World Bank and IMF – February 25, 2021

World Bank and IMF 1

1. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create significant health, social & economic challenges in Ethiopia,” said @SonaliJC. But why hasn’t @AbiyAhmedAli’s #WarOnTigray been addressed & the role funding will play in the #TigrayGenocide? @KGeorgieva @eucopresident @gwsokamoto

2. So #IDAWorks when @WorldBank & #IMF agree to fund @AbiyAhmedAli’s #TigrayGenocide? As financial leaders you should demand: a ceasefire, #AllowAccessToTigray, lift blackout & independent investigations. Not reward a dictator with more money! @GitaGopinath @gwsokamoto @JanetYellen

3. By providing money to a regime that is intentionally blocking much needed humanitarian access to its own country, is approving a war on humanity. #IMF & @WorldBank – stop funding the #TigrayGenocide. @DavidMalpassWBG @AxelVT_WB @JanetYellen @RishiSunak https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopian-government-blocking-aid-tigray-un-says

4. COVID19 is @AbiyAhmedAli’s scapegoat to receive aid relief for #Ethiopia @WBG_IDA. Meanwhile, he is using food as a weapon in #WarOnTigray. Demand that he open ALL humanitarian corridors, not reward him with money for more guns! #TigrayGenocide @FeridBelhaj @SonaliJC @gwsokamoto

5. Ethiopia’s @AbiyAhmedAli has scared off foreign businesses such as @hm. He’s allowed forces to destroy infrastructures in his own country. Now he wants a hand out from #IMF? Abiy cannot be trusted with money. #TigrayGenocide @USTreasury @federalreserve https://www.reuters.com/article/ethiopia-conflict-manufacturing-idUSKBN28J0LG

6. Mehrawit was abducted, starved & left with rape injuries so bad, she can’t walk. This is the reality in #Ethiopia as @AbiyAhmedAli wages a cruel war on #Tigray. A conflict @WorldBank is likely funding. #TigrayGenocide @AxelVT_WB @kanshul @JanetYellen https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/troops-accused-of-mass-rape-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict

7. With debt relief comes responsibility. #G20 must hold govts. accountable. Do @AbiyAhmedAli actions align with the @WorldBank mission when mass civilian death & destruction are involved? @ScottMorrisonMP @BorisJohnson @eucopresident#TigrayGenocide https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/emaciated-survivors-hint-worse-ethiopias-tigray-75802829

8. The @UNOCHA reported that 35 of 40 hospitals in Tigray are inaccessible. Most looted or destroyed. @WorldBank aid isn’t about COVID-19 relief for Ethiopia. This is about funding a cruel war waged by @AbiyAhmedAli. #TigrayGenocide @Mari_Pangestu @IMF_inEUhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-refugee-camps-are-torched-and-hospitals-looted-as-starvation-looms-in/

9. A government that has inflicted a humanitarian disaster to 4.5 million people in Ethiopia should NOT receive money from #IMF @WorldBank. The world is failing the African people. Stop funding @AbiyAhmedAli & the #TigrayGenocide.@SPimentaIFC @HafezGhanem_WB @FeridBelhaj @Diop_IFC

10. The aim of #IMF funds is to promote economic growth, financial stability, & reduce poverty in countries. NOT to fund a genocide in #Ethiopia. Stop funding @AbiyAhmedAli’s war on humanity. #TigrayGenocide @JanetYellen @RishiSunak @nsitharaman @Bill_Morneau@JoshFrydenberg

11. When @AbiyAhmedAli received 3 billion in aid from @WorldBank in 2019, he wrote, ”this reaffirms both governments’ & donors’ partnership to transition #Ethiopia to a prosperous & peaceful nation.” He has done the exact opposite. #TigrayGenocide @DavidMalpassWBG @AxelVT_WB

12. The @WorldBank mission is “to reduce poverty, & improve living standards by promoting sustainable growth & investment in people.” But @AbiyAhmedAli has only exacerbated issues. Are you holding him accountable or choosing to fund #TigrayGenocide? @HafezGhanem_WB @SPimentaIFC

13. “What we need from the #Ethiopia|n gov’t is the green light to the humanitarian community to negotiate access,” @Haavisto said. A country that weaponizes hunger does not deserve debt relief. @JoshFrydenberg @AxelVT_WB @JustinTrudeau #TigrayGenocide https://www.barrons.com/news/eu-envoy-warns-ethiopia-tigray-crisis-out-of-control-01614087013?tesla=y&tesla=y

14. “You have come to the situation which is militarily and human rights-wise, humanitarian-wise very out of control,” said @Haavisto. #Ethiopia should not be provided debt relief while it commits mass atrocities. @SPimentaIFC @HafezGhanem_WB #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.barrons.com/news/eu-envoy-warns-ethiopia-tigray-crisis-out-of-control-01614087013?tesla=y&tesla=y

French & Spanish

1. .@WorldBank vise à réduire la pauvreté et à assurer la stabilité et la paix par desmoyens économiques. Cependant, fournir des fonds à un pays étant en guerre contre son propre peuple menace toute possibilité de paix et de stabilité. #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire

2. .@WorldBank ne devrait approuver aucun prêt au gouvernement éthiopien car il sera utilisé pour le #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire @OusseynouIFC @Diop_IFC @JustinTrudeau @Diarietou_WB https://www.lematin.ch/story/la-crise-au-tigre-est-hors-de-controle-494850616481

3. .@WorldBank ne devrait pas soutenir un gouvernement qui viole et met en danger des réfugiés et execute le #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire @OusseynouIFC @Diop_IFC @JustinTrudeau @Diarietou_WB https://is.gd/5E1OaJ

4. L’objectif des fonds du #FMI est de promouvoir la croissance économique, la stabilité financière et de réduire la pauvreté dans les pays, mais pas de financer le génocide en #Éthiopie. Cessez de financer la guerre d’AbiyAhmedAli contre l’humanité. #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire

5. Selon @Haavisto les dirigeants d’#Ethiopie n’ont pas réussi à fournir une “image claire”de la situation au #Tigré et des soldats de l’#Erythrée. L’allégement de ladette ne devrait pas être accordé à un pays qui manque de transparence. #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire @Diop_IFC

6. Alors qu’il est en train de demander un allègement de la dette, @AbiyAhmedAli se trouve dans une frénésie d’acquisition d’armes. La @WorldBank aidera-t-elleà financer des armes? #TigrayGenocide @BrunoLeMaire @Diop_IFC @OusseynouIFC @JustinTrudeau https://news.un.org/fr/story/2021/02/1088642

7. 4,5 millones de personas en #Tigray se enfrentan a una crisis humanitariadebido #TigrayGenocide – La presencia de los soldados deEritrea en Tigray agrava la situacion @ArturoHerrera_G @NadiaCalvino @g20org @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @MAECgob https://elpais.com/planeta-futuro/2021-02-10/catastrofe-humanitaria-en-etiopia-sin-dinero-comida-agua-o-medicinas-y-con-un-sistema-sanitario-roto.html

8. Se están cometiendo graves abusos de derechos humanos en #Tigray. Los soldados de #Eritrea son los que están cometiendo la mayoría de las atrocidades. #TigrayGenocide @ArturoHerrera_G @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @MAECgob @p https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-56078898

9. Merhawit fue secuestrada, pasó hambre y quedó con heridas de violación tan graves que no puede caminar. @WorldBank probablemente está financiando el conflicto de #Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @ArturoHerrera_G @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @NadiaCalvino @g20org https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/troops-accused-of-mass-rape-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict

10. Human Rights Watch, Laetitia Bader afirma “Al comienzo de la guerra, ejercito etíopes dispararon artillería en ciudades de Tigray de indiscriminada que estaba destinada a causar víctimas civiles & daños a la propiedad.” #TigrayGenocide @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @NadiaCalvino

11. Human Rights Watch, Laetitia Bader afirma “Al comienzo de la guerra, ejercito etíopes dispararon artillería en ciudades de Tigray de indiscriminada que estaba destinada a causar víctimas civiles & daños a la propiedad.” #TigrayGenocide @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @NadiaCalvino

12. “Un 80% de la población de #Tigray es inalcanzable… es un apagón total”. El gobierno Etiope está manejando muy mal la crisis humanitaria en Tigray & no se le debería confiar el alivio de la deuda. #TigrayGenocide @alferdez @lopezobrador_ @NadiaCalvino https://euobserver.com/tickers/151023

13. Las acciones hacia la paz y la estabilidad en #Tigray deben ser consideradas antes de que se proporcione el alivio de la deuda a #Etiopía. El gobierno federal está poniendo obstáculos burocráticos para impedir el alivio del sufrimiento de sus ciudadanos. #TigrayGenocide @MAECgob

14. #COVID19 es el chivo expiatorio de @AbiyAhmedAli para recibir ayuda a Etiopía @WBG_IDA. En tanto, usando la ambruna como arma en la guerra de #TigrayGenocide. Exige que abra TODOS las puertas humanitarios y no premiarlo con dinero para más armas! @NadiaCalvino @ArturoHerrera_G

15. “Muitos, muitos e graves casos de desnutrição” estão a ser relatados em Tigray, e 80% da população está inatingível no 4º mês de combate. O que #Etiopia está a fazer é contra a missão de @IMFNews & @WorldBank @SonaliJC #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-starvation-bc4b3d569137925c5c34d30ac1683664

16. “Nunca vi um lugar onde houvesse um simples antibiótico” disse @Francescorocca “o ataque sistemático às instalações de saúde”. @WorldBank não deveria financiar crimes de guerra e atrocidades. #TigrayGenocide @DavidMalpassWBG @eucopresident@moonriver365https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-starvation-bc4b3d569137925c5c34d30ac1683664

17. “Muitos, muitos e graves casos de desnutrição” estão a ser relatados em Tigray, e 80% da população está inatingível no 4º mês de combate. O que #Etiopia está a fazer é contra a missão de @IMFNews & @WorldBank @SonaliJC #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-starvation-bc4b3d569137925c5c34d30ac1683664

World Bank and IMF 2

1. .@Haavisto told journalists that #Ethiopia’s leadership failed to provide a “clear picture” of the situation in #Tigray including the presence of #Eritrea|n soldiers. Debt relief shouldn’t be provided to a country that lacks transparency. @FeridBelhaj @Diop_IFC #TigrayGenocide

2. “Some 80 percent of #Tigray’s population is unreachable..it’s a complete blackout.” The #Ethiopia|n gov’t is greatly mismanaging the humanitarian crisis in Tigray & shouldn’t be trusted with debt relief. @kanshul @KGeorgieva @GitaGopinath #TigrayGenocide https://euobserver.com/tickers/151023

3. Actions toward peace & stability in Tigray should be considered before debt relief is provided to #Ethiopia. The federal government is placing bureaucratic obstacles to prevent the alleviation of the suffering of its citizens. #TigrayGenocide @eucopresident @gwsokamoto @Diop_IFC

4. The @WorldBank aims to reduce poverty and improve living standards, but providing relief aid or funding of any kind to Ethiopia or Eritrea would certainly prove that humanitarian needs do not matter to them. #TigrayGenocide @MamtaMurthi @ADixon_WB @KFinkelston @EmmanuelMacron

5. As the IMF welcomes Ethiopia’s request for debt treatment under the G20 Common Framework, they are effectively funding war crimes & encouraging the economic mismanagement of the country. They must deny any forms of relief aid, immediately. #TigrayGenocide @USTreasury @SonaliJC

6. The @IMF cites COVID-19 as a major reason to provide funding for Ethiopia, despite the fact that most hospitals in Tigray have been destroyed or looted without a single condemnation nor promise of investigation from @AbiyAhmedAli. #TigrayGenocide @JanetYellen @SvonFriedeburg

7. Despite the NUMEROUS reports of war crimes & blocking of humanitarian corridors in Tigray, IMF & @WorldBank are happy to provide relief aid to Ethiopia under the G20. What will it take to withhold aid? Tigray cannot wait. #TigrayGenocide @vonderleyen @JoeBiden @ScottMorrisonMP

8. 4.5 million ppl are in a humanitarian crisis caused by the same #Ethiopia|n government that is requesting debt relief from @WorldBank & IMF, relief that would continue funding the genocidal war. Where is the line drawn? #TigrayGenocide @JanetYellen @JustinTrudeau @IFCEurope

9. G20 has an obligation to its commitment to stability by condemning actions of the Ethiopian govt. Investigative reports & eye witness accounts give voice to horror stories from fleeing civilians in Tigray. Is that how #IDAworks?#TigrayGenocide @BorisJohnson @ShaolinyangWBG

10. IMF is an organization that aims to reduce poverty and ensure stability and peace through economic means. However, providing funding to a country at war with its own people will threaten any possibility of peace & stability. #TigrayGenocide @KGeorgieva @RTErdogan @JoeBiden

11. Laetitia Bader of @hrw states, “At the war’s start, Ethiopian federal forces fired artillery into Tigray’s urban areas in an apparently indiscriminate manner that was bound to cause civilian casualties & property damage.” #IDAworks #TigrayGenocide @IMF_atUN @WorldBankAfrica

12. Victims of the war on Tigray include: mothers, fathers, siblings, grandparents, children, uncles & aunts. Providing funding for a country that weaponizes hunger is in direct contradiction to the IMF mission. #TigrayGenocide @IMFSpokesperson@IMF_inEU @KGeorgieva@gwsokamoto

13. “@UN warns of ‘serious’ rape charges in Ethiopia’s Tigray.” How can the #IMF still agree to debt restructuring for a country that has been implicated with horrendous war crimes? #TigrayGenocide @IMFSpokesperson@IMF_inEU @KGeorgieva@gwsokamotohttps://apnews.com/article/international-news-violence-ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-166e4f47eaeeeeec6e424ba3b773c61e

14. “Why would they do that? Is it to hide things? Is it because they don’t want us to be there to see what is happening? @NRC_Egeland asked. @WBG_IDA @icsid do NOT provide debt relief for Ethiopia while @AbiyAhmedAli commits atrocities. #TigrayGenocide https://www.devex.com/news/eu-envoy-says-ethiopia-in-denial-over-tigray-99229

World Bank and IMF 3

1. “I am not producing enough milk as I do not receive enough food. Most days I only eat one meal per day” said Terhas. Why would IMF provide debt relief to #Ethiopia which is weaponizing hunger?#TigrayGenocide @IMF_inEU @WorldBank @SonaliJC @JanetYellen https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2021-press-releases/supplies-and-critical-food-distributions-reach-displaced-people-in-tigray

2. “Many, many severe cases of malnutrition” are being reported in Tigray, and 80% of the population is unreachable in the 4th month of fighting. What #Ethiopia is doing is against the mission of @WorldBank@CyrilRamaphosa @narendramodi #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-starvation-bc4b3d569137925c5c34d30ac1683664

3. “I have never seen a place where a simple antibiotic is not present,” said @Francescorocca “the systematic aggression to health facilities.” @WorldBank shouldn’t be funding war crimes & atrocities. @DavidMalpassWBG @eucopresident @g20org #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-starvation-bc4b3d569137925c5c34d30ac1683664

4. “He believes some 800 people were killed that weekend at the church & around the city, and that thousands in Axum have died in all.” Ethiopia is using all its resources to wage this cruel war. #IMF @ICSID & @WorldBank should not sponsor #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/witnesses-recall-massacre-axum-ethiopia-fa1b531fea069aed6768409bd1d20bfa

5. “When you are in the middle of crises, usually people say things cannot get worse. But unfortunately, they can get even worse.” EU envoy Haavisto.#DefundTigrayGenocide Now.@WorldBank @KGeorgieva @DavidMalpassWBGhttps://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-envoy-warns-ethiopia-tigray-crisis-out-of-control/?fbclid=IwAR3L2D1kQg6kBjZY7zeCClD3Nqae_szC7fKbab_O9LsgwewSwYZjr5PBAJc

6. The EU recognizes the Ethiopian govt continues to breach IL by denying unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray. We ask that the ICC enforce these laws through targeted measures.#DefundTigrayGenocide@JosepBorrellF @JuttaUrpilainen @DavidMalpassWBGhttps://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/93618/foreign-affairs-council-press-remarks-high-representativevice-president-josep-borrell_en

7. The ICRC’s director of operations, Dominik Stillhart, noted his alarm at the overwhelming needs in Tigray but the Ethiopian government continues to put roadblocks to unfettered access.#TigrayGenocide@SecBlinken @ChrisCoons @WorldBank @KGeorgievahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56147512

8. On his return from his fact-finding mission, EU envoy Haavisto noted the situation in Tigray is out of control with no end in sight.It is past time for the IC to step in to fulfill its #R2P mandate.#TigrayGenocide #IDAworks@LindaT_G @KGeorgievahttps://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-envoy-warns-ethiopia-tigray-crisis-out-of-control/?fbclid=IwAR3L2D1kQg6kBjZY7zeCClD3Nqae_szC7fKbab_O9LsgwewSwYZjr5PBAJc

9. The Ethiopian govt is ‘in denial’ about #Tigray. Development partners cannot keep on financing a govt that is politically committed to condemning millions of people to starve to death.#DefundTigrayGenocide@GermanyDiplo @WorldBank @DavidMalpassWBGhttps://www.devex.com/news/eu-envoy-says-ethiopia-in-denial-over-tigray-99229?fbclid=IwAR3YCQmDGnx3cc6MeapIWoQ6vubXEt2uG9-PCChYULS2DMeM2yFPMmpIkqs

10. These peacekeepers sought asylum to escape indefinite imprisonment & torture. Thousands are currently detained. Pls, stop financing the profiling & persecution of #Tigrayans based solely on ethnic identity.#DefundTigrayGenocide@SecBlinken WorldBankMENAhttps://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-juba-immigration-africa-ethiopia-a4c0f28e926f96d389131d59b23d85fa

11. As far back as Nov. @UN expressed its fear that #Ethiopia was purging Tigrayans from peace-keeping missions. This purge included 16K+ Tigrayan members of the military detained without cause since.#DefundTigrayGenocide@vonderleyen @WorldBank @IMFNewshttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/un-ethiopia-purging-tigrayan-officers-peacekeeping-missions/

12. There is a reason why #WarOnTigray is the darkest in the world today – the Ethiopian government uses all of its resources to maintain the media blackout. This includes violence against journalists.#DefundTigrayGenocide@SenatorMenendez @DavidMalpassWBGhttps://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/i-reported-on-ethiopias-secretive-war-then-came-a-knock-at-my-door

13. We only have these testimonies of #WeaponizedRape because these witnesses escaped. Many children & women in Tigray continue to be tortured today. Please, help us stop it. #IDAworks#DefundTigrayGenocide@WorldBank @AntonellaBassa3 @jorgedajani @WBG_IDA https://devex.shorthandstories.com/the-price-women-and-girls-are-paying-for-ethiopia-s-war/index.html

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