Ethiopian Prime Minister has become the latest African leader to have his post removed from a global social media platform. Officials from Facebook which recently rebranded to Meta, ruled that one of his recent posts violated its policies against inciting violence. PM Abiy Ahmed in a post last Sunday (October 31) exhorted the citizenry to […]
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Facebook Removes Ethiopian PM’s Post for Inciting Violence
NAIROBI, KENYA — Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister that urged citizens to rise up and “bury” the rival Tigray forces who now threaten the capital as the country’s war reaches the one-year mark. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s post on Sunday violated the platform’s policies against inciting and supporting violence, spokeswoman […]
Pasha 130: The Ethiopia and Tigray conflict is worsening hunger in the region
Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray have been in conflict for about a year now. The political power struggle that had been going on for decades escalated a year ago when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive. The conflict is putting hundreds of thousands of people in Tigray at risk of starvation […]
Pasha 131: The Ethiopian and Tigrayan conflict one year on
The conflict between Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray has been going on for a year. The power struggle has created many refugees and caused loss of life and hunger. It has also affected health, water and sanitation systems. The blockade inflicted by Ethiopia on Tigray means essential humanitarian supplies cannot reach civilians. This is a […]
Ethiopia: Bachelet urges end to ‘reckless’ war as Tigray conflict escalates
With the conflict in the Ethiopian region of Tigray escalating, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has today made an impassioned plea for all parties to end the violence and prioritise the protection of civilians and full respect for their human rights. “I am deeply concerned that, at an already critical point, […]
Droughts create fertile ground for cholera. Plans are needed to face more dry periods
Africa has a disproportionately high burden of cholera. The World Health Organization reports that between 40 million and 80 million people in Africa live in cholera hotspots. Globally, disease outbreaks have more than tripled since 1980, with 1,307 epidemic events between 2011 and 2017. Cholera was the biggest contributor to this with 308 events. This is particularly concerning, considering cholera is […]