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Zecharias Zelalem
@zekuzelalem.bsky.social
Award winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Aspiring OSINTer. www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem
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This picture was taken on Feb 19 in Ethiopia's Amhara region. It shows a damaged Isuzu truck that was hit by a drone. 30+ people riding aboard, returning from a baby's baptism, were massacred. My visual investigation will be the cover story of this weekend's @thecontinent.bsky.social newspaper.

A white cab truck, with its trailer obliterated after it was hit by a drone strike in Ethiopia.
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Because the Ethiopian government has severed communications across much of the Amhara region, and banned journalists from traveling to the region and documenting atrocities there, it took 2 or 3 days for eyewitness accounts to emerge. A host of stories were published based on the testimony.

Screenshot of a Reuters report on the drone strike in Ethiopia's Amhara region from February 23 2024.
Screenshot of Ethiopian news magazine Addis Standard's coverage of a drone strike massacre dated February 22nd 2024
Screenshot of a BBC Amharic article on a drone strike in Ethiopia's Amhara region.

Reads: "A drone strike in the North Shewa district of Ethiopia's Amhara region killed 30 people, say eyewitnesses"
Screenshot of an article posted by the Action on Armed Violence organization, on a drone massacre in Ethiopia's Amhara region, dated February 23rd 2024
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Zecharias Zelalem
@zekuzelalem.bsky.social
Award winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Aspiring OSINTer. www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem
237 followers142 following287 posts