Woldegiorgis G. Teklay
@woldetigray.bsky.social
Journalism | Anthropology | Religion | Migration | Tigray-Ethiopia.
Websites: https://gazetegna.com/ | https://yabelemedia.com/
Websites: https://gazetegna.com/ | https://yabelemedia.com/
If the objective is to prevent the stationing of armed forces and weapons, all parties must do so, and this requires coordinated local and international pressure. However, employing this rationale to justify university closures disproportionately harms Tigray.
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The Plan to Close Universities in Tigray is Highly Irresponsible - Yabele Media
Amid escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray, the Ministry of Education announced that students would not be placed in Universities in Tigray, describing it as a “temporary” measure. The direction ap...
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September 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
If the objective is to prevent the stationing of armed forces and weapons, all parties must do so, and this requires coordinated local and international pressure. However, employing this rationale to justify university closures disproportionately harms Tigray.
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Happy Ethiopian New Year! As our New Year begins on Meskerem 1 (September 11 in the Gregorian calendar), the next day marks the start of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah| חג ראש השנה שמח). As we say ‘Happy New Year’ in our Ge'ez script ‘‘ሰናይ ሓዱሽ ዓመት’’, the Jewish greeting is שנה טובה|Shanah Tovah.
September 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Happy Ethiopian New Year! As our New Year begins on Meskerem 1 (September 11 in the Gregorian calendar), the next day marks the start of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah| חג ראש השנה שמח). As we say ‘Happy New Year’ in our Ge'ez script ‘‘ሰናይ ሓዱሽ ዓመት’’, the Jewish greeting is שנה טובה|Shanah Tovah.
I hope @ajenglish.bsky.social will also produce such an excellent documentary on how forms of slavery and severe labour exploitation continue to this day in the Arab and Gulf states, particularly involving migrant workers from across Asia and Africa.
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How sugar was built on a global system of slavery | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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September 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I hope @ajenglish.bsky.social will also produce such an excellent documentary on how forms of slavery and severe labour exploitation continue to this day in the Arab and Gulf states, particularly involving migrant workers from across Asia and Africa.
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''Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region should withdraw a proclamation that purports to grant them sweeping powers to compel military service and punish dissent,'' Human Rights Watch
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Ethiopia: Tigray Authorities Should Withdraw Abusive Law
Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region should withdraw a proclamation that purports to grant them sweeping powers to compel military service and punish dissent.
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June 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
''Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region should withdraw a proclamation that purports to grant them sweeping powers to compel military service and punish dissent,'' Human Rights Watch
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Reports of forced conscription are emerging across #Tigray. Residents described it as an organised recruitment campaign targeting the youth, including house-to-house searches, detentions, & the transfer of recruits to training centres. addisstandard.com?p=57285
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May 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Reports of forced conscription are emerging across #Tigray. Residents described it as an organised recruitment campaign targeting the youth, including house-to-house searches, detentions, & the transfer of recruits to training centres. addisstandard.com?p=57285
“Tigrayans in Western Tigray Zone are facing severe and dehumanizing restrictions on all aspects of their lives.”
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Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, emp...
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April 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Tigrayans in Western Tigray Zone are facing severe and dehumanizing restrictions on all aspects of their lives.”
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Trump’s first wife said he kept a book of Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet by his bed. He used language lifted out of the pages of Mein Kampf as “vermin” & accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood” of the nation.
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The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
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January 24, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Trump’s first wife said he kept a book of Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet by his bed. He used language lifted out of the pages of Mein Kampf as “vermin” & accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood” of the nation.
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Sweden has decided to halt state funding to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in Sweden, 800,000 kr per year. Swedish Security Service (Säpo) found that Eritreans in Sweden have been subjected to transnational repression by the church.
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Eritreanska ortodoxa kyrkan blir av med statligt bidrag - Ekot
Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST) stoppar statsbidrag till Eritreanska ortodoxa Tewahdo-kyrkan i Sverige. Det handlar om ungefär 800 000 kronor ...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sweden has decided to halt state funding to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in Sweden, 800,000 kr per year. Swedish Security Service (Säpo) found that Eritreans in Sweden have been subjected to transnational repression by the church.
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Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
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Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
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The Institute of Domestic Violence, in partnership with St Frumentius Theological College in Tigray, has launched an initiative to equip Orthodox clergy with the tools to provide spiritual care to survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. yabelemedia.com/2025/09/25/7...
UK-Based Institute and Tigray-Based Theological College Join Hands to Support Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence - Yabele Media
The Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion & Migration (IDVRM), in partnership with St Frumentius Theological College in Tigray, has launched an initiative to equip Orthodox clergy with the tools to...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Institute of Domestic Violence, in partnership with St Frumentius Theological College in Tigray, has launched an initiative to equip Orthodox clergy with the tools to provide spiritual care to survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. yabelemedia.com/2025/09/25/7...
Nearly 1.2 million children (46% of Tigray’s school-age population) are out of school this year. Only 1.36 million of 2.53M expected students enrolled, due to incomplete Pretoria ceasefire deal implementation & the war’s lasting toll.
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Nearly half of Tigray’s children remain out of school as war’s impact persists - Addis Standard
Nearly half of Tigray’s children remain out of school as war’s impact persists Addis Standard News -
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September 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Nearly 1.2 million children (46% of Tigray’s school-age population) are out of school this year. Only 1.36 million of 2.53M expected students enrolled, due to incomplete Pretoria ceasefire deal implementation & the war’s lasting toll.
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In religion, culture, and social transformation, the collaboration will focus on faith-sensitive responses to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Tigray and reframe cultural and religious narratives that contribute to stigma. yabelemedia.com/2025/09/04/7...
IDVRM and Mekelle University Forge Partnership to Strengthen Survivor-Centred Research and Interventions - Yabele Media
The Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion & Migration (IDVRM) C.I.C. and Mekelle University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 18 August 2025 to foster collaborative research, consultanc...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In religion, culture, and social transformation, the collaboration will focus on faith-sensitive responses to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Tigray and reframe cultural and religious narratives that contribute to stigma. yabelemedia.com/2025/09/04/7...
Silence over sexual violence in Ethiopia enables yet more abuse, says report: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Silence over sexual violence in Ethiopia enables yet more abuse, says report
The failure to hold perpetrators to account has fueled revenge attacks.
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August 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Silence over sexual violence in Ethiopia enables yet more abuse, says report: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
"Many of the survivors said soldiers expressed their desire to exterminate the Tigrayan ethnicity – either by destroying Tigrayan women’s reproductive organs, or forcing them to give birth to children of the rapist’s ethnicity."
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Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report
Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions
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August 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Many of the survivors said soldiers expressed their desire to exterminate the Tigrayan ethnicity – either by destroying Tigrayan women’s reproductive organs, or forcing them to give birth to children of the rapist’s ethnicity."
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''Egypt has rejected a quid pro quo offered by the US that would see it mediate an end to the crisis over Ethiopia’s Nile dam in return for Cairo allowing Israel to displace Gaza’s population into Rafah''
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Egypt rejects US quid pro quo over Gaza and Ethiopia dam
Egyptian officials have rejected a US offer to intervene in the Nile dam dispute in return for aiding Israel’s plan to build a concentration camp Gaza’s south.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
''Egypt has rejected a quid pro quo offered by the US that would see it mediate an end to the crisis over Ethiopia’s Nile dam in return for Cairo allowing Israel to displace Gaza’s population into Rafah''
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''Political parties, civil societies in Tigray are raising alarm over recent leadership changes in the region’s Southern zone, accusing the administration of centralizing power within a single political faction and sidelining inclusive governance.'' #Addis_Standard report
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Tigray political parties oppose leadership reshuffle in Southern zone; dozen of civil society groups voice concern over security forces’ involvement - Addis Standard
Tigray political parties oppose leadership reshuffle in Southern zone; dozen of civil society groups voice concern over security forces’ involvement Addis Standard News -
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July 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
''Political parties, civil societies in Tigray are raising alarm over recent leadership changes in the region’s Southern zone, accusing the administration of centralizing power within a single political faction and sidelining inclusive governance.'' #Addis_Standard report
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"Around 120,000 women survived wartime rape during the war in Tigray," new reports by Le Monde and Daily Mail.
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Report reveals full horrors of Tigray war's 120,000 rape victims
Tseday, a mother-of-two, said that she was stopped and raped by 'soldiers from the federal army' as they fled into exile in June 2023, after the Tigray war had ended.
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July 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Around 120,000 women survived wartime rape during the war in Tigray," new reports by Le Monde and Daily Mail.
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How sarcastic is this comment? 😜😡It was under one of the news reports on YouTube.
June 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
How sarcastic is this comment? 😜😡It was under one of the news reports on YouTube.
TBS TV media crew was arrested in the city of Aksum today. TPLF Aksum office confirms the detention and accuses the media station of instigating conflict.
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TBS TV Media Crew Arrested in Aksum City - Yabele Media
TPLF Aksum Office Confirms Detention, Accuses the Media of Instigating Conflict; TBS Demands Immediate Release Tigray Broadcasting Service Ltd. (TBS), an independent private media outlet operating in ...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
TBS TV media crew was arrested in the city of Aksum today. TPLF Aksum office confirms the detention and accuses the media station of instigating conflict.
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is continuing its historical of supporting the administrative expansionist agenda of Amhara extremist factions seeking to annexe territories from Tigray.
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ዜና፡ “ሲኖዶሱ በማይጨው ሀገረ ስብከት ሲተዳደሩ የነበሩ ስድስት ወረዳዎች እራሳቸውን ችለው በሀገረ ስብከት ደረጃ እንዲተዳደሩ መወሰኑ ህገወጥ ነው” - የትግራይ ኦርቶዶክስ አባቶች - Addis standard
አዲስ አበባ፣ ግንቦት 25/ 2017 ዓ/ም፦ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን ሲኖዶሱ በትግራይ ክልል ደቡባዊ ዞን የማይጨው ሀገረ ስብከት ሲተዳደሩ የነበሩ ስድስት ወረዳዎች በልዩ አደረጃጀት እራሳቸውን ችለው አንድ ሀገረ ስብከት ሆነው እንዲተዳደሩ ማድረጉ ከትግራይ ክልል ኦርቶዶክስ አባቶች በኩል ተቃውሞ ...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is continuing its historical of supporting the administrative expansionist agenda of Amhara extremist factions seeking to annexe territories from Tigray.
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“ከማኻትኩም ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ ኣይተመስረትናን`` ኢልካ ጃህራስ እንታይ እዩ ዘመላኽት? ኣባላት ህወሓት ቅድሚ በረኻ ምውራዶም ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን፣ ኣብቲ ከተማ ኣብ ዝርከቡ ኣብያተ ሻሂን ተራኾቦም ጉጅለታት ከም ዝፈጠሩ እኳስ ዘይርዳእ እንታይ ይብሃል? ብስሩ ግን ንምንታይ እዩ መንእሰይ ውድብ ክምስርት በረኻ ክወፅእ፣ ጠበንጃ ከልዕል ከም ዘለዎ ኩሉ ግዘ ብተዘዋዋሪ ዝንገሮ ዘሎ?
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`ከማኹም ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ ኣይተመስረትናን` ዝብልዎ ዘረባ? – GazetegnaExpandToggle MenuPreviousContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedinExpand
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May 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“ከማኻትኩም ኣብ እንዳ ሻሂ ኣይተመስረትናን`` ኢልካ ጃህራስ እንታይ እዩ ዘመላኽት? ኣባላት ህወሓት ቅድሚ በረኻ ምውራዶም ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን፣ ኣብቲ ከተማ ኣብ ዝርከቡ ኣብያተ ሻሂን ተራኾቦም ጉጅለታት ከም ዝፈጠሩ እኳስ ዘይርዳእ እንታይ ይብሃል? ብስሩ ግን ንምንታይ እዩ መንእሰይ ውድብ ክምስርት በረኻ ክወፅእ፣ ጠበንጃ ከልዕል ከም ዘለዎ ኩሉ ግዘ ብተዘዋዋሪ ዝንገሮ ዘሎ?
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Was it a misunderstanding by the Left regarding class solidarity and proletarian internationalism, or a flaw in the philosophy itself?
May 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Was it a misunderstanding by the Left regarding class solidarity and proletarian internationalism, or a flaw in the philosophy itself?
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing, held on 14 May 2025, featured the voices of survivors shared by advocates.
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African Commission Holds Oral Hearing on Human Rights Violations in Tigray - Yabele Media
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing,…
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May 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held an oral hearing in a case accusing Ethiopia of widespread human rights violations in the Tigray region. The hearing, held on 14 May 2025, featured the voices of survivors shared by advocates.
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