Sudan Situation Update #1: Refugee response in Sudan on alert following developments in Ethiopia (6 November 2020)

Tchad: Cadre d’Action Populaire pour la Solidarite et l’Unite de la Republic (CAP-SUR) – Communique de Presse No. 08 (06.11.2020)

Cameroon: Ministry of Communication – Press Release (06.11.2020)

Opinion: Trump has lost [both his Executive Privilege and leverage]

Without a shadow of a doubt the Democratic Party Presidential Candidate and now President-Elect Joe Biden has won the Presidential Election in 2020. This means that the United States will have another President, than Donald J. Trump from January 2021. Therefore, the man is now in shambles and shock. That’s why is erratic behaviour been worse sine the trickling in of results is not going his way. We can now see that his fall will be brutal.

It isn’t without a reason that he was impeached not to long ago. Secondly, that so many people around him was investigated, charged and indicted. The Trump Campaign of 2016 was filled with people who breached law and was convicted felons for doing so. That’s why the President cannot use a few more technicalities when his time in office is over.

Donald Trump doesn’t have the leverage of the Presidential Office. Which he and his close associates have used at a high rate. The Trump Organizations and the family members has used the Presidency to ensure deals, licences and other agreements to gain millions of dollars. The White House and the Trump Administration have also boosted the other family members and their possible trade agreements too. Even using foreign policy as a trading point to get millions siphoned into the Trump Organization. Therefore, the President loses a vital part of his business strategy. However, I am calling this piece losing leverage.

Trump has less of leverage to pay of loans, fines and litigation costs. The President has to answer to cases pending and awaiting. As the Trump Organization and other connected business are looked into.

Donald Trump is losing not only leverage to salvage his companies and cough up dough to failing businesses. He is losing the “Executive Privilege” which he has used exponentially. That he has used to block people from testifying and also said as President he would be to busy to participate in cases he was involved in. Still, he would have time to visit his estates and golf courses, but not had the time … to answer these cases.

So without leverage and executive privilege the Donald J. Trump will not be as powerful as his been the last four years. He has thwarted things, stifled and let things pending. If the Washington D.C. wants the stench of corruption, international interference and possible breaches of criminal codes done by associates of the President. They should get involved, investigate and get the truth all out. Because, there been enough of shady actions made, which has benefited the President and his allies. These has earned fortunes on using the state as cash-cow. That cannot just be brushed under rug. Now that his not President anymore. He needs to answer to this.

Especially, since he got no Executive Privilege and Leverage to linger on. He has gotten away with it for years. However, now the Tax Returns can be released. The Trump Organization and their businesses can be exposed. This is why they are struggling to cope with the new reality. Because, they have no way to save it.

Now, there is time to unravel it all. The most corrupt President in a long time. The one making Harding look like saint. The man proving that you can actually put the White House sale and trade bargains with everyone. As long as he gets a cut. That is the man that President Trump was and is. A man who has to answer for all of this. Time will tell and we can only smell the coffee. Peace.

Ethiopia: Bachelet calls for de-escalation amid alarming developments in Tigray and Oromo regions (06.11.2020)

GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on all relevant actors to de-escalate the volatile situation in the Ethiopian region of Tigray and to engage in an inclusive dialogue aimed at resolving grievances without resorting to violence.

“Over the past week, we have seen alarming violence erupt in the Oromia region as well as in Tigray. I urge all sides to halt the violence, to avoid additional loss of life, mass displacement and further destabilization,” Bachelet said.

“I call on all actors to engage in a genuine, inclusive and credible dialogue to solve any differences through peaceful means.”

Heavy clashes reportedly broke out on Wednesday in the northern region of Tigray between federal and regional troops, and the Federal Council declared a six-month state of emergency. The Government announced that this was in response to an alleged attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on a military base. This came after months of tensions between the federal Government and the Tigray Regional State’s authorities.

The High Commissioner expressed concern about the restrictions imposed on people of Tigray, including on the rights to freedom of movement and freedom of expression. Internet connections and telephone lines have been cut since 3 November, hampering the local population’s ability to communicate and receive vital information, including about the fast-unfolding situation in their region.

“Cutting off communication has severely hampered the ability to monitor the situation on the ground, particularly the impact of the clashes in the local population,” Bachelet said. “I call on the national authorities to re-establish all basic services, including Internet and telephone connections. The right of all people to be informed and to access information is particularly vital in a crisis situation.”

Bachelet also expressed concern at reports indicating that a group of armed assailants assaulted members of the Amhara ethnic group in Wollega zone, Oromia region, on Sunday, 1 November. According to the Government, the attack resulted in the killing of 32 people. Other sources have reported that the number of casualties could be much higher.

“Unaddressed, such violence only leaves desolation, feeds revenge and leads to further intercommunal clashes and to more casualties and displacement in the country,” she said.

“I call for prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations into all of these incidents and for the Government to ensure those responsible are held accountable. I also call on the federal and regional authorities to ensure protection of the population and to establish across the country the necessary social, economic, security and political measures to break the cycle of violence and foster trust among communities,” the UN High Commissioner said.

“I am confident that Ethiopians can succeed on the path to social inclusion and economic and social development with full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. They can count on the support of my Office.”

Opinion: Abiy! It’s not a “Law Enforcement Operation” it is a “War”

Prime Minister Ahmed Ali Abiy is trying to rewrite and subdue the International Community as he has ordered the National Airforce to have air raids over Mekelle in the Tigray state. As well, as have ordered soldiers from missions in Somalia and elsewhere to the skirmishes in Tigray region.

The PM is calling this a Law Enforcement Operation, alas making it sound like Police Officers is looking for thieves and hoodlums. Alas, that is not the case. The Prime Minister and the Federal Government have labelled the opposition “terrorists” and have claimed they are behind a massacre. As a final pretext to order war on them.

The PM is using the Constitution when it fits him, but his not abiding by it himself. Neither is any of his allies in the House of Federation or anyone else in the Prosperity Party. Therefore, it is blatant hypocrisy to use it against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The TPLF have enough old sins to answer for and credible stories of crimes against humanity. That the PP wouldn’t need to misinform and use a lie to attack them by force.

The PM should know this, but his not that brilliant. He acts irrational, because he wants to be King. The man wants to be honoured and have everyone obeying him. Rather have that in fear, than by true compassion and cheering for works.

The TPLF is in the right to defend themselves, as the PM and the army is targeting them, because they didn’t automatically become a party of the consolidated party – the Prosperity Party. Which has made the friction go larger and larger.

Now, the PP is revenging that. They are sacking police officers, soldiers and army officers of Tigrayan nationality. There also reports of some Tigrayan Army Officers fleeing the Federal Republic to Djibouti, but was deported back to Ethiopia shortly after arriving. Therefore, the allies in the near area is serving the leadership of Addis Ababa.

There is also closing of the borders to Sudan is closed, because of the skirmishes from the government forces towards the TPLF. The Federal Government is using air-strikes and sending more troops to the Tigray region. Therefore, this will be prolonged. Not only the border to Amhara state, but also within Tigray from the base of the Northern Command. The curfews and the ‘State of Emergency’ will make things harder for the TPLF leadership to continue like normal. However, there is no normal now. When the state is coming with guns to get rid of them.

The Prime Minister and the Prosperity Party did issue the orders to attack Tigray. They decided to wage war and used all excuses to do so. The innocent civilians are the ones who will pay the price here. The soldiers and the armed forces will also pay the price for doing so. There will only be a bloodshed, because the PM ordered it. It is all happening on his watch.

He is trying to silence, stop information and also secure that he has “valid” reasons to do so. However, this is not a “Law Enforcement Operation”. It is WAR! It isn’t some police officers raiding a den of thieves. This is direct hostilities and with deadly intent.

The same PM who called the Tigray leadership “criminal elements” that without dropping any evidence or even petition cases towards the courts. If he was such a constitutional guy. The man should have at least done this through the courts and showed the world the crimes of the opponents. Alas, he rather wage war, then talk. He claims he has done talks, but only seen actions made to stop the relations between Mekelle and Addis. There have only been deliberate acts to humiliate and cease ordinary operations in Tigray. This because the TPLF decided to not join PP.

Now, he has ordered war and continues to do so. Sent more troops and moved brigades all the way from Somalia to join the forces in Tigray. The Federal Government are planning to directly attack and hunt the TPLF down. There is radio silence, media blackout and only controlled information. Civilians are dying in secret and no footage of the actions made. Therefore, the results might be more horrific then we can ever imagine.

The PM is in-charge and has to take all responsibility for this. The blood is on his hands. Just like it has been with all the assaults, assassinations and fake coups that has happen during his tenure. These are more murders in broad daylight done to favour the unelected King of Addis. Peace.

Ethiopia: Office of the Prime Minister – Updates on the unfolding developments in Ethiopia (06.11.2020)

Tchad: Mouvement Citoyen le Temps-Tchad (MCT) – Communique de Presse (06.11.2020)

Mali: Presidence de la Republique – Communique de Presse No. 00001 (05.11.2020)

Cameroon: UNICEF alarmed by spike in school attacks in Cameroon (06.11.2020)