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Dec 13 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
Good Morning America/Ethiopia

All eyes are on Washington DC and the US Africa Summit where Ethiopian PM @AbiyAhmedAli is returning triumphantly, following the Pretoria Peace Agreement of Nov 2nd. THREAD...

Follow for coverage of the day 1 of the summit.
PREVIEWS:
France 24 >> google.com/search?q=franc…
DW >> dw.com/en/the-us-afri…
BBC >> google.com/search?q=BBC+u…
NYT >> nytimes.com/2022/12/12/wor…
AP >> apnews.com/article/biden-…
TNA (DC Tigray media) >> todaynewsafrica.com/ethiopian-prim…
More:
Washington Post >> washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Reuters Team Coverage:
1. TRADE reuters.com/article/usa-af…
2. DIASPORA (1) reuters.com/article/usa-af…
3. DIASPORA (2) reuters.com/world/africa/b…
4. CHINA reuters.com/world/china-re…
5. DEVELOPMENT reuters.com/world/africa/u…
MORE...

VOA >> voanews.com/a/us-africa-le…
As the media depth shows, this is not a minor event.

It was announced back in August during a US Africa Policy "Reset" in which Obama era NSC official @JDevermont returned to the WH, and Blinken and LTG's African Odyessy didn't go as planned.
@JDevermont Following the US Africa Strategy "reset" which many pointed out was exactly the same as the previous policy, Russia proposed to hold a 2nd Russia-Africa leaders summit in the lead up to #COP27 in Addis Ababa. This did not eventuate however.
Here is a thread on the speechifying in South Africa, also featuring the incomparably wonderful SA Foreign Minister Pandor who hosted @SecBlinken for his launch address.
Here there are two threads.
1. Quoted tweet the OP: Looks at the context of the announcement which very unfortunately coincided with @SpeakerPelosi's catastrophically disruptive visit to Taiwan.
2. The OP itself: Discusses Ethiopian implications.
Here is a companion summary conclusions list from the original research thread - this addresses the overall great power competition situation at the time of @SpeakerPelosi's visit to Taiwan.
In hindsight it is now apparent US Africa policy did indeed change in August, particularly with respect to Ethiopia.

Ambassador @MikeHammerUSA took up his position - and along with the UN and EU visited Tigray at the beginning of August.
His selfie did not go down well in Addis, nor among Ethiopian diaspora, and nor did the joint US/UN/EU communique issued at the end of the envoys mission. Hammer was accompanied by @HannaTetteh - UN Addis based - & @EUSR_Weber the EU's replacement for Eritrea Hawk @Rondos_EU.

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