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Alastair Thompson

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Climate, Conflict, Politics, Africa. Editor (NZ) Reporting from France. #nzpol #DesertRain

Wellington, New Zealand

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Alastair Thompson

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“Lots to unpack there…. (unpacking) …. “I expect the @Conservatives to tear themselves apart. ;) So do I. Excellent UK election commentary here from @France24 . The real question here to my mind is now: Just how far left have the @UKLabour , @TheGreenParty & @SDPhq

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

This is a very important point @hermelatv makes here. I am not Ethiopian and yet I find myself feeling fearful far too often for Ethiopia. In truth and love there is always hope. We/I need to lean in to this. This is not over yet but Ethiopia is moving in the right direction.

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Akalu Abraham🌍Wake Up Africa‼️

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🌍 #Wake_Up_Africa ! *We're not destine to war, we're not destine to tribalism,we're not destine to famine but we're destine to unity,celebrate each other & economic development.10Q👏 @HermelaTV @Africaactnow1 @iyoba4u @ObangMetho @SuleimanAbdell7 @jeffpropulsion @EA_DevCouncil

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

The Director General of @WHO is once again abusing his position as a high UN Official to promote the interests of his former TPLF comrades, turned insurgents in their efforts to resurrect an over used misinformation operation focussed on the Tekeze River, for military purposes.

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3 years

It would indeed be great for @JoeRogan to have @HermelaTV on his show. Delighted to support this effort. #NoMore

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Alastair Thompson

7 years

London now #UniteForEurope #MarchForEurope2017 #EU60 #MarchForEurope Photographs: Paul Hackett/Reuters - Source:

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3 years

An oldy and a goodie. When the postmortem of this war and its toll of death and destruction is rung, the fingerprints of one of the most senior members of the UN community are going to found all over the scene of the crime. #NoMore

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WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Accused of Genocide

American economist David Steinman is calling for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, to be prosecuted for genocide over his alleged actions in Ethiopia...

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

This letter is fantastic. And a great way to respond to the @JoeBiden peace Initiative. Very very Abiy in its construction, strong, and heartfelt. The final paragraph is crucial.

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An Open Letter to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. #Ethiopia

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2 years

Ethiopia as seem from the heavens this evening on the 2nd day of Timkat. Threads of water appear to be weaving in the sky. And Ethiopia is being baptised again through their rain. #MelkamTimkat

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2 years

A final thought for today: Is the reason @DrTedros is risking his @WHO position by tweeting so much in support of TPLF (including that video) because he realises that the game is up, and that if TPLF falls then so does he.

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2 years

These are reportedly of Tigray youth marching into this senseless war. Do they realize their real enemies are the old men sending them to their death? Many are young, full of life & potential. The unnecessary sacrifice is quite shocking. #SayNoMore

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2 years

Most Def... lets pump up the volume on this tweet. @DrTedros needs to resign.

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hermela aregawi

2 years

The fact that the head of @WHO is a member of a now designated terrorist group in active war & has been accused of orchestrating humanitarian aid for the purpose of war on his own ppl - & still has his job, is the real insult to humanity. #nomore

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An explanation of these tweets from #KaariMurungi is now required. This is a small group of experts and if the Chair of this panel had strong partial views & went to the effort to hide those views, it further undermines the credibility of the #ICHREE .

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

It is time for a change of subject, a reset in the Tigray war narrative, which has been manufactured from day one. It is apparent this will not come via the Media nor the international community who have decided to make their bed with the TPLF.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

For me there is a special large group of Ethiopian heroes for “heroes day” who ought to be acknowledged for their bravery determination and integrity. The people of Afar. I am in awe of these people.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

This really is quite spectacular. Ethiopians definitely turned off @CNN during 2021 but it now looks like everyone else did too. Scandal-ridden CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage via @nypost

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Scandal-ridden CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage

The Jeff Zucker-led cable news network averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of Jan. 3 — a major drop from the nearly 2.7 million viewers for the same week in 2021, according to Nielsen...

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2 years

This lady is on fire!

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Dan Tadesse

2 years

@RedwanHussien Not with this explanation! 💪🏾🇪🇹💪🏾🇪🇷💪🏾🇸🇴💪🏾🇰🇪 #NoMore

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3 years

In any sane world of journalistic integrity, @nimaelbagir would have disqualified herself from participation in an event like this by now. The cognitive dissonance among power elites over Ethiopia will take a long time to dissipate.

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hermela aregawi

3 years

What’s wrong with this @Yale panel on Ethiopia Conflict? Removing @afitz3105 who has important data on this topic makes this nothing short of a propaganda panel. #NoMore

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2 years

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyseus is accused of aiding genocide in Ethiopia via @MailOnline

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As the war in Ethiopia appears - based on a flurry of govt announcements yesterday - to be coming to a close, the TPLF misinformation machine has not finished with its efforts to distort its horror show. Thread…

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

So #NoMore , Ethiopia & @Stesfa the straw that broke the birdies back. Today @TwitterSafety broke @Twitter the day after @Jack quit. With this latest development we can now see the hand of the @StateDept behind this insanity.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Ethiopia has now retaken Dessie and Kombulcha, a large city and its neighbouring large town. These were taken by infiltration and internal uprisings in early Nov. which led to the State of Emergency and to @AbiyAhmedAli heading to the front line.

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Ethiopian forces have recaptured two strategic towns, government says

The Ethiopian government says its forces have recaptured two strategic towns that forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front had taken control of just over a month ago

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

This unfortunate error is going to become an iconic image of one of the biggest journalism failures of this 2021. @CNN @JakeTapper @nimaelbagir and @BeckyCNN are going to rue the day the @Telegraph contacted them about @berhe_lucy ’s Scoop on Humera.

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This posted image is Nigeria, but CNN news reports that it is a genocide in Tigray, Ethiopia. CNN #StopfakeNews #TPLFisGenociderNotVictim #TPLFattackingSchools #TPLFisaTerroristGroup #AtrocitiesbyTPLF #UncondeminTPLF @SecBlinken @antonioguterres #Repekarenbass #UnityForEthiopia

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I sincerely hope and pray for the sake of Ethiopia and humanity that @PowerUSAID arrives in Ethiopia tomorrow with an open mind and that her visit results in a path to peace for Ethiopia. However I am confident, even if this visit is not fruitful, that Ethiopia will prevail.

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3 years

This story () is a bit off the wall, but is this report about Reda true?

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An essential truth about TPLF, Tigray Genocide & the Tigray war. The PR launch of #TigrayGenocide accompanied the attack by the TPLF on Nov. 3-4 2020. It’s purpose, to manipulate Western Powers & public opinion to support a violent insurrection, a coup. And it worked.

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Alastair Thompson

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Watch video stream [] of this morning's swearing in of the first truly democratically elected Ethiopian Govt. This signals the dawn of a new era in the history of the region which birthed humanity, the #HornOfAfrica . #EthiopiaRising

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Alastair Thompson

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This from @afitz3105 and @BronwynBruton is a massive breakthrough in terms of published commentary on the war in Ethiopia. A seminal work of FP analysis. There will be a lot of people scratching their heads in NY, Washington London and Brussels today.

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Alastair Thompson

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This is completely outrageous. Leaked Audio: UN 🇪🇹 "We don't have concrete facts" on allegations of mas... via @YouTube

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

RUSSIA: We would like to congratulate Ethiopia on the formation of their govt. The Govt is now ready for dialogue to promote peace and well being. We continue to support territorial integrity. We consider the internal dossier is an internal matter for Ethiopia.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Woke up this morning in Woldiya. This adorable little boy was outside with his mum who was setting up a little coffee shop.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Do all African lives matter or do only some African lives matter? The chaos caused by the actions of TPLF growing by the day, already with more than 2 million IDPs, and an active ongoing TPLF insurgency against unarmed civilians in Wollo.

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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

3 years

The Ethiopian Government must immediately stop obstructing food aid from getting to Tigray, where hundreds of thousands are facing famine. All parties to this conflict must agree to a negotiated ceasefire without preconditions in order to alleviate suffering.

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TPLF atrocities - a new website for documenting the destruction and horror. #NoMore

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Recent coverage of the carnage being wrecked by TPLF forces in Northern Eathiopia from the @AP . Note that this @AP article was not tweeted by @PowerUSAID as it doesn't fit her narrative about Ethiopia's war. #UNGA #UNGAEthiopiacrisis

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3 years

What! @MartinPlaut is the source for the Axum massacre allegations, which are the beating heart of the dominant media narratives around the entire Tigray disaster. Amnesty should issue retraction for false Axum allegation | by Minilik Salsawi | Medium

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Amnesty should issue retraction for false Axum allegation

The Government of Ethiopia should request Amnesty International (AI) to explain its baseless allegation about Axum ‘massacre’ and…

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Footage of Eritrean Forces digging up a TPLF arms cache, presumably in Western Welkaite. The ability of the TPLF to continue its war whilst under seige is typically attributed to it's extensive preparations in burying huge quantities of munitions.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

This is presented as an objective factual backgrounder on @AbiyAhmedAli , but in fact its a hit piece. The people spoken to him are all known critics, and many are Tigrayan. This is akin to interviewing Israelis about Hamas Leader Sinwar.

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From Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong | CNN

The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s fall from grace has confounded many observers. But diplomats, analysts, acquaintances, journalists and others who have followed his career closely say that even at the...

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Alastair Thompson

4 years

This is pretty astonishing. Astonishingly bad.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Happy New Year!!!!! My Ethiopian friends. Here’s to a peaceful and prosperous 2015.

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Ann Fitz-Gerald

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መልካም አዲስ አመት በኢትዮጵያና በኤርትራ እና በውጪ ለምትኖሩ ጛደኞቼ በሙሉ:: 2015 የሰላም እና የመረጋጋት ጊዜ እንደሆን ልባዊ ምኞቴ ነው::

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Sun rising this morning just south of Kobo. Heading back up Addis after a very interesting 2 day visit to newly liberated Alamata,

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

A very powerful story focused on an indictment of the TPLF for its use of child soldiers by @doreennicoll61 from Canada. Doreen spoke extensively to Professor @afitz3105 for the article. A must read and must share.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

I think @EleniGabre needs to try again and actually apologise this time and condemn the call, and it’s content, as she should have done initially. Sitting on the fence on this one is not going to fly.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

For the record, @reda_getachew is lying. The TPLF attacked Ab'ala in #Afar in mid-December and has been attacking it ever since. The TPLF is blocking its own aid convoys, as it has been since July, for propaganda purposes. TPLF's clearly not interested in receiving intl. aid.

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Alastair Thompson

5 years

@CathedraleNotre A miracle for sure... the images from above were awful... but that was the timbers of the roof burning on top of the stone vault. The builders of this masterpiece deserve a beer.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

I’m starting to get the impression that Ethiopian Twitter is getting a bit tense. The current apparent end in active hostilities and occupation is still fragile, and it would be sensible to realise that the threat from TPLFand its foreign enablers in the IC is far from over.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Well given that cable was a TPLF leak, then this is the purpose. Pushing the U.S.'s Eritrea big red scare button. Like yelling "The Cubans are coming" in a CIA dorm-room. Pathetic. Eritrea is not the threat to security in Ethiopia, the TPLF is.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

The core problem we face here is the US, EU and UK not taking responsibility for the TPLF, which are in large part their creation, and which we know they know the true nature of, however much they are currently whitewashing them.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Happy New Year Ethiopia. መልካም አዲስ አመት I wish you all a much improved 2014. May you all be blessed with peace, harmony and prosperity. እና የ 10 ቀን ዝናብ ትንበያ እዚህ አለ። እኔ 2014 እንዲሁ እርጥብ ሊሆን ይችላል ብዬ አስባለሁ።

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3 years

It appears @Amnesty has learned nothing in the course of this war about the methodological issues related to the manner in which it is reporting on HR issues in Tigray/North Ethiopia.

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Alastair Thompson

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. @Reuters has corrected its report about Mekelle Airstrikes and made it wrong. Even more wrong. Early in the afternoon the report said it was the 2nd Airstrike on Mekelle. But now its the third. Q: Who requested this change to the already deeply flawed @Reuters report?

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

This is very well done. Makes the point very clearly. @BBCWorld , @BBCNews , @bbcworldservice , why are you ignoring the criticisms of this headline? Why not just fix it? #NoMore

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@EthiopiaService

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The lies that the @BBCWorld is reporting on Ethiopia have not stopped! Z #BBCfakenews is a corrupt media store. Z truth @africanews reports👏 Z truth 👇 Secondary schools in 🇪🇹 closed for a week, to harvest z communities crops in rural! #NoMore @AJEnglish @Futurical @iyoba4u

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2 years

HR Experts Commission Report Weak as Numerous Empirical Studies Exist on Widespread TPLF Atrocities: Prof. Fitz-Gerald @afitz3105 via @EthiopianNewsA

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

There is an obvious pathway for the @JoeBiden to rehabilitate its international reputation and change the subject from its debacle in Afghanistan. I.E. to focus on preventing a new foreign policy catastrophe in Ethiopia. Thread follows....

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Ok NZ listen up. This Covid alert is as serious as it sounds, and as your PM and Deputy PM told you everyone needs to do their part. It’s trite to say this, but you don’t know how lucky you are. This thread will hopefully help you understand.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

No. The war began with the TPLF attack on Northern Command. End. Of. The endless gaslighting of Ethiopia on this simple point needs to stop.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Correct. Dr Tedros has used the entire @WHO communications platform 12mln followers + global TV to coordinate with a terrorist PR campaign in an effort to ‘normalise’ TPLF’s disinfo efforts to walk away from the peace process. CC:Dr Kerstin Vesna Petric (Chair), @DrPatrickAmoth

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Ann Fitz-Gerald

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@PeterASinger @DrTedros With respect, Dr Singer, all lives matter incl the death, destruction & displ of ethnic Amhara and Afar whose regions became the main battlefields of the conflict. It is imp that the WHO is not seen to be vying for 1 (vs other) ethnic group & using its global platform to do this.

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This is the best online report so far on #UNGA #UNGAEthiopiaCrisis , its should be shared far and wide. Reporter Gibbs Dube did a very solid job here. Bravo. Ethiopian Deputy PM Says Africa Facing Heightened Colonial Agenda, Scramble for Natural Resources

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Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Says Africa Facing Heightened Colonial Agenda, Scramble for Natural...

“Forcible overthrow of governments, joint military exercises, aggression, renewed appetite for intervention in sovereign countries, subversion and mercenaryism, normalized and renewed scramble for...

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2 years

What this report tells us is. 1. Double standard continues, TPLF attacks have not been inquired into, but TPLF tweets about attacks immediately become global news stories.

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CNN International

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An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts

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A specimen of fortified energy food has been caught in the hands of terrorist TPLF commander. These supplementary food items were transported to Tigray by international aid organizations who claimed to “distribute” them to the people in Tigray.”

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USAID’s Fortified Energy Food That Ended up in the Hands of the TPLF Terrorists

A specimen of fortified energy food has been caught in the hands of terrorist TPLF commander. These supplementary food items were…

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Alastair Thompson

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"1st we need to be clear, the Ethiopian Gov wants.. a peaceful resolution... but this action puts the terrorist organisation the TPLF on equal status with our Ethiopian Govt, now that's unacceptable, wrong.. outrageous... as if they are equals." - @JimInhofe #NoMore

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Ermi

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While the #BidenAdmin relentlessly worked to break the spirit of the Ethiopian people, some like ⁦ @JimInhofe ⁩ stood with Ethiopia and rebuked ⁦ @POTUS ⁩’s misguided policy toward Ethiopia. Thank you, Senator Jim Inhofe. #NoMore

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The English Language translation of #TearsOfWolkayit was introduced to me on Thursday in a Twitter Space holding what felt a lot like a digital vigil in the lead up the release of the University of Gondar research. Thread.... Tears Part-1 via @YouTube

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Tears of Wolkayit Part-1

Tears of Wolkayit : uncovering TPLF's savagery, brutality and its atrocity on the people of Amhara over the past 3 decades.

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2 years

Thread... Three videos sent this evening from Welkaite where @PushStartMedia1 and @JemalCountess are being shown a former prison complex by a former inmate of the TPLF facility who was held here in 1990.

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Alastair Thompson

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It seems the @UN in Geneva does not recognize any issue with a serving senior UN official - @drtedros - using his position to advance the cause of a terrorist organization - that he belongs to - in it’s prosecution of a brutal war of secession.

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United Nations Geneva

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"Nowhere in the world are we witnessing a hell as in #Tigray . The situation is desperate. It is so dreadful and unimaginable that a government is denying its own people for more than a year food and medicine and the rest to survive. This has to stop," -- @DrTedros #Ethiopia

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Given the importance of the international outreach in relation to the current crisis in Ethiopia, I would encourage all those making videos for twitter & youtube about what is happening to include English subtitles, doing so will greatly increase the impact of your work.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

The countries removed from #AGOA are: 1. Ethiopia - which balks at US insistence it negotiate with a terrorist insurgency. 2. Guinea - which experienced a coup undertaken by troops trained by the US 3. Mali - which has employed Russian mercenaries #NoMore #Hegemony

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Zemedeneh Negatu

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Despite significant support by senior members of the U.S. Senate and House and others, today the administration removed #Ethiopia ’s AGOA eligibility for 2022. While this is disappointing for now, we’ll continue to actively engage with decision makers in Washington on this matter.

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Sun rising this morning as seen from Aluha Bridge in North Wollo. The bridge is currently being rebuilt after being destroyed by retreating TPLF forces.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Yesterday the TPLF launched an offensive on Afar. It failed. And now we have this announcement. Anyone and any nation who thinks Ethiopia will trust the TPLF at this point is mistaken. The peace will require guarantees at this point, and guarantors.

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Getachew K Reda

3 years

We have just completed the withdrawal of our forces from both #Amhara & #Afar regions. By doing so, we believe we have taken away whatever excuse the the international community to explain its feet-dragging when it comes to putting pressure on #AbiyAhmed & his regional partners in

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Destruction of hospitals is not new. But the destruction of health facilities in Afar is, & fresh. It occurred in Zone 2 Jan-Apr 2022, whilst @WHO DG @DrTedros was screaming his TPLF victimization narrative from the rafters. Ab'ala hospital walkthrough

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Ab'ala hospital walkthrough - Afar Zone 2 TPLF Destruction

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

. @SecBlinken , @JosepBorrellF , you insisted Ethiopia pursue a path of peace in Tigray to enable humanitarian assistance to to millions experiencing famine. The TPLF rejected a ceasefire and continues its offensive against the legally recognised Govt.

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Getachew K Reda

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#AbiyAhmed 's war machine is,essentially, destroyed. What was little left of his regular army has been destroyed or in disarray in engagements in #Afar , NorthernWollo and #NorthernGondar yesterday&today. The last strongholds in Qobo& AdiArqay, Chawber have been broken. Period!

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From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger - The Grayzone

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From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade...

Since the overthrow of Niger’s US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair...

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Alastair Thompson

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The Battle for Debre Tabor Thread.... A major engagement yesterday may have significant implications for the overall Tigray conflict as isolated, extended TDF forces have incurred significant losses and are now in retreat. Image: Debre Tabor today from @TesfawMuluken .

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Alastair Thompson

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Reports from the battlefield suggest TPLF’s human wave tactics are not working this time and that ENDF is holding its lines. There are reports of horrific levels of casualties among the attacking TPLF forces. God willing this final desperate push will end swiftly.

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Alastair Thompson

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Dr Tedros(not an MD)'s rescue effort for the TPLF, a terrorist group in which he was formerly the No. 3. leader stepped up on January 6th. This is @DrTedros 's twitter profile pinned tweet. @DrTedros has 1.6m followers thanks to his position as head of @WHO during a pandemic.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Most Def... lets pump up the volume on this tweet. @DrTedros needs to resign.

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Alastair Thompson

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Destruction by the TPLF of what little these isolated mountain communities have, killing them and burning their houses, looting and destroying their medical clinics in an act of “revenge” in their own words. All this began on July 15th and has continued ever since.

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Idris M. Sanusi

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Destroying Schools by Rebels Must Be Charged as War Crime athlete, Haile Gebresellasie speaking to ENA, after TPLF rebels destroys schools in Amhara region constructed by the athlete. #TheGenocider @UNICEF @UNICEFEthiopia @AJEnglish @SecBlinken

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Alastair Thompson

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New From Lucy Kassa. She has definitely completely changed her tune. Tigray rebels tortured and killed civilians in renewed fighting, survivors claim.

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Tigray rebels tortured and killed civilians in renewed fighting, survivors claim

Witnesses claim the attacks in Amhara region last month were carried out on those the TPLF suspected of supporting Ethiopian federal forces

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Dear @TwitterSupport , Wholesale suspension of Ethiopian accounts is a very bad look for @Twitter . @LanderMiddle & @Stesfa are important contributors to the debate about a very significant war, they are not racists, genociders or even trouble makers.

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Eliezer Abate

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Ever since suspending a sitting US President’s account in Jan @Twitter has been drunk with power. It’s latest disappearances include the powerful voices of @stesfa , @LanderMiddle , & @HornOfAfricaHub who’ve been speaking out against US-backed anti-peace insurgents in the Horn.

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Alastair Thompson

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A big day for rains in the #HornOfAfrica and particularly in the #Abbay Basin today, possibly the biggest this year. #GERD Today's rainfall forecasts for the #HoA , #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica follows.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

“Rice, among the wealthiest members of the Biden White House team, dramatically increased wealth since her previous White House job during the Obama admin, reporting between $36 mil and $149 mil in assets disclosure filing released Saturday morning.”

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Obama-era officials return to White House worth millions

As several Obama-era officials return to the White House under President Joe Biden, they're reuniting with fuller pockets according to new financial disclosure reports.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

TPLF Insurgency Training & Support Operations In Uganda? Mystery Document Alleges: Covert Operation has US/Egypt Support : Operations Coordinated between South Sudan, TPLF and Uganda : Planning began December 2021 >> Map shows alleged training sites.

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Alastair Thompson

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Recent U.S. media coverage about Michael Cohen, Pecker, The Inquirer etc. seems to have somehow forgotten who made all this happen >> i.e. @MichaelAvenatti . Avenattti formerly a cable news fave, has been completely vindicated by the events of the past few days.

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Michael Avenatti

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March 6, 2018 - We filed the case on behalf of Stormy Daniels against Michael Cohen and Donald Trump March 6, 2019 - Michael Cohen is due to report to federal prison to begin his 36 month prison term. We are not done yet.

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Alastair Thompson

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The ever so dramatic picture used in this latest story from @MartinPlaut >> is from 2021 and was staged. This is the Mekelle alleged bombing of a tyre storage warehouse. Videos emerged from this event showing people throwing tyres on the fire.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

In the leaked 21st November PCDI call with Western Ambassadors TPLF spokesman Berhane Gebre Christos describes 100 bodies being dumped in the Tekeze River the previous night, 20th November, allegedly by the ENDF. Why he mentions this is a bit of a mystery.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

Ok. So here's some more content that you probably won't want to see... but again its interesting as it reveals I think the TPLF current thinking. Matt Bryden is a "senior strategic advisor" and director at Sahan, a private intel firm which works on Horn issues.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

#NoMore Breaking News Thread A new video of an EU Parliament Dec 6th. briefing attended by 600+ delegation providing context to the @UN_HRC 17th Dec meeting, and in which TPLF involvement & lobbying is strongly indicated has been released. Research / Video Thread follows….

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Complete nonsense. And a TPLF talking point. The idea that Isaias Afwerki is remote controlling @AbiyAhmedAli is a TPLF fever dream. Always has been. @rene_renelefort reminds me of @JosepBorrellF , misinformed & locked into fictional TPLF narratives, and therefore irrelevant.

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2 years

Abiy has done something which no foreign country had succeeded to do, except the short Italian colonization: to alienate Ethiopia sovereignty. Issayas has now a first hand in all Ethiopian affairs, including military, in a country rightly so proud of its age-old sovereignty.

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Alastair Thompson

10 months

Mob violence in Tel-Aviv. After Canada, the US & Sweden. This has become a movement, constant attacks on peaceable assemblies of Eritreans celebrating their national day abroad. There is clearly an organised and funded global effort underway to disrupt peaceful celebrations

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Alastair Thompson

5 years

@CathedraleNotre This is the picture I refer to in the previous tweet... when I saw it I felt despair. But not anymore. #NotreDame will be back and far sooner than I feared.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Congratulations #Eritrea on reaching your 31st Anniversary. Fantastic celebration tonight and thank you ever so much for the invitation. #EritreanIndependenceDay

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Given that apparently fighting has broken out in Wolkait, probably due to TPLF provocations in an effort to blow up the peace talks which are supposed to be about to start - it is unsurprising but remarkable that @DrTedros chose today to do this in his WHO press briefing.

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

The Eritrean troops are in Ethiopian territory legally at international law. Ethiopia is entitled to request the security assistance of its neighbors. Especially when it’s traditional Allies desert it.

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Secretary Antony Blinken

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The United States is designating six Eritrean entities and individuals in connection with the ongoing violence in Ethiopia. The Eritrean presence in Ethiopia has exacerbated the conflict and hindered humanitarian access. Eritrea must withdraw troops immediately.

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Alastair Thompson

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Ethiopia is continuing to get on with shaping its future. There is a striking contrast between this meeting which talks through action about what the likely path forward for Ethiopia will be and yesterday's disgraceful proceedings at the @UN_HRC .

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Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli at the Third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul. #PMOEthiopia

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Alastair Thompson

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This morning I visited Dubti IDP camp near Samara where 8000 families, 40,000 #Afar Zone 2 TPLF invasion refugees are located. The camp is in an appalling state. It has received almost no assistance whilst a massive effort is underway to address unclear issues in Tigray.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

Prof. Ann published this on 4/12 highlighting impacts on Afar children displaced due to TPLF’s invasion. In Dubti IDP camp 100+ babies have already died. Each day the toll mounts. An outbreak of measles now threatens to make this worse. Afar needs help!

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

It would be helpful if the EU, UK, UN and US backed this call. Any attempt at this point to revive these repeatedly failed TPLF offensives (which is likely from what we know of them) would lose a golden moment to end this bloodshed.

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Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia

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The PM has made a call today for TPLF fighters to surrender peacefully & end the needless loss of a generation of Tigrayan youth. This is an extension of the several similar calls made by the GoE early in the conflict, and is aimed at halting further bloodshed. (5/5)

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

This @CNN Interview with the Ethiopian Ambassador to the US @seleshi_b_a is apalling. @CNN appears to have learned nothing whatsoever from its mistakes in the coverage of this war. Badgering, talking over, cutting answers shoty and showing video of the wrong alleged air strike!

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

“Spider webs United can tie down a lion”, old Ethiopian Proverb.

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Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹

3 years

“ድር ቢያብር አንበሳ ያስር”

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QUESTION: How long will it take @AP @AFP @BBC @VOA @nytimes and @Reuters to figure out what has really just happened in Ethiopia, Tigray, Mekelle and South Africa?

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

@HelenClarkNZ @declanwalsh @nytimes Helen, this story contains gross simplifications of the lead up to the war. The author @declanwalsh has very limited credibility. He and @nytimes have a history poor judgment & reporting of this conflict notably by calling child soldiers “highly motivated young recruits” in July.

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Alastair Thompson

2 years

If any regime is Genocidal in this conflict it is the TPLF. Far and away the greatest loss of life in this war has been of Tigrayan children under the orders of TPLF leadership. There have been multiple rounds of forced recruitments, and 10s of thousands deployed.

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Kindeya Gebrehiwot, PhD, Prof

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There were more drone attacks by the regime on civilians at Wukiro & Shire cities of Tigray as well. People are killed, injured & terrorised. The true nature of the regime is genocidal & the world should call it by its name. #TigrayGenocide #TigrayUnderAttack #TigrayShallPrevail

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3 years

This tweet is rapidly becoming a serious threat to US credibility in this crisis, credibility that was already on life support.

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3 years

“To be honest, throughout nine months of conflict all of the warring parties have been stealing aid. Months ago when the federal forces aligned with Eritrean forces were in Tigray, there was a lot of theft that was occurring.”

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Alastair Thompson

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Nairobi based analyst/writer Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad has been kidnapped in Nairobi. His work shows him to be a strident critic of TPLF & Sahan Research and defender of the Govt. of @AbiyAhmedAli This video posted yesterday is about his kidnapping.

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Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad hajulikani alipoMwanamume huyo aliripotiwa kukamatwa kwa njia tataAlifumaniwa na watu fulani mchana katikati mwa jiji la Nairobi W...

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Alastair Thompson

3 years

A wideranging interview with yours truly by @EthiopianNewsA ’s @dessalegnk2021 conducted a couple of days ago. This is the first part. We discussed the bigger picture and context of this war and the role of international media.

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Ethiopia News Agency

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3 years

The international media, especially some of the Western ones, have failed be impartial on reporting the current situation in Ethiopia, Scoop Independent News Editor in Chief Alastair Thompson said.

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Alastair Thompson

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Yesterday I visited Ab’ala in Afar, 9kms from Mekelle, regional capital of Tigray and the focal point of TPLF’s offensive military operations over the past 4 months as it is a key gateway to Afar’s zone 2.

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Ann Fitz-Gerald

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The problem with this statement: 1) a hum’n truce has only been decl’d by GoE & not TPLF-both sides must commit 2) TPLF fighters still occupying areas in Amhara (Wag Hemra) & Afar (Arafat/Abaala) 3) forced recruitment of youth continues in Tigray- v sadly, a self-imposed siege.

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Alastair Thompson

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“Our challenges are behind us, and our hope right in front of us. A new generation is blooming that is burning with love for its country; one that's proud of its history; whose local identity is in harmony…

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