with a whistle-blower. In 2009, Ethiopian diplomats embezzled 640,000$ from domestic workers in Lebanon, to pay the lofty fees of

THREAD: 5 years to the day...so called ISIS/Daesh militants in Libya released a horrific video depicting beheadings & shootings of 28 Ethiopian & Eritrean migrants, targeted for being Christians. Etched

THREAD: Oromo Liberation Army involvement in the kidnapping of 17 @dambi_dollo students of Amhara origins? No proven link thus far. But tweets by the armed group suggest that OLA fighters