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Johan Borgstam
@JBorgstam
European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Great Lakes Region. Private account. Retweets not necessarily endorsements. Follow @EUSR_GL
Belgium
Born March 4
Joined February 2013
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    .@PaulKagame will tell you he can smell the stench of this vitriol all the way from Rwanda. Coming from a top advisor of PM Abiy, this’s as disheartening as it’s alarming, but it’s a pattern that only went downward since the day “daytime hyena” was platformed with cheer. #SayNo!
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    Remember this the next time someone talks about “the Russian point of view on Ukraine”, suggests that Ukraine should be prepared to “compromise” with Moscow or questions humanitarian, military and financial assistance for Ukraine. It is a moral obligation to #StandWithUkraine
    Meanwhile on Russia's state-funded RT, director of broadcasting Anton Krasovsky suggests drowning or burning Ukrainian children, makes hideous comments about the rapes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, says Ukraine should not exist and Ukrainians who resist Russia should be shot.
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    “Neven Crvenkovic, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ refugee agency in Ethiopia, said his and other UN agencies have “received very concerning reports of new waves of displacement from western Tigray.”
    Fresh armed raids in Ethiopia’s northwest are filling camps. Thousands of males, aged 15 to 50, are held in makeshift detention centers in western Tigray, while trucks carrying Tigrayans, mostly women, children and the elderly, continue to be deported. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Fantastic to be a witness to the Ethiopian people's massive outpouring of support for continued political and economic reforms at today's meeting at Meskel Square. The cowardly attempt on PM Abiy's life will not change anything.
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    Greetings Minister of Tourism @Vkikilias - had a long Sunday morning swim in #Vouliagmeni - working in Athens and having beaches & sea just a few minutes away is an amazing privilege. Let’s work together to get more Swedish tourists to Greece & more Greek tourists to Sweden!
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    Autumn hiking in Greece is amazing! Minister @Vkikilias - it continues to be a privilege to be posted in your country! Today Mount Penteli - yesterday Parnitha!
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    Disgusting quotes. This should set alarm bells ringing.
    Ethiopian Hate-speech worthy of the Rwandan genocide carried by Facebook eritreahub.org/ethiopian-hate…
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    Elephant with her calf at sunset @OlPejeta conservancy in #Laikipia #Kenya
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    Good that someone speaks out
    JUST IN: Statement by US, UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark & Netherlands condemning mass arrests of #Tigray-ans by #Ethiopia Gov. without charges. Statement calls for “unhindered & timely access by international monitors” & ceasefire:
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    Replying to @USEmbassyAddis
    Condolences - this is shameful: “a staff member of USAID partner was killed April 28, Tigray reportedly by Eritrean & Ethiopian soldiers. According to eyewitnesses, he clearly identified himself as humanitarian worker & pleaded 4 his life before he was killed by military actors”
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    Amazing people, culture and historical heritage of #Gheralta #Tigray #Ethiopia #EoT
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    “Victim Number 2,171 was Gebretsadkan Teklu Gebreyesus, shot dead by soldiers in the presence of his two young sons, the AP confirmed. Victim 1,599, Zeray Asfaw was a bridegroom pulled from his wedding party and killed along with his best man, his friends” apnews.com/article/Counti…
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    #Ethiopia should be on any serious traveller’s itinerary - unbeatable combination of historical heritage, people and sceneries #Gheralta #Tigray #EoT
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    Back to Delphi and the Temple of Apollo. One of my absolute favourite spots in Greece. And I don’t need the Pythia (the oracle) to know that I will return.