Patrick Heinisch
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Passionate about Africa. Conducting economic research on Emerging Markets in general and Africa in particular @Helaba. Traveling to various African countries.
Hesse, Germany
Joined February 2019
"The situation in northern #Ethiopia will come to an end, peace will prevail. We will not continue fighting forever. I believe that in a short period of time, we will stand with our Tigrayan brothers for peace and development," @AbiyAhmedAli said Thursday.
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#Rwanda’s president @PaulKagame calls for direct action from #US president @JoeBiden & @UN #Security_Council in the #Tigray conflict, saying the number of casualties is far too high to leave the issue to #Ethiopia or the @_AfricanUnion alone.
Ethiopie : Paul Kagamé appelle à une action directe du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU pour résoudre la crise dans le Tigré |
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#Tigray is a comparatively small region within #Ethiopia, but rich in #natural_resources. Tigray is the 2nd largest producer of #sesame seeds & the largest producer of #gold in 🇪🇹. To support the recovery of the economy, security must be restored quickly.
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During Abyei negotiations (April 6-13), Hamedti informed #South_Sudan presidential advisor Gatluak that he would start a war against 🇸🇩 army on April 15. On April 9, Gatluak warned his relatives in Khartoum that there would be war next Saturday. His family left #Sudan immediately
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#EU dev. chief @JuttaUrpilainen asks @IMFnews, @WorldBank, #UK, #US, #Canada to tell @AbiyAhmedAli that financial support will be shut off without full humanit. access to #Tigray. 5 EU #budget_support payments to .#Ethiopia worth $120m are due in 2021.
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Central banks of #Ethiopia & #Nigeria swap $100 million in blocked funds. The currency deal involves swapping revenues of @flyethiopian from🇳🇬& of Dangote Cement in🇪🇹, as the companies struggled to repatriate profits amid forex shortages in both countries.
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“Western Tigray, Southern Tigray as well as Tselemti which is part of Northwestern Tigray are not only under occupation, but also witnessing the continuation of genocidal crimes and displacement of civilians," says head of 🇪🇹 #Tigray admin @reda_getachew.
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This is extremely rare. @IMFnews makes no GDP growth projection for #Ethiopia: "For 🇪🇹, projections for 2022–26 are omitted due to an unusually high degree of uncertainty." #Afghanistan, #Lybia & #Syria are the only other countries without data projections for the coming years.
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#US president @JoeBiden decides to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14046 with respect to #Ethiopia. The executive order imposes #sanctions on certain persons with respect to the humanitarian and #human_rights crisis in Ethiopia.
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I am surprised to meet so many #Eritreans here in #Juba. They own shops, factories, hotels, restaurants. Even #South_Sudanese tell me that Eritreans play an important role in the local economy.
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Deputy mayor of #Addis_Ababa calls on the city’s youth to take up #arms & join the fight against #Tigray's army. This follows a similar call made yesterday by the head of #Amhara’s government. The conflict in the north of #Ethiopia is spyring out of control.
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🥳💐Happy Independence Day #Somaliland!💪🎂.#60YearAnniversary.Incredible example of peace and stability at the #HornOfAfrica!.@musebiihi
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A very sensitive topic. The #EU is not directly funding gov. budgets due to the war. The question is to what extent 🇪🇺is indirectly freeing up resources in 🇪🇹ministries for military purposes. 🇪🇺funds projects in health & education totalling €81.5 million.
Ministry of Education , its Sectors and Ethiopian Public Universities have donated above 211 million Birr, for the victorious Ethiopian Defence Forces.
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Despite earlier approval by #US gov., @DFCgov might suspend financing of @SafaricomPLC’s #Ethiopia entry. DFC & 🇺🇸gov. “closely monitor the situation in #Tigray & will carefully consider its impact on any potential financing of the Vodafone consortium.”
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Definitely so! If the people of #Somaliland decide freely to be independent, no outside power should interfere in Somaliland's sovereign affairs. Its neighbours and the entire international community have to respect this decision.
Greater, peace-prosperity and Economic power of horn of Africa depends on Respecting #Somaliland sovereignty and history of Africa Borders period.
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@RussianEmbassy @tesfanews @KremlinRussia_E @mfa_russia @BBCWorld @SkyNews @FinancialTimes @TheEconomist @business @RusEmbUSA @RusMission_EU @RT_com Indeed a high risk for the USD and euro as reserve currencies. European politicians in particular have overestimated their economic power. Every country with a different model of government now knows that it must allocate its foreign reserves differently.
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#Ethiopia on the agenda of the next Oct. 17 #EU foreign affairs council. This comes as @Europarl_EN adopted a new resolution on Oct. 6 calling for, amongst others, an immediate end to hostilities, sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations.
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#Ethiopian government troops went door-to-door killing dozens of civilians last month in a town in the country’s #Amhara region, according to residents, who said the bloodshed took place after clashes with local militia.
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#EU special envoy to the #HornOfAfrica @EUSR_Weber met @SudanPMHamdok yesterday during her first official visit to the region. She had planned to visit #Ethiopia too, but had to cancel the trip when she learned that no 🇪🇹 government official would be willing to meet her.
Tension is rising between Brussels and Addis Ababa. In the midst of intense dialogue, the #EU's new special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber (@EUSR_Weber), is still waiting to meet with the Ethiopian autoritites. #Ethiopia
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#BREAKING: #EU may suspend #budget_funding to #Ethiopia over #Tigray conflict. @AbiyAhmedAli now faces big funding problems. #Central_bank appreciates #birr.
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Some quotes from @AbiyAhmedAli' speech @NobelPrize award ceremony 11 months ago. Funny from today's perspective:.War is the epitome of hell. I know because I have been there and back. War makes for bitter men. I believe that peace is an affair of heart.
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Acting @WHO Director is much criticized inside & outside of #Ethiopia. However, nobody can deny that @DrTedros produced outstanding results as Minister @FmoHealth b/w 2005-12: .▶️creation of 3500 health centers.▶️creation of 30 medical schools.▶️+38000 health workers for rural🇪🇹
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A few details on @MoP_Ethiopia recent visit to #Germany:.▶️🇩🇪acts in line with #EU & currently withholds €100m of "reform financing" to 🇪🇹.▶️disbursement depends on steps taken by 🇪🇹gov. to resolve #Tigray crisis.▶️🇩🇪demands immediate ceasefire.▶️humanitarian cooperation goes on
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Worried about "Western Analysts" commenting on #Ethiopia's #Tigray conflict? Here's an excellent interview of 🇪🇹 journalist @TsedaleLemma to #Germany's @taz_news: "There are verified reports of concerted efforts targeting ethnic Tigrayans"
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How does #Ethiopia finance the war? In April @AbiyAhmedAli pledged to spend $1.6bn (1.6% of GDP) COVID19 response plan. @IMFnews says “In practice, much less has been spent to date.” Use of these funds in #Tigray conflict would be against DSSI commitment:
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War in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region severely damaged #infrastructure. Interim administration says it is difficult to provide citizens with clean #water. Furthermore, water resource management offices have been looted.
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@martinplaut Hi Martin, I read some of your highly interesting tweets about payments made by Ethiopia to Eritrea & Eritrean soldiers. Could you please add to which reports/sources you refer? I wonder where all of a sudden Ethiopia got this money from. The financial situation is very tense.
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Special forces from #Ethiopia's #Amhara region launched an attack on the disputed #Al_Fashaga area. #Sudan's army was able to repel the attack. Since the beginning of the war in Sudan, 🇸🇩 army has been monitoring movements of 🇪🇹 forces along the border.
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#Amhara’s Fano militia group, which has been fighting #Tigray forces alongside the Ethiopian federal forces and allied Eritrean troops, admitted committing widespread atrocities in #Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a video seen by @SudanTribune_EN shows.
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@AbiyAhmedAli I suppose European members of #UNSC would argue it's not an internal affair because:.- Eritrea allowed Ethiopian troops to retreat to its territory & later launch attacks from Erit. territory.- TPLF troops fired rockets at Asmara.- tens of thousands of refugees destabilize Sudan.
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Many of #Ethiopia's #donors make their financial support dependent on full humanitarian access to #Tigray. Secretary-General @NRC_Norway said in a webinar today that there is still "zero access" to western & central Tigray.
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#EU envoy @Haavisto says #Ethiopia's criticism will not affect his work. “Obviously they (🇪🇹) defend their own views. Currently being prepared is a @UN report on #human_rights & presumably, over the summer we will learn more about the extent of violations"
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4 German cities with twin cities in #Ethiopia appeal to #Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to rally support for sending @UN peacekeeping troops to #Ethiopia because of the ongoing #Tigray conflict. @RegSprecher did not comment on this at today's press briefing.
(1/2) Vier Monate Konflikt in #Tigray, #Äthiopien. Das heißt vier Monate Zerstörung, soziales Elend und eine diffuse Nachrichtenlage. Die @StadtLeipzig #Gotha,#Vaterstetten und #Witten haben Partnerstädte in Äthiopien.Unsere Partnerstadt #Mekelle liegt in der Krisenregion Tigray.
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So far #Germany favors diplomacy in #Tigray conflict. The first MPs such as @MdB_Schreiber call for an end of economic cooperation. In 2019 Germany pledged 352.5 million euros to #Ethiopia. Via @dwnews (German)
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"The #EU will present a resolution at the @UN_HRC renewing the mandate of the Intl. Commission of Human Rights Experts on #Ethiopia to allow for further comprehensive, independent and transparent investigations and accountability mechanisms" @JosepBorrellF
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#US Secretary of State @SecBlinken yesterday condemned alleged atrocities & called on @_AfricanUnion & other international partners to help address #Ethiopia's deepening #Tigray crisis.
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#Border_conflict: Deadly clashes between #Sudan's army & #Ethiopia's army supported by Eritrean troops & #Amhara militias in #Al_Fashaga. 21 Sudanese soldiers were killed & at least 30 injured. 🇪🇹 troops had penetrated 17 km into 🇸🇩 territory this morning.
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@eimanId @realJohndoe20 The conference is only a few hours. All 105 members of Sudan's delegation won't even have time to speak. Maybe the others just go for sightseeing, shopping & a little tourism. I lived in Paris for 2 years. It is really worth a visit.
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@CohenOnAfrica I see these claims frequently but wonder how can a region of 6m ppl resist over a year against 100m in the rest of the country? Only because some ten thousand TPLF cadres forced them to do so? We must admit there is immense support for TPLF even among ordinary Tigrayans.
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@KjetilTronvoll @PMEthiopia At first I thought this was a new fake account, but you are really back. I'm very happy about that. The Horn cannot do without your expertise!.
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Besides #visa_restrictions on #Eritrean & #Ethiopia govt. officials the #US has "imposed wide-ranging restrictions on economic & security assistance to #Ethiopia & will bring our #defense_trade control policy in line with them."
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Since #Burkina_Faso broke diplomatic relations with #Taiwan in May 2018, in #Africa only #Eswatini has had diplomatic relations with Taiwan. As of this week, another African country, #Somaliland established diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
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#Kenya will buy power from #Ethiopia at 6.5 US cents per kilowatt for the next five years before it can be allowed to renegotiate. Kenya had signed a 25-year deal with its neighbor to start importing #electricity from next month.
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Due to #corona all countries impose major travel restrictions. For more than 3 months I did not to travel to #Africa. As I get nostalgic about past trips, I want to share some souvenirs with you. Here are some impressions from #Hargeisa (April 2018), Republic of #Somaliland.
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The UN Security Council recommends that #Ethiopia and #Somalia resolve their differences over #Somaliland MoU through #IGAD and the #AU, disclosed Ambassador Meles Alem, spokesperson for @mfaethiopia.
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@SeifGebre @_AfricanUnion @USUN @UKUN_NewYork @franceonu @irishmissionun @NorwayUN @AlMissionUN Why is there still no reaction from Ethiopia's government? Strange.
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The government of #Tigray is ready to abide by an immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on the international community to "press the #Ethiopian government to come to the negotiating table.".
Statement on Cessation of Hostilities. October 16, 2022. 1/5
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Good news for #Sudan! Next Monday, June 28, @IMFnews executive board is expected to take a decision about the #HIPC decision point (#debt_relief). A great success for the reform policy of Prime Minister @SudanPMHamdok!
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Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from the neighbouring region of #Afar in #Ethiopia, @reda_getachew told Reuters on Monday, saying that he hoped this meant desperately needed food aid could finally reach famine-hit #Tigray.
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I see @flyethiopian already points out new forex regulations. The laws of #Ethiopia must be respected, but if a gov. cannot afford the exchange rate and forces people to exchange $1 for 52 birr while any trader on the street would give 100, it is kind of stealing from the people.
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#Tigray’s president Debretsion vows to treat Ethiopian #prisoners of war according to international laws saying “we are committed to keep them well”. They will be released after a short time. Only those involved in war crimes will be kept. Via: @AP
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#EU special representative @EUSR_Weber, who is in contact with #Tigray's gov. "through regular and frequent phone calls," says "the uncompromising position of .#Eritrea’s leadership complicates the options of the GoE."
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#Ethiopia's #Amhara region reveals damage suffered during the #civil_war: property destroyed 292 billion birr ($5.6 billion), 240,236 people killed or injured.
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#Ethiopia says accusations brought forward by @WHO director @DrTedros are baseless. A @WHOEthiopia request to deliver 95 MT of medicines and medical supplies to #Tigray from March 21 to April 20 has been approved by the federal authorities.
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Despite international pressure, #Ethiopia will not allow foreign independent investigation into #massacres that happened during the #Tigray "Law enforcement operation".
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#Somalia is prepared to go to war to stop #Ethiopia recognising the breakaway territory of #Somaliland and building a port there, a senior adviser to Somalia’s president has said. "We are ready for a war if @AbiyAhmedAli wants a war.”
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Peace is looming in northern #Ethiopia. A politician in #Addis_Ababa, who asked not to be named, says it's possible that phone, electricity, banking and other services could be restored in war-ravaged #Tigray in the next few weeks.
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Despite not being observer of the peace negotiations, #EU put a lot of pressure on #Ethiopia says @RedwanHussien, especially 1 country that he refused to name. We shouldn't forget, #Ireland's efforts for human rights made a decisive contribution to peace.
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I am pleased to invite you to tomorrow’s „#US-#EU High-Level Roundtable on the Humnit. Emergency in #Tigray”. Ahead of #G7 meeting, @UNReliefChief, @JanezLenarcic, @JuttaUrpilainen discuss #Ethiopia's hum. crisis. Closing remakrs US envoy Jeffrey Feltman.
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#Djibouti Republican Guard recruited dozens of young men mostly from Aissa & Gadaboursi communities. They are currently undergoing training at Guestir military base, 50km south of Ali-Sabieh. Hargeisa fears that their objective is to infiltrate #Somaliland
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#Ethiopia's ambassador @TayeAtske urges #UNSC members to safeguard the sovereignty of the country. 🇪🇹 security forces can station and operate from any part of the country "including all areas in #Tigray state."
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At @UN #Security_Council today, @UNReliefChief said „Unfortunately, I must say that neither the UN nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of Eritrean withdrawl.“ Adding that „the conflict is not over & things are not improving.“
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Due to capacity problems at Horizon oil terminal in #Djibouti, #Ethiopia considers importing additional fuel via #Berbera port in #Somaliland. 🇪🇹 Petroleum & Energy Authority: “Verification has shown that Berbera Port has practical & adequate facilities.”
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As many of you liked the pictures of my trip to #Somaliland, I will share with you some more impressions. Attached, you see a beautiful view of the city of #Hargeisa as well as the large camel market. Thank you Hargeisa for this exciting experience!
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#UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres wanted to visit #Tigray to support #Ethiopia's peace process but @DemekeHasen did not authorize the trip, #US intelligence shows. Guterres has expressed his dissatisfaction with the 🇪🇹 ambassador to the UN.
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Armed conflict in #Tigray makes #Ethiopia lose $20m per month in #exports due to closure of factories & #mining plants in the region. So far 🇪🇹 lost at least $60m. By: @BerhaneSamson, via @TheReporterET
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