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[Tiago]

The Weeknd is donating $1 million to relief efforts in Ethiopia amid the ongoing conflict between the government in Addis Ababa and the Tigray region.

The conflict has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of more than two million people, according to NPR. Last month, the New York Times obtained an internal U.S. government report that said Ethiopian officials are “leading a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing” in the Tigray region.

The singer announced his donation via Instagram on Sunday morning and encouraged others to give, too. “My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly are being senselessly murdered and entire villages are being displaced out of fear and destruction,” The Weeknd wrote. “I will be donating $1 million to provide 2 million meals through the United Nations World Food Programme and encourage those who can to please give as well.”


Both of The Weeknd’s parents immigrated to Canada from Ethiopia, and The Weeknd grew up speaking Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia.

This is not the first time The Weeknd has aided a humanitarian cause. In June 2020, he donated $1 million to COVID-19 relief, giving $500,000 each to MusiCares and the front-line hospital workers of Scarborough Health Network in his hometown. That same month, he gave another $500,000 to the racial justice causes Black Lives Matter, National Bailout and Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights camp. In August 2020, The Weeknd also donated $300,000 to Global Aid for Lebanon to help those affected by the Beirut explosion.

TPLF stole billions and is squandering the money on lobbyist to blackmail Ethiopia.

[Abere]

The Weekend did the right way. He helped through UN WFP. If he helped through ODP-PP it would go to the ኬኛ bank and ending to be used for the purchase of machine guns to arm OLF to mow down innocent Amhara farmers. The Abiy Ahemd and Shimelis Abdissa Jalmero government is busy buying guns and arming OLF to kill Ethiopians.

[Fiyameta]

The Amhara Hip Hop artist Weeknd is very happy about the return of Welkait, Raya and Humera to his own people: The Amhara! It is nice to see the low IQ junta cadres putting the Amhara donor's gesture of happiness in full blast.