1/15
A SCHOOL has been struck.
A civilian is reportedly dead.
Fighters are reportedly dead.
Others wounded.
And #Tigray is again asking the terrifying question:
Is war returning?
#ProtectCivilians #PreventWar
@UN @UNHumanRights @_AfricanUnion
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2/15
A school should echo with children’s voices.
Not explosions.
Even when military forces are allegedly present, international humanitarian law still demands distinction, proportionality and precautions.
#IHL #Tigray
@ICRC @UNHumanRights
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3/15
Twelve bombs were reportedly dropped in the attack, according to a source cited by BBC.
A nearby river used by civilians fetching water was also reportedly struck.
This demands independent scrutiny.
#ProtectCivilians #Tigray
@UNHumanRights @amnesty
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Aug 13, 2026 · 12:33 PM UTC
4/15
Do not turn disputed casualty numbers into propaganda.
Establish the facts.
Identify the targets.
Assess civilian harm.
Preserve evidence.
Investigate independently.
TRUTH BEFORE IMPUNITY.
#Accountability #Tigray
@UNHumanRights @amnesty
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5/15
International humanitarian law does not disappear because fighters may be nearby.
Parties must distinguish civilians from combatants and civilian objects from military objectives.
#IHL #ProtectCivilians
@ICRC @UNHumanRights
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6/15
And military forces have responsibilities too.
Schools should be protected from military use wherever possible.
Children’s spaces must not become tomorrow’s battlefields.
#ProtectEducation #Tigray
@UNICEF @UNESCO
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7/15
Today the school was reportedly on holiday.
Tomorrow children could have been sitting behind those desks.
That should terrify every leader contemplating escalation.
#SaveTigrayChildren #PreventWar
@UNICEF @_AfricanUnion
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8/15
First Shererina.
Heavy artillery.
Drones.
Families fleeing toward Sudan.
Now another reported drone strike.
How many pieces of an escalation must appear before diplomacy becomes URGENT?
#Tigray #PreventWar
@UN @AUC_PAPS
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9/15
Tigray has seen this road before.
Escalation.
Mobilisation.
Drones.
Displacement.
Humanitarian catastrophe.
Mass death.
TURN BACK NOW.
#NeverAgain #ProtectCivilians
@antonioguterres @_AfricanUnion @StateDept
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10/15
The people who survived 2020–2022 should not have to recognise the sound of drones again.
They have carried enough trauma for one lifetime.
#Tigray #PreventAtrocities
@UNHumanRights @amnesty
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11/15
Pretoria was supposed to transform battlefields into politics.
If political disputes are again answered with drones and artillery, the peace architecture is in mortal danger.
#UpholdPretoriaAgreement #Tigray
@_AfricanUnion @AUC_PAPS
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12/15
To Addis Ababa:
Military superiority cannot manufacture sustainable peace.
Whatever the political dispute, protect civilians and return to peaceful mechanisms.
#Tigray #SustainablePeace
@UN @_AfricanUnion
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13/15
To Tigray’s leadership:
Do not gamble civilian lives on another military confrontation.
Protect schools.
Protect communities.
De-escalate.
The people have already paid too much.
#ProtectTigrayCivilians #Peace
@UNHumanRights
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14/15
No political leader will sleep in the displacement tent created by another war.
No general will recover the childhood another war destroys.
CIVILIANS WILL PAY.
#PreventWar #Tigray
@UNOCHA @Refugees
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15/15
Six rainy seasons for some displaced families.
Nearly a million reportedly still unable to return home.
And now renewed fighting.
How can another war even be contemplated?
#ReturnTigrayIDPsHome #UpholdPretoriaAgreement
@Refugees @UN
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