This is what happens when you appoint a senior member of #TPLF as the DG of @WHO he has lost his mind serving as an arch propagandist & disinformation conduit projecting his past ⬇️ he was implicated in genocide charges! @nytimes@SenateForeign@RedwanHussien@washingtonpost@AP
Dear @ABlinken Imagine New York State [5-6% of US pop] has all the strategic weapons and depots; ICBM's; and heavy arsenal. Add to this 80-90% the entire Nat. Security leadership from 1 ethnic group and how would the rest of the US/any country would react?
Such was the state of affairs when the Ethiopian PM @AbiyAhmedAli came to office in April 2018. The below is gleaned from the report PM @AbiyAhmedAli delivered to the the Ethiopian parliament on Nov 30, 2020. pmo.gov.et/media/other/a0…
We have seen the power of disinformation and lies when the US Capitol was stormed on Jan 06, 2021. It was a dark day for America. What Ethiopia faced on Nov 03, 2020 was even darker when the #TPLF attacked the cream of the Ethiopian armed forces - the Northern Command.
1.Thread: Summary of Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s Response to the ETH. Parliament on 30 Nov 2020 on what has transpired from the day he assumed office leading up to the attack on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces #ENDF by the now defunct Tigray People’s Liberation Front #TPLF.
2. How did he come to office? The #EPRDF elected Abiy Ahmed as PM of Ethiopia in April 2018 upon the heels of massive internal resistance and unrest in the country. The #TPLF did its very best to elect its own figurehead but failed.
3.The first few months: The PM was a virtual prisoner at the palace and his every move was monitored. His and his own family safety was at stake, and in his own words, “I was not in a position to protect my family, let alone protect the country and discharge my official duties."
@prosperity2022 and @AbiyAhmedAli and his cabinet are increasingly being associated with the protestant religion in that they might think Protestantism instils strong work ethics than Orthodox and Sufi islam do. The argument goes that Ethiopia might need a protestant work ethics.
There have been many discussions and dialogues on this issue at various level ranging from @martinplaut 's accusation of @AbiyAhmedAli trying to 'Pentecostalize' Ethiopia to social media discussions and dialogues. The origin of this theory goes back to Max Weber's classic work.
@KjetilTronvoll Your thread echos the callous doom and gloom prediction by USIP "the largest state collapse in modern history." The operation has successfully been concluded and the hard task of winning the peace and national healing is underway.
There is no war in Tigray. The law enforcement operation has been concluded and the new administration has begun its work in Tigray. @AbiyAhmedAli reported this to the Ethiopian parliament. A war that does not exist cannot go unfettered as you seem to claim.
The is no active engagement in Tigray now. The Mekelle-Adigrat-Wukro road is open as we speak as is the Alamata-Mekelle road. You seem to be running an alternative reality here as are you claim of an election, which, apparently you were the 'sole international observer.'