Strong repudiation by the @WHO Director General @DrTedros to the French scientists who suggested to use #Africans as guinea pigs for #Covid_19 vaccine research
โAfrica cannot & will not be the testing ground for any vaccine. The hungover from such colonial mentality has to stopโ
Yesterday, I was overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude as I cast my vote in #Rwanda, a nation that chose unity over ethnic division, and love over hate. This nation has become my hope and dream for a new Africaโwhere unity, peace, development, good governance, and security are
โI donโt have inferiority complex & I donโt mind the personal attacks. But when the whole black community is attacked & insulted, thatโs where it has crossed the line! Enough is enoughโ !! @DrTedros
Whatโs happening in #Ethiopia is gut wrenching. Behind the dispassionate statistics on both sides are our Ethiopian brothers & sisters. The humanitarian crisis is deepening. The social media hatred & bravado is fueling further pain & division. War has no winners, only survivors!
โReturning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do thatโ.
MLK
congratulations to the phenomenal @SahleWorkZewd, the current @UN ambassador to @_AfricanUnion for becoming #Ethiopiaโs first female president, breaking the glass ceiling. With gender-balanced cabinet & now this, #PMAbiy is indeed showing the world how to beat patriarchy! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
Ethiopia has lost more people from ethnic and religious based targeted killings in the last ten months than #Covid19. Itโs indeed a new epidemic that we are getting sensitized too. Itโs painful to watch the most vulnerable in our communities being attacked. #StopEthnicViolence
Stop the epidemic of killings of civilians!
Call for an all-inclusive national dialogue, and
Set out a roadmap towards sustainable peace, democracy and development.
U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan
But it was the will and determination of the #Ethiopian people and not foreign aid that is paying for #GERD#ItsMyDam
