Getachew Assefa
@getachew.bsky.social
Professor of Sustainable Design, Sustainability Consultant, EDIA Director at SAPL, UMD Media Founder and CEO
#Ethiopia-#Eritrea Rift: A Shifting Narrative of Alliances and Accusations umdmedia.com/2024/12/ethi...
Ethiopia-Eritrea Rift: A Shifting Narrative of Alliances and Accusations – UMD Media
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December 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
#Ethiopia-#Eritrea Rift: A Shifting Narrative of Alliances and Accusations umdmedia.com/2024/12/ethi...
Efforts to promote #peace during the genocidal war on #Tigray were met with strong resistance from certain clergy of the #Ethiopian #Orthodox Tewahedo Church, including some bishops. After leading a delegation of 11 bishops to U.S. government offices, 1/3
December 1, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Efforts to promote #peace during the genocidal war on #Tigray were met with strong resistance from certain clergy of the #Ethiopian #Orthodox Tewahedo Church, including some bishops. After leading a delegation of 11 bishops to U.S. government offices, 1/3
Yesterday, I attended a parent-teacher meeting for my children. I scheduled appointments with all nine of my Grade 9 son's teachers, including his PE teacher and the instructors for his elective courses, French and Sports Performance. During the meeting with the French teacher, 1/4
December 1, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Yesterday, I attended a parent-teacher meeting for my children. I scheduled appointments with all nine of my Grade 9 son's teachers, including his PE teacher and the instructors for his elective courses, French and Sports Performance. During the meeting with the French teacher, 1/4
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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If there's one journo in the Horn of Africa with a lived experience mirroring the journos of Gaza, it's my good friend @millionh.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Tigray amidst genocide & a humanitarian siege.
He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English.
Welcome to Bsky!
He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English.
Welcome to Bsky!
Million Haileselassie – DW
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November 24, 2024 at 9:29 AM
If there's one journo in the Horn of Africa with a lived experience mirroring the journos of Gaza, it's my good friend @millionh.bsky.social, who was on the ground in Tigray amidst genocide & a humanitarian siege.
He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English.
Welcome to Bsky!
He's a Deutsche Welle correspondent & reports in Amharic & English.
Welcome to Bsky!
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In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in community.
Solange’s ‘Eldorado Ballroom’ offered a transcendent soundtrack for the grief of a year of genocide
In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in…
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November 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM
In a year of overlapping genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo and Tigray Solange’s Eldorado Ballroom concerts allowed the audience a much-needed space to process, shout, and cry out to God, in community.
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Ethiopia, the sector’s informality is tied to the nation’s volatile security dynamics, with illicit gold mining proliferating as non-state actors compete for control in conflict-prone regions such as Tigray.
#StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining
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#StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining
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Addressing illegal gold mining: International policy priorities
Held in partnership with the World Gold Council, this panel of experts examines the global Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) landscape and propose policy priorities essential for fostering ...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Ethiopia, the sector’s informality is tied to the nation’s volatile security dynamics, with illicit gold mining proliferating as non-state actors compete for control in conflict-prone regions such as Tigray.
#StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining
@getachew.bsky.social
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
#StopIllegalTigrayGoldMining
@getachew.bsky.social
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
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THREAD: Ethiopian press set to integrate BlueSky. Over the course of a brutal civil war that killed an estimated half a million people in Ethiopia between 2020-2022, our free press was decimated.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom
In Ethiopia, mass detention signals shrinking press freedom
Twenty-two media employees have been arrested across Ethiopia this year alone.
www.aljazeera.com
July 10, 2023 at 8:31 PM
THREAD: Ethiopian press set to integrate BlueSky. Over the course of a brutal civil war that killed an estimated half a million people in Ethiopia between 2020-2022, our free press was decimated.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/31/in-ethiopia-mass-detention-signals-shrinking-press-freedom