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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

NEW REPORT 🧵
Displacement & Survival in Tigray

Today @hpn4tigray.bsky.social released the second report of our series. The first looked at displacement trends. This looks at how people are surviving. The primary source of data comes from IOM-DTM IDP site assessments.
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jun 26

Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.

Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 25

A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Jun 3

These ships honor giants of American history — people like Marylanders Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman, who helped forge a stronger, more powerful nation and made us a global example of freedom in action.

This is repulsive.

Navy mulls new name for USNS Harvey Milk and ships named for civil rights leaders

The Navy is considering renaming naval ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and others named for prominent Americans.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · Jun 3

Professor Alex de Waal of @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social spoke on the use of starvation as a weapon of war. Listen to the interview on CBC.

www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

When hunger is a weapon | CBC Radio

We’re joined by an authority on ‘starvation crimes’ to understand why the weaponization of food during wartime continues, and why it’s difficult to prosecute.

www.cbc.ca

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

The third recommendation is also complicated:
☑️Convene a donor conference to develop a new humanitarian response plan in a fully transparent way with input from local stakeholders that reflect groups who are in particular need of support.

Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

The second recommendation is more complicated:
☑️Convene a second cessation of hostilities conference to negotiate the return of land stolen from displaced Tigrayans.

NOT a national dialogue. Everyone doesn't need to talk. This is about stolen land and illegal occupation.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

RECOMMENDATIONS
I make three urgent recommendations in the report:
The first recommendation is simple.
☑️Keep food aid going to avoid starvation.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

5⃣ The same is true for medicine. There were only two IDP hosting sites (out of 675) reporting that medicine was available and affordable to IDPs. Chronic conditions or even common ones can be lethal without medicine.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

4⃣ When IDPs are sick, they cannot get help. Access to medical care is improving at a glacial pace in Tigray. It is still largely inaccessible due to scarcity of resources, medicine, and basic equipment and supplies.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

3⃣ Malaria and diarrhea are the greatest health fears for displaced people in Tigray, as well as malnutrition, persistent cough, skin infection, and cholera. These concerns are exacerbated by the lack of medicine and medical care.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

2⃣ Lack of food is still the greatest concern for displaced people in Tigray, but not the only one. This means that they still need food aid. This will continue until the political courage is found to restore Tigray to its prewar borders.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

OVERVIEW
The most critical findings, in my analysis, follow:

1⃣ Formal humanitarian aid played a major role in the survival of displaced people in Tigray, probably for the first time since the invasion in 2020. Support from the host community was still more prevalent.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

Bottom line: Aid groups and hosts were largely successful in getting displaced people in Tigray through 2024. But they are still doing disaster response until donors and politicians address the immediate causes of displacement and devastation.
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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Jun 3

NEW REPORT 🧵
Displacement & Survival in Tigray

Today @hpn4tigray.bsky.social released the second report of our series. The first looked at displacement trends. This looks at how people are surviving. The primary source of data comes from IOM-DTM IDP site assessments.
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Displacement & Survival in Tigray (Part 2)

Duke Burbridge's analysis for HPN4Tigray

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · May 24

A source or like a different job.

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · May 24

Happy Saturday to both of you. 🙂

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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · May 21

The war in #Sudan has profoundly impacted its environment but these consequences have received little attention.

Our new overview details key incidents and trends that pose risks to Sudan’s people and ecosystems. ceobs.org/the-environm... 🧵⬇️1/7
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The environmental costs of the war in Sudan - CEOBS

CEOBS has been helping UNEP monitor the environmental consequences of the war in Sudan since 2023, here's what we have found.

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Laurent Bonnefoy @laurentbonnefoy.bsky.social · May 21

In the meantime in Yemen.
"Almost five months into 2025, the Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is less than 10 per cent funded, preventing critical aid delivery to millions of people across the country"
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116 aid organisations call for immediate action to pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe

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Rift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social · May 21

NEW REPORT | MINOR DEMARCATIONS MICRO-DAMS—MAJOR DRAMA?

@jowedekind.bsky.social and Kedir Jamal examine how admin changes, micro-dams and regional rivalries in the Oromia–Somali borderlands risk reigniting conflict and unsettling fragile peace.

Read more: bit.ly/4mm7WtI

#Ethiopia

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · May 20

You'll be shocked to learn that mainstream media, amid its frenzied coverage of that Biden book and cancer diagnosis, is missing the story that matters most to Americans

A vengeful Trump has shot down Biden's cancer 'moonshot,' with funding down 31%. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

The Joe Biden cancer story that matters most | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, why are Democrats aiding Trump’s crypto scam?

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · May 20

Long overdue progress toward justice for the people of #Tigray.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · May 4

Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.

NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship ‘attacked by Israel’

Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Apr 30

I hope that you will find the report insightful. I am fortunate that I do not need to be paid for this, but the doctors and nurses in @hpn4tigray.bsky.social's programs cannot work pro-bono.

Please help if you can. 🙏
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HPN4Tigray's Rapid Response Campaign

Please Give and Be the Lifeline

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Duke Burbridge @burbridgeduke.bsky.social · Apr 30

The people who are currently displaced in #Tigray are still trying to survive a genocide. They have been through unimaginable trauma and need to be allowed to return to their homes. They must not be ignored or deprioritized any longer.
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