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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

2 years

To the #Tigray survivors, victims and their families: thank you for entrusting us with your stories. The recognition for our body of work on Ethiopia serves to counter the false narratives around the reality in Tigray. I’m so incredibly proud to lead this wonderfully dogged team.

News & Documentary Emmys

@newsemmys

2 years

The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Research: News goes to Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide ( @CNN ).

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This investigation was 7-months in the making, what was most shocking to us is the extent of Russia’s subversion of the Sudanese state, it’s entrenching of Sudan’s Generals at the expense of the hopes for Democracy. While the US - and the world - watch on.

Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin’s war effort in Ukraine | CNN

Multiple interviews with high-level Sudanese and US officials and troves of documents reviewed by CNN paint a picture of an elaborate Russian scheme to plunder Sudan’s riches in a bid to fortify...

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It has meant so much to work with CNN on this new role.I bring to it the reality of who I am and (still) how few of us have a seat at this table.Thank you for all the love (Mama is in tears!) - it is a privilege to be entrusted with peoples stories and one we don’t take lightly

CNN International PR

@cnnipr

2 years

Today CNN announced @nimaelbagir has been promoted to Chief International Investigative Correspondent. Her extraordinary reporting has exposed human rights issues around the world, triggering government reaction and creating change. Find her work here

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In our latest investigation we witnessed mutilated bodies washing up on the shores of the Sitit river. Our findings point to a campaign of torture, terror and mass incarceration in Humera #Tigray . Bearing all the hallmarks of genocide as defined by the UN

Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river | CNN

Witnesses say bodies found on the banks of a river in Sudan tell a dark story of a new phase of ethnic cleansing across the border in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region.

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Those we’re speaking to in #Tigray say since yesterday there’s been an Ethiopian Gov comms blackout; phones across the region - other than Mekelle - are down. No internet. Roads into Tigray blocked, air travel halted. People are scared as to what could be coming next.

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Months after their initial withdrawal from #Tigray regional capital, Tigray’s elected government has forced Ethiopian Gov’s withdrawal. Celebrations on the ground in Mekelle but also real concern as to what could happen next.

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Ethiopian soldiers cheering and laughing as they execute unarmed men. We have verified new images and stills of the Mahibere Dego massacre. What is now clear is the original video was a “trophy video”, clear evidence of extent of impunity in #Tigray .

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As part of public push on #Tigray ahead of the G7 this US-EU round table will be webcast live 08.30 – 10.00 EST. It’s being live streamed and I’ll be moderating, details at the link below. Hopefully, will give urgency to the global push for resolution.

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Our latest - Ethiopian Airlines gun running in the war on #Tigray . Already in violation of its trade agreement w/US (AGOA) ,we shared our findings with US Gov, who say will only review terms in 2022. Till then Ethiopia will continue to benefit financially.

Ethiopia used its flagship commercial airline to transport weapons during war in Tigray | CNN

Ethiopia’s government has used the country’s flagship commercial airline to shuttle weapons to and from neighboring Eritrea during the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a CNN investigation has...

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Incredibly strong words at the start of US-EU round table from @USAmbUN on #Tigray - “The [UN] Security Council’s failings on Tigray are unacceptable. Do African lives not matter?”

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3 years

Thank you 🙏🏾 @jaketapper @TheLeadCNN for your commitment to this story.

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

3 years

CNN finds evidence of atrocities, executions, bodies dumped over a cliff in central Tigray @nimaelbagir reports

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3 years

If you take nothing else away from this piece, the most important thing is that this isn’t over. #Axum and much of Tigray is still besieged by Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers. Aid is still obstructed.The suffering you see in this piece - still - persists.

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2 years

Sending condolences to the #Kharkiv Emergency Services. Three of the team we filmed below were killed today while clearing Russian cluster munitions.They risked their lives every day to save civilians and the rest of the team are continuing on with their urgent, life saving work.

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

2 years

Kharkiv officials reported more than 60 instances of shelling by Russian forces over the last day as Russia builds forces in the east @nimaelbagir reports

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This a team nomination and we are incredibly grateful that in a conflict in which victims - and the journalists reporting on them - have been gaslit and harassed ⁦ @PeabodyAwards ⁩ saw the value and importance of these stories from #Tigray

Nima Elbagir: Human Rights Investigations in Ethiopia - The Peabody Awards

CNN’s chief international investigative correspondent, Nima Elbagir, exposed widespread human rights atrocities by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops in the Tigray region.

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In his closing remarks at US-EU Roundtable US Special Envoy for Horn of Africa Amb Jeffrey Feltman - Starvation is being used as a weapon of war [in #Tigray ]...the G7 recognises it and it’s time the Security Council itself recognises it”

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Hundreds of Tigrayans were released Thursday evening after our reporting prompted international censure.This is just one incident.Many more families in Tigray are either mourning loved ones or searching for them.⁦ @jaketapper ⁩ ⁦ @TheLeadCNN ⁩

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In our latest investigation in collaboration w/ ⁦⁦ @1500tasvir ⁩ we verify at least 43 #Iran -ians facing death this holiday season. Their families risked their lives to communicate with us, fearing a wave of executions while the world celebrates.

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Almost a year into the conflict in #Tigray and there is still no effective global response. The people helping us expose these - almost incomprehensible - horrors are doing it at huge risk, in the hope the world will finally act. 🙏🏾 @jaketapper for staying on this story.

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🙏🏾 @jaketapper for giving this space last night. This is absolutely unacceptable and we will continue to push for information on what is happening to staff at #Axum hospital.

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

3 years

Ethiopian soldiers, armed with guns and grenades, raid hospital featured in report by CNN's @nimaelbagir

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A further escalation in censure from the US - @POTUS calling for immediate ceasefire in #Tigray , immediate withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara militia and “immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access.” “Large-scale human rights abuses” are “unacceptable and must end”.

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Speaking truth to power is a fundamental part of our job but to speak truth to the power that signs your checks? ⁦ @amanpour ⁩ showing everyone how it’s done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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Civilians describe scenes of panic, blood and broken glass in the capital of #Tigray . As Ethiopia gov spox deny airstrikes and “tell the US and its partners not to be swayed by the crying wolf” via @GianlucaMezzo @ArvanitidisCNN & @bethlehemfel

Gianluca Mezzofiore

@GianlucaMezzo

3 years

Mekelle: Capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region hit by airstrikes, eyewitness and local forces say

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Growing Bipartisan pressure in the wake of our report on #Ethiopia Airlines gun running.Saying “it calls for action from the Administration, @RepMcCaul told @biannagolodryga @AmanpourCoPBS “we have issued a statement calling upon the Biden administration to issue the sanctions”.

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In the aftermath of our investigation Gregory Meeks, Chair of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs says he will push for an “internationally-led” investigation into the "grievous situation" in the Tigray region including "what appears to be a massacre of unarmed civilians."

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2 years

👇🏾a number of US lawmakers disagree with the position of US State Dept to press pause on more substantive action inc making public the findings on whether the conflict in Tigray amounts to genocide.

Congressman Brad Sherman

@BradSherman

2 years

What’s unfolding in Ethiopia has all the makings of a genocide and we cannot wait for this to become another Rwanda before we take action. See my questioning of @AsstSecStateAF & @USAIDAfrica #SenDepAsstAdministrator (1/3)

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3 years

This reporting is probably among our most important as it exposes extraordinary brazenness on the part of official actors - Ethiopian soldiers allowing themselves to be filmed executing unarmed men.

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

3 years

CNN and Amnesty International investigate shocking video of executions by Ethiopian soldiers.

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3 years

A pretty clear statement from US lawmakers, which opens the door for potential sanctions.This comes after CNN captured on camera Eritrean soldiers cutting off critical aid routes in #Tigray . Via ⁦ @elizamackintosh ⁩

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3 years

CNN obtained the draft forensic report into the bodies on the Sitit, We’ve updated 👇🏾 with quotes.A Key finding; some victims were executed months prior and piled on each other. In a mass grave/storage facility. More evidence of the relentlessness of the violence in #Tigray

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@nimaelbagir

3 years

In our latest investigation we witnessed mutilated bodies washing up on the shores of the Sitit river. Our findings point to a campaign of torture, terror and mass incarceration in Humera #Tigray . Bearing all the hallmarks of genocide as defined by the UN

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2 years

This incredible @hrw @amnesty investigation, affirms much of what we found at the time and goes even further, painting a picture of utter inhumanity. If the world learns anything from Ukraine it should be that appeasement always leads to greater suffering. Shame on us.

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3 years

👇🏾this is an important inflection point and one we’re working to highlight on our platforms. The hope is that this move by the US will serve to shift the global community’s stance as a whole.

CNN International PR

@cnnipr

3 years

Following extensive CNN reporting, President Joe Biden signed an executive order authorizing broad sanctions against those involved in perpetrating the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. CNN's @nimaelbagir explains their possible implications on @NewDay . 👉

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3 years

You are very kind 🙏🏾 I’m lucky to work with the most extraordinary team and we are privileged to be entrusted with these testimonies of loss and heartbreak.

Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C.

@batten_von

3 years

While the fight for peace & accountability is not over, it was the excellent reporting from reputable journalists & organizations, like @nimaelbagir and @CNN , that helped put a big spotlight on AGOA & other delayed US actions & compelled the US government to increase the pressure

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2 years

1st significant US sanctions levied against Ethiopia since start of conflict. Despite Ethiopia denying our findings. Tigray forces say they are back in their regional borders - @MFA why won’t you allow us and other intl media in to investigate reports of Tigray force atrocities?

Daniel Wright

@AlfieConn

2 years

Ethiopia loses access to lucrative US trade program after @cnn investigation into human rights abuse and weapons transfer on commercial flights - @nimaelbagir @arnaudsiad

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US ultimatum to the parties to the conflict for the first time; sanctions could come in “weeks” if action not taken. Senate contacts say recent CNN investigation on #Tigray triggered urgency in US lawmakers, ratcheting up the pressure on the White House

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3 years

Abune Mathias is revered by many Ethiopians yet even he says he has been “silenced” when he has attempted to speak on the suffering in the Tigray region. @denniswadley ⁩, visiting His Holiness from the US, was able to bring this message out with him.

Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch condemns Tigray ‘genocide’ | CNN

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has condemned his own country’s rulers in a video recorded by the director of a US-based charity, saying “they want to destroy the people of Tigray”...

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3 years

Thank you to @democracynow for having me on and continuing to amplify our reporting on this 🙏🏾

Democracy Now!

@democracynow

3 years

“We can and do believe it has all the hallmarks of genocide.” @nimaelbagir reports on the developing humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, exposing the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Tigray and illegal arms shipments on commercial flights.

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👇🏾 @GianlucaMezzo ⁩ ⁦ @katie_polglase ⁩ on the increasing risks Tigrayans take to flee Ethiopia. Despite that, Ethiopia Gov Spox says the - only recently lifted -Emergency laws not intended to “'persecute' any group of people based on their identity".

Ethiopian Airlines employees are fleeing the country by hiding in the planes they work on | CNN

CNN has spoken to several Tigrayan employees of Ethiopian Airlines who have fled Ethiopia in recent months through their jobs as technicians and flight crew.

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3 years

“We’ll see if America will save you”- In the aftermath of US sanctions Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers round up hundreds of young men in #Tigray , detaining them in a disused storage facility, as their families anxiously wait for news.

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This beautifully written piece brings home all that’s been lost in #Tigray and all that’s at stake. As Ethiopia continues to wage war on itself.

'You can't even cry loudly': Counting Ethiopia's war dead

Ethiopia's war is now one year old. Its dead are in the handwritten lists of names smuggled out of a region cut off from the world.

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@nimaelbagir

2 years

👇🏾the timing is key. This was as Ethiopian officials were arguing that it was wrong to revoke AGOA trade access, of which Ethiopian Airlines was a key - supposedly civilian - beneficiary.

Gerjon | חריון | غريون | ኼርዮን (Deactivated)

@Gerjon_

2 years

In Oct 2021, CNN journalists uncovered a set of military equipment shipments by Ethiopian Cargo from 🇪🇹Addis Ababa to 🇪🇷Asmara, taking place in Nov 2020. I found 3 similar flights in Dec 2021: the same aircraft type, same callsigns #ETH3312 / #ETH3313 and similar route segments.

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3 years

UN Rep on Sexual Violence in Conflict @USGSRSGPatten said she wasn’t surprised by extent of sexual violence in #Tigray and it’s still stuck in my head - “We know wars are fought on the battlefield of women’s bodies”. How awful that violence against women is never a surprise.

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3 years

🙏🏾Thank you guys for having me on to talk about our work on #Tigray . Now more than ever It’s important more people are aware of what’s going on there - especially in the US. The more we talk about it, the more - hopefully - the push for justice and resolution can be sustained.

Crooked Media

@CrookedMedia

3 years

Yesterday, the U.S., Canada, and a number of European countries called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia. We spoke with @nimaelbagir about the ongoing crisis in the country. #WhatADay "The Crisis In Ethiopia with Nima Elbagir" out now:

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🙏🏾 @_Will_Brown The truth is it’s @berhe_lucy we are all in awe of. To continue to do the work she does from inside Ethiopia, in the face of horrific threats and attacks, is just extraordinary. She deserves all our support.

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3 years

We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those who helped us get to where we needed to be. To the many Tigrayans who bravely shared their stories - in spite of the risks. Believing that it’s their duty - to themselves and to each other - to make sure the world knows. #Axum #Tigray

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2 years

A really powerful piece by ⁦ @LaetitiaBader ⁩ detailing the international community’s paralysis on Ethiopia.

How international bodies can help prevent more Ethiopia massacres

The establishment of a robust international investigative mechanism could pave the way for greater accountability.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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@nimaelbagir

8 months

Thank you so much @timnitGebru for raising to @RepMaxineWaters I hope we can all agree that having a press rep who encourages and engages in harassment of journalists and survivors of atrocities sends an utterly dismaying message.

@[email protected] on Mastodon

@timnitGebru

8 months

. @RepMaxineWaters , she calls Nima's award winning investigative journalism, performed under incessant harassment from the likes of your newly minted PRESS SECRETARY, "criminal propaganda". Should we be looking forward to this type of treatment of journalists from your office?

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3 years

Our latest #Tigray ☝🏾investigation is not just about potential violations of international aviation law and violations of trade agreements w/US. This is about what the US & the world are willing to look away from and for how long?

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As the world ignores Sudan’s further descent into horror, our investigation exposes the RSF’s weaponising of hunger and fear; hundreds of men and dozens of children, forced to fight for the same force raping, looting and burning through the country.

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2 years

Awful testimony in this piece by @Lattif This even after the UN Human Rights office raised the alarm on “mass arbitrary arrests” of Tigrayans.

Abdi Latif Dahir

@Lattif

2 years

“They showed him no mercy even after he cried, ‘I am disabled & diabetic’”: Ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia, including mothers with babies & a 76-year-old, one-legged amputee, are being detained on suspicion of backing Tigrayan rebels & held in crowded cells

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3 years

Our tv piece from on the ground in Sudan will release next week.

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⁦Citing our reporting, @RepMcCaul ⁩ continues push for sanctions on violators in Ethiopia’s #Tigray region.Asking Biden Admin “what’s the hold up?”

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3 years

Update via ⁦ @NicoleCNN ⁩ who now has this from ⁦ @StateDept ⁩ - "deeply disturbed" by Ethiopian soldiers' raid & Describing their actions as "unacceptable." Hopefully, this gives the staff at #Axum hospital some comfort that the world is watching.

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Update from @jmhansler - @StateDept welcome release saying; “they should never have been detained in the first place” the atrocities committed in #Tigray "shock the conscience and must end”.

Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Hundreds of Tigrayans were released Thursday evening after our reporting prompted international censure.This is just one incident.Many more families in Tigray are either mourning loved ones or searching for them.⁦ @jaketapper ⁩ ⁦ @TheLeadCNN ⁩

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This latest report by ⁦ @_Will_Brown ⁩ & ⁦ @berhe_lucy ⁩ is a horrifying read but really important to understand the enormity of the task ahead w/regards to investigations & accountability.

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@nimaelbagir

3 years

A fantastic thread by @ZekuZelalem breaking down the shortcomings of the joint Ethio-UN investigation into atrocities committed in #Tigray . As feared the UN has provided the Ethiopian Gov with a modesty veil, obscuring the intent behind the actions of the last year.

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3 years

🙏🏾 @jaketapper . We shared our reporting on Thursday with @potus envoy to Ethiopia @ChrisCoons who called for immediate release of the hundreds detained in #Tigray - “If these detainees are harmed and not released, there must be accountability for these actions”.

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

3 years

The new video that only shows a glimpse of the horrors happening right now in Tigray @nimaelbagir reports

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2 years

I’ll be moderating a conversation between @ChrisCoons and @SenThomTillis After days of flagrantly ethnically motivated arrests in Addis, the UN acknowledged at least 1000 Tigrayans detained.The question of what the US does now is incredibly important. Join us at 3pm ET details 👇🏾

Senator Chris Coons

@ChrisCoons

2 years

Brutal ethnic conflict & humanitarian disaster in #Ethiopia continues to threaten the stability of East Africa. Today at 3PM ET, I’ll join @SenThomTillis @nimaelbagir & the Yale Genocide Studies Program to discuss the crisis. Watch here:

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US State Dept on our latest #Tigray reporting-“as more information comes to light, the urgency to meet those commitments and establish independent, international investigations increases”. “International” though not the same as “internationally led”. Shd Ethiopia Gov be trusted?

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Thank you ⁦ @TVietor08 ⁩ for highlighting the situation in #Tigray on the Pod! Just in the last week 8 more bodies floated downstream into Sudan from Ethiopia & images analysed by CNN show 6 bodies bore signs of torture. There is clearly no respite.

‎Pod Save the World: Who hid the nukes from Trump? on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Pod Save the World, Ep Who hid the nukes from Trump? - 15 Sept 2021

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3 years

In a UK House of Commons debate on #Tigray our findings along with @berhe_lucy were corroborated. With UK lawmaker MP @helenhayes_ saying “this conflict contains the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and genocide”

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After months of reporting on extrajudicial detentions of Tigrayans in Tigray @GianlucaMezzo & @katie_polglase now have this-criminalising of the Tigrayan ethnicity in the heart of Ethiopia’s capital.

Katie Polglase

@katie_polglase

3 years

A young mother and an elderly priest among the sweeping arrests of Tigrayans across Addis Ababa. Our latest #Ethiopia reporting:

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Accused of “tarnishing” Ethiopia’s reputation and threatened with a “military investigation” for speaking to us. Staff at #Axum Hospital say they continue to stay for the patients unable to flee w/⁦ @ArvanitidisCNN ⁩ ⁦ @elizamackintosh ⁩

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+ Senior official told @NatashaBertrand the US is looking in to our findings & “considering the full range of tools” to address the worsening crisis” including “the use of targeted economic sanctions”. While mitigating “unintended” impact on the people of Ethiopia & the region.

Gianluca Mezzofiore

@GianlucaMezzo

3 years

NEW: US warns it could sanction Ethiopia after CNN reveals airline ferried weapons during Tigray war

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This is why governments work to obstruct and undermine journalists so that appalling imagery like this in #Tigray remains hidden from the eyes of the world. Well done @AJEnglish @berhe_lucy

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3 years

A must read is also @berhe_lucy reporting on the mass detentions in Humera

Lucy Kassa

@berhe_lucy

3 years

My latest for @Telegraph Amhara Forces are throwing thousands of Tigrayans into makeshift "concentration camps", cutting off limbs & dumping mutilated bodies as part of an orchestrated ethnic purge. Satellite imagery partially corroborates sources.

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👇🏾 @UNReliefChief noticeably escalating his public statements. This after he expressed his frustration at the UN Security Council’s resistance to his briefings on Eritrean & Ethiopian aid obstruction being made public. It’s also further evidence of how bad it’s gotten in #Tigray

Reuters Africa

@ReutersAfrica

3 years

EXCLUSIVE UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray

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⁦. @timnitGebru ⁩ “is a truth teller” & those words are truly hard won. Persisting through unrelenting harassment - across different contexts and issues. Congratulations! This is hugely deserved recognition.

Timnit Gebru: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022

Find out why Timnit Gebru is on this year’s list

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Update-both the UN and the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission have now confirmed our reporting. @CNSozi - the UN Resident Coordinator -called the detentions “arbitrary and brutal arrests” & “serious violations” of international law. #Tigray

Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

“We’ll see if America will save you”- In the aftermath of US sanctions Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers round up hundreds of young men in #Tigray , detaining them in a disused storage facility, as their families anxiously wait for news.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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👇🏾from US Senator @ChrisCoons who has spent much of the last year attempting to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ethiopia.

Senator Chris Coons

@ChrisCoons

2 years

I support @POTUS decision to end #Ethiopia ’s eligibility for special trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA. The law is clear, and Ethiopia failed to meet the human rights requirements. More progress is needed on humanitarian access & toward peace.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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We built on work by Sudanese journalists @MujoPress @wd_gliba @Eltoummoneim who have for years exposed Russia’s activities in Sudan, at personal risk. They and countless brave whistleblowers and sources are fighting to expose Russia’s plunder of Sudan.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Detained since 16, her emotional reunion with her mother after 10 years was hidden away. Israel’s Far Right NatSec Minister Ben Gvir says- Palestinians celebrating the release of prisoners will be treated as “terrorists”, in support of “terrorism”.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

A breakdown of the investigation and analysis we undertook in collaboration w/ @amnesty

CNN International

@cnni

3 years

CNN has investigated a gruesome video appearing to show Ethiopian soldiers carrying out extrajudicial executions of unarmed men in Tigray, Ethiopia. This is what we found:

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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. @cnn @ArvanitidisCNN has a standing application in for our team that has been denied for months. What don’t you want international media to see in the Amhara and Tigray regions?

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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. @YousraElbagir is the first foreign journalist to enter the capital Khartoum, to give a glimpse of the horrors facing those trapped there.

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 year

Hundreds of thousands have fled Sudan's capital, Khartoum, but millions remain trapped in a prison of urban warfare. Conflict between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has led to civilians fleeing to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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This matters because of concerns raised by #Tigray advocates & survivors re the EHRC - an Ethiopian state apointed body- carrying out the investigations as part of a joint mechanism with the UN. Now more than ever they want US support for internationally-led investigations.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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👇🏾 @jmhansler The travel bans to the US will hurt w/regards to Abiy/Ethiopia’s perceived place in the world but we need more clarity.Will this be based on the result of the joint UN/EHRC investigation or is there already a list? #Tigray

Jennifer Hansler

@jmhansler

3 years

NEW: @SecBlinken announces sweeping visa restriction policy curbing visas for "any current or former Ethiopian or Eritrean government officials, members of the security forces, or other individuals...responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution of the crisis in Tigray”

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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👇🏾video now uploaded at the link. 2 months since our last investigation, the new verified images identify the victims, identify the perpetrators and yet #Ethiopia Gov will not confirm it is investigating this #Tigray massacre, won’t even respond to our request for comment.

Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Ethiopian soldiers cheering and laughing as they execute unarmed men. We have verified new images and stills of the Mahibere Dego massacre. What is now clear is the original video was a “trophy video”, clear evidence of extent of impunity in #Tigray .

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Ancient ruins at Dukki Gel in Northern Sudan (I’m running on the modern wall!) Photojournalist Alex Platt took this. He and producer @ArvanitidisCNN are the absolute best. Plus @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase and Mark Baron 🙏🏾guys for all the weekends and nights.

CNN International PR

@cnnipr

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Congratulations, Nima! We can't wait to see where the story takes you.🌍 📸 Alex Platt/CNN

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

My conversation with the wonderful @eepreylove on the ways in which sexual violence is often overlooked as a weapon of ethnic cleansing & genocide - especially when victims survive to bear witness. As if that mitigates the pain to the survivors, their families and communities.

Emily Prey

@eepreylove

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#Tigrayan women were told: “We will cleanse your bloodline. We'll make sure Tigrayan wombs don't bear Tigrayan children. It's your honor that this should happen to you.” @nimaelbagir on the horrific SV & genocide in #Ethiopia . #GenderingGeopolitics #Tigray

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Update via @bethlehemfel - After repeated official denials, state-run Ethiopian Press Agency now says Ethiopia’s Air Force “carried out with the utmost precision to prevent civilian casualties" a “successful offensive" against a TPLF communication network and facility in #Tigray

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

2 years

We are incredibly appreciative of this recognition by @HeadlinerAwards When juries of our peers affirm the veracity - and importance - of these stories. It serves to further expose the inhumanity of those denying the suffering in #Tigray & seeking to silence survivors.

Daniel Wright

@AlfieConn

2 years

Congratulations to @nimaelbagir @ArvanitidisCNN @katie_polglase @GianlucaMezzo and team for their first place at the @HeadlinerAwards in the broadcast and investigative catagory for this reporting on Ethiopia and Tigray

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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U.S. says now looking into reports of atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Spox Ned Price told a briefing the United States is "gravely concerned" about accounts last week by CNN and the BBC of a massacre in the region by Ethiopian forces.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Thank you so much Amy Goodman and @nermeendn for having me on to discuss the ongoing violence in #Tigray

Democracy Now!

@democracynow

3 years

The military conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has descended into ethnic cleansing, says CNN's @nimaelbagir , who just returned from reporting in the region. “Many people believe that it is now genocidal.”

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Updated with the tv piece.

Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Our latest - Ethiopian Airlines gun running in the war on #Tigray . Already in violation of its trade agreement w/US (AGOA) ,we shared our findings with US Gov, who say will only review terms in 2022. Till then Ethiopia will continue to benefit financially.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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From Dr Tedros: since our report aired he says he’s received countless messages of support for him and for the whole camp. In the last few days several more women have felt able to share with him that they were raped and told him it was because of that outpouring of support.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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By the Ethiopia Gov’s own estimates 5.2 million out of the 5.7 million population of #Tigray is now dependant on aid. Many of those lives could be at risk as @USAID says the “trend [is]towards more restricted access”.

USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

@USAIDSavesLives

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TIGRAY UPDATE: " @CNN 's interviews w/ humanitarian workers, doctors, soldiers & displaced ppl in Axum & across central #Tigray [...] indicate the situation is even worse than was feared." Our DART leader Emily Dakin shares troubling reports from the ground.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Yet 2 months since our original investigation w/Amnesty was released, no confirmation from the Ethiopian government that there is an investigation ongoing in to this. In spite of their statements that “all who break the law will be held accountable” #Tigray

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Via @kylieatwood - in response to CNN investigation w/ @1500tasvir the US denounces the charges we exposed #Iran authorities are handing down, many of which carry the death sentence. As families fears grow that a wave of executions is imminent.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

The US supported joint mechanism would team an Ethiopian state appointed body with a UN body.The same state not deeming worthy for investigation our/ @amnesty findings of extrajudicial executions aired on @jaketapper show?Are these commitments really sufficient, Senator?

Senator Chris Coons

@ChrisCoons

3 years

I welcome commitments made by Prime Minister Abiy to hold perpetrators of atrocities and human rights violations accountable, and I look forward to actionable progress toward fulfilling these pledges.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

3 years

Thank you 🙏🏾 so much @TVietor08 for leveraging your platform on this issue.

Tommy Vietor

@TVietor08

3 years

Important step by the Biden administration to begin to pressure Ethiopia and Eritrea to stop the war in Tigray. Seems likely that @potus was compelled to take action by @nimaelbagir 's recent reports of atrocities.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Dr Tedros is doing incredible work in Sudan as featured in our reporting - despite he himself being a refugee. If you were moved by it please consider donating. It is as much about the financial support as it is about him knowing he is seen and appreciated.

Millete Birhanemaskel

@GualJeganu

3 years

Dr. Tedros is doing incredible work in Sudan. Let's support him!

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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When we first reached out for comment on gun ferrying by Ethiopia Airlines - a key beneficiary of a US trade access deal -officials stated they were waiting till review in 2022. Now 👇🏾 from ⁦ @jmhansler ⁩ - US has started the clock on notice to revoke.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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The wonderful ⁦ @sarasidnerCNN ⁩ “It’s taken me a really long time to say, ‘You don’t have to be a robot reporter.” For many women - especially women of colour - that feeling of hyper-vigilance over our emotions is all too familiar.

Sara Sidner Is Only Human

Thanks to the events of the last year, the world got to see who the CNN correspondent really is.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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I won the #IWMFCourage Award at a time when I’d had a little boy and was still figuring out how to regain my career footing. The support and sisterhood that came with the award were what I needed to keep me going a little longer. Thank you @IWMF !

International Women's Media Foundation

@IWMF

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Congratulations to 2018 #IWMFCourage Award winner @NimaElbagir on becoming Chief International Investigative Correspondent at @CNN ! Such a deserving #fiercewomanjourno for the job. We are proud of you!

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Working with ⁦ @samdubberley ⁩ @amnesty , in a frame-by-frame investigation of the video footage + interviews with family members and locals, CNN established Ethiopian soldiers executed unarmed men and disposed of their bodies near Mahibere Dego.

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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@MSF - in a rare statement-confirmed the incident to CNN, saying several soldiers went "ward by ward looking for patients, intimidating caretakers and threatening health staff." In spite of the threats, staff say they don't regret speaking out. So brave and so heartbreaking

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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🙏🏾 so much to @TVietor08 and team for continuing to talk about #Tigray & #SudanCoup , the complicity that silence affords and what the future could look like for the US’ aspiration once more to global “moral leadership” as it struggles to end violations in both countries.

Tommy Vietor

@TVietor08

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Thank you again to @nimaelbagir for joining the show today. She has done incredible work covering the civil war in Ethiopia, the coup in Sudan, and the murder of activists by the Nigerian military. We discussed all of that and more in this episode:

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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My mother @Ibtisambagir70 was only 14 the first time she demonstrated against the military. She and my father spent the decades since continuing that fight. In my favourite interview of all time my mother helps me track Sudan’s fitful journey to democracy

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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The Ethiopia PM’s Office has still not responded to our request for comment and clarification as to why this intimidation was allowed to occur. #Tigray

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C.

@batten_von

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Despite warning from @POTUS & @AmbassadorTai , @PMEthiopia continues to violate international law. We look forward to @POTUS AGOA eligibility proclamation. Section 104 of AGOA stipulates that eligible nations must not engage in human rights violations. 🇺🇸

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Nima Elbagir

@nimaelbagir

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One of my favourite reporting trips - the celebrations after the ouster of Bashir. Sudan & its people have been through so much but still there’s such extraordinary resolve. The headscarf is Mama’s btw. It felt appropriate to wear something of hers on air that day.

Alex Stern

@alexraestern

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CNN reporter @nimaelbagir joined the podcast for a truly special episode in Sudan, where her family has fought for democracy and freedom of the press through several generations and several coups:

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