Duke Burbridge

If farmers in #Tigray are not allowed to farm this season, people will starve. We cannot wait until there is mass starvation to start talking about this. If the farmlands of Tigray become a battlefield, the children, pregnant women, and the elderly will suffer most.

Link to the podcast: youtu.be/YDjUomfsWnA?si…

If farmers in #Tigray are not allowed to farm this season, people will starve. We cannot wait until there is mass starvation to start talking about this. If the farmlands of Tigray become a battlefield, the children, pregnant women, and the elderly will suffer most.

مكتب التربية والتعليم في تيغراي يحذر من إغلاق المدارس وسط أزمة تمويل خانقة ---- حذر مكتب التربية والتعليم في إقليم تيغراي من أن أزمة تمويل حادة تهدد التعافي الهش لنظام التعليم في الإقليم، مما قد يؤدي إلى إغلاق المدارس على نطاق واسع. وفي رسالة وجهها إلى الشركاء، بما في ذلك "كتلة التعليم الوطنية"، و"كتلة التعليم في تيغراي"، ووزارة التعليم الإثيوبية، وهيئة إدارة مخاطر الكوارث الفيدرالية، وهيئة إدارة مخاطر الكوارث في تيغراي؛ ذكر المكتب أن الحكومة الفيدرالية تحتجز حصة تيغراي من دعم الميزانية المخصصة دستوريًا منذ أكتوبر ٢٠٢٥، مما جعل الإقليم غير قادر على دفع رواتب المعلمين بانتظام. وأوضح المكتب أن هذا الوضع يفاقم أزمة متراكمة تتمثل في تأخر صرف الأجور لمدة تقارب ١٦ شهرًا، مما يدفع المعلمين وعائلاتهم إلى معاناة شديدة ويزيد من مخاطر تعطل العملية الدراسية. ووفقًا للمكتب، فقد عانى قطاع التعليم في تيغراي بالفعل من دمار واسع النطاق خلال حرب ٢٠٢٠-٢٠٢٢، والتي أدت إلى إغلاق المدارس لأكثر من ثلاث سنوات ونصف، وتدمير البنية التحتية، وفقدان الكوادر التعليمية، وفجوات تعليمية كبيرة بين الطلاب. وعلى الرغم من حدوث بعض التعافي من خلال دعم الشركاء الدوليين والمغتربين من أبناء تيغراي — مثل إعادة الإعمار الجزئي للمدارس وتوفير المواد التعليمية — إلا أن المكتب يحذر من أن هذا التقدم بات الآن مهددًا بالانتكاس. وشدد المكتب على أن احتجاز الأموال يقوض حق الأطفال في التعليم بموجب الأطر الدولية، مثل اتفاقية الأمم المتحدة لحقوق الطفل وأهداف التنمية المستدامة، ولا سيما الهدف الرابع المتعلق بالتعليم الجيد. وفي مناشدته، دعا المكتب الشركاء الدوليين إلى الضغط من أجل الإفراج الفوري عن الميزانية الفيدرالية المخصصة لتيغراي، وتقديم دعم مالي طارئ لتغطية رواتب المعلمين، وتسيير العمليات المدرسية، وتوفير الموارد التعليمية الأساسية. وأشار المكتب إلى أن هذا الدعم سيساعد في منع الإغلاق الفوري للمدارس وضمان استمرارية التعليم لملايين الأطفال في إقليم تيغراي.

Tigray Health Bureau Issues Urgent Appeal as System Faces Collapse ---

@thecookinglane Congratulations!!!

I have officially become a dad to a happy, healthy, beautiful baby boy.

With all eyes on the Middle East, few people are paying attention to the Horn where fears of a new war in Tigray risks dragging in #Eritrea and #Sudan. Analysts worry this could lead to a regional "mega-war." My story @newhumanitarian thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/…

Women in #Tigray struggling to feed their children & displaced families face hunger, illness, and despair. Years after the ceasefire, civilians are still paying the price of a war they did not choose. Their suffering must not be ignored. @SenateForeign @UKParliament @Europarl_EN

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What a nation does to its own children.

Hey @AIPAC and @ADL - any comment on the settler pogroms in the West Bank that continue with impunity all day?

@ShewitHzkias1 God blessed me every day in Tigray, my friend.

Thank you, @BurbridgeDuke, for sharing your observations from your visit to #Tigray. You have consistently been an advocate for the voiceless people there. Wishing you a long life and good health, and may God bless you. #Kind Have a blessed weekend. youtu.be/YDjUomfsWnA?si…

#Ethiopia: Shewit Gebregzabher granted bail after weapons charge; calls case “politically motivated” #Shewit_Gebregzabher, a cofounder of #Romanat_Online and member of Opposition #Salsay_Weyane_Tigray, has been released on bail of 10,000 Birr following a court decision that found insufficient grounds to keep him in detention over allegations of transporting a large cache of weapons. The court has scheduled the next hearing for 30 March, 2026. Speaking to Addis Standard after his release, Shewit said the weapons accusation was not part of the original claims communicated to him or his legal team at the time of his arrest. Instead, he stated that the issue was initially linked informally to his public commentary and political views. “From the beginning, it was made informally clear that the issue was linked to my public statements and writings,” he said, arguing that his calls for political reform, improved governance, and the formation of an inclusive government in Tigray had made him a target. Shewit Gebregzabher was arrested earlier this month in #Tigray's capital, #Mekelle, under circumstances that initially remained unclear, with limited official communication regarding the charges. It was days later that Police accused Shewit of involvement in transporting weapons in January 2026. Read more: addisstandard.com/?p=56008

“He noted that the Commission (Ethiopian national disaster commission)is currently “unaware” of the surge in fatalities and displacement figures cited by regional officials.” How indefensible is this, when it was reported just two days ago that 330 people died in Tselmti and 125 in Adwa?

HORRIFIC night in the West Bank. Israeli settlers are attacking more than nine Palestinian villages and cities now, including Bethlehem, setting cars and homes on fire and attempting to burn families alive.

@Kuzzat_Altay @RealBenLuigi Your message gives me some hope for America.

Hey, I live close to here. Tyson’s Galleria is one of the most expensive malls in the US. On the third floor, many businesses were shut down. So the mall decided to make the third floor entertainment and something that will bring people in to increase the foot traffic. The coffee shop area, they invested a lot. I believe in the last few years, that place had multiple owners, no one was able to successfully run that place. Indeed the first company who ran that cafe was a very famous one. They could not make it. Until the Muslim owner took it and turned it around. Then, the place became where young Muslims hang around. I believe this is very similar to the church situation. Many churches in the US have no congregation. The young people are not going to church, then finally many churches are closing down. When the churches are for sale, it’s easier to sell from non-profit to non-profit. So many Muslim communities are buying churches to turn them into mosques. This is not a strategic choice of TAKING OVER Christianity. The problem is not Muslims filling up the mosques, the problem is churches are having a hard time to keep it up. Instead of blaming Muslims, work hard to bring the love of Jesus, peace and blessings upon Him, to every American’s heart. I am an American Muslim. Just like you have the right to go to a mall and drink coffee, I don’t think my family has less right to go to a mall and drink coffee. Congratulations to the new owner, he turned that place around and made it profitable again. May GOD guide you Ben. I don’t think you are an evil racist person. I think you just need to have more context. God bless you and God bless America.

This is a mall in Virginia. Every day I am more radicalized, I’m a foreigner in my own country.

@Danaity70 You are too kind. 🙏

#TigrayGenocide For 6 years and counting, you've been a voice when silence was easier, and humanity when it mattered most. Thank you @BurbridgeDuke ❤🙏for standing with the people of Tigray. Your courage does not go unnoticed. Thank you, sir

Link to the podcast: The Standard Signal | Ep.14: Tigray on the Brink: Survival, Famine Risks, and the Shadow of Renewed War youtube.com/watch?v=YDjUom…

Since the ceasefire agreement was signed in 2022, the people of #Tigray have been peacefully struggling to survive against all of the obstacles being placed in front of them.

Tigray Education Community Plans Protest Over Budget Cuts Teachers and students in #Tigray are preparing to stage a peaceful demonstration on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026, protesting budget restrictions they say are pushing the region’s already fragile education system toward collapse.

#Tigray: In Tigray, budget delays leave Tigray’s schools, hospitals and humanitarian operations in limbo Civil servants in Tigray have gone months without pay as federal funding delays stall schools, hospitals and public services. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/wegahtafac…