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sarcasm
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by sarcasm » 21 Sep 2021, 18:50
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UN says there is “a de facto humanitarian aid blockade” in Tigray. This is true.
Hundreds of thousands of people are facing starvation, in large part because the Ethiopian government is preventing humanitarian aid from quickly reaching them.
Tigray Bureau of Agriculture & Rural Dev’t reports 174 deaths due to starvation in Ofla woreda of Southern #Tigray
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gearhead
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by gearhead » 21 Sep 2021, 19:51
Is this Portuguese UN chief for real? He repeats Abiy's lies for the past 8months, and now after it is too late, he states facts that have been readily obvious for the past year yet provides no solution. UN's own.leader co-created and still extending the severity and duration of this famine!
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by sarcasm » 21 Sep 2021, 20:19
gearhead wrote: ↑21 Sep 2021, 19:51
Is this Portuguese UN chief for real? He repeats Abiy's lies for the past 8months, and now after it is too late, he states facts that have been readily obvious for the past year yet provides no solution. UN's own.leader co-created and still extending the severity and duration of this famine!
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was criticized for inaction and silence on Tigray Genocide over the first 7 months. Part of the reason for his silence was that he wanted to avoid divisive topics because he was campaigning for the second term.
See below some of former UN senior officials criticizing him and highlighting what is within his power to do save lives. (start from 54:00)