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US based independent researcher on Ethiopian politics | PhD in social & political studies from the University of Aberdeen
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Mar 14, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Oromia PP has lost touch with reality. Despicably corrupt officials have continued to weaken our country's social integrity with apparent impunity. They are cold-bloodedly overseeing the massacre of thousands of citizens across the region, which is largely tumultuous & perilous. The cover-up of the Borana famine, which has starved over 800,000 people & killed 3.3 million cattle, while the regional politicians feasted on misappropriated public resources, shows how greed & ego animate the myopic & regressive politics of the region.
Feb 15, 2023 17 tweets 3 min read
It might seem a weak argument, but🫣

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OPP is hijacked by a network of corrupt & more radical ethno-nationalists

The network grew while the PM focused on the war

Some in the network used to be the PM’s close allies in tackling a faction opposed to the inception of PP (Background) OPP started competing with more radical groups in its last days as OPDO & eventually adopted full blown ethnocentric practices

Those radical political groups (excl. OLF-A) have been paralyzed, but the faction within OPP has refused to embrace a moderate approach
Oct 25, 2022 7 tweets 1 min read
In the initial phase of the peace talks, TPLF wants nothing but a ceasefire.

Here is why: TPLF leaders understand that they have hardly any bargaining power to demand political concessions at this point. They cannot put pressure on the Government for a respite, either.
Sep 2, 2022 6 tweets 1 min read
በ3ኛዉ ዙር ወረራ

"በፍጥነትና በከፍተኛ የሰዉ ማዕበል በአማራ እና አፋር ክልሎች ያሉ ቦታዎችን በመቆጣጠር በተሻለ ቁመና ወደ ንግግር ጠረጴዛ በመምጣት የወልቃይት እና መሰል አከባቢዎችን ማስመለስ"

የሚለው የሕወሃት ዕቅድ እየከሸፈ ይመስላል።

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ምክንያቱም የኢትዮጵያ ኃይሎችና የየአከባቢው ማኅበረሰብ በላቀ ቁመና እና መስዋዕትነት ተናበው መስራታቸው ሲሆን

ቀንደኛ የሕወሃት የፖለቲካና ወታደራዊ አመራሮች ለሰፊ ጥቃት መጋለጥ ደግሞ የአመራር እና የስነ ልቦና ክፍተት ሳይፈጥር አልቀረም።

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Aug 29, 2022 7 tweets 1 min read
የሕወሃት የ3ኛዉ ዙር ወረራ ዋና ምክንያት:

በአፋር እና አማራ ክልሎች ተጨማሪ ቦታዎችን በመያዝ ለሰላም ንግግሩ የመደራደር አቅሙን ለማሳደግ እና እነዚህን በተጨማሪ የሚያዙ ቦታዎች ለቆ ለመዉጣት የወልቃይትን መመለስ መጠየቅ እንዲያስችለው ነዉ።

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ለዚህም ብዙ ቦታዎችን በፍጥነት እና በከፍተኛ የሰዉ ማዕበል ወርሮ (የሚያልቀዉ አልቆ) ከተቆጣጠረ በኋላ ዳያስፖራው እና ምዕራባውያን አጋሮቹ ግጭቱ ባለበት እንዲቆም እና ሁለቱም አካላት በፍጥነት ወደ ድርድር እንዲገቡ ጫና ለመፍጠር ታስቧል።

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Apr 4, 2021 9 tweets 7 min read
Evidence👇 — @cnni lied

@jaketapper, withdraw the report!
@nimaelbagir, resign!

Did TMH pay a whistleblower for the videos? NO🙄 04:35👇

CEO of TMH stated in a March 9 interview that they found the footage on diff't phones of dead & captured soldiers🤣
Did @cnni or @amnesty geolocate the place?👇

➡️ "..CNN was able to geolocate the video to a rugged clifftop three miles south of Mahibere Dego"

➡️ Oh, No! Alula already said in his March 9 interview that it happened at Mahibere Dego. (Check video @ 01:45)

➡️ How did he know?🤔
Apr 3, 2021 15 tweets 7 min read
⛔️SORRY, @cnni is deceiving the world once again!

➡️ Despite its sensational presentation, the report itself admits 9 times that its claims could not be verified🙄

➡️ The video comes from several unrelated clips circulating on SM about a month ago😏

➡️ TPLF TV as its source?🤔 Did ENDF commit the mass killings? @cnni says that it cannot confirm👇

➡️ "videos... are difficult to authenticate"

➡️ "CNN does not have the original, raw footage to examine"

➡️ "If the soldiers in the... video are indeed Ethiopian National Defense Forces"
Mar 21, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
S.RES.97 insults 110+ million Ethiopians by exonerating & rewarding armed insurrection. Withdraw!

@SenatorRisch @ChrisCoons @SenatorCardin @marcorubio @timkaine @ToddYoungIN @ChrisVanHollen @JeffMerkley @RonWyden @SenMarkey @kyrstensinema @DanSullivan_AK

congress.gov/bill/117th-con… It's shamefully devoid of accurate accounts of the genesis & development of the conflict

It absolves the TPLF of all its crimes:
▶️destroying infrastructure, including hospitals, roads & hospitals
▶️massacring residents, refugees, aid workers & troops

congress.gov/117/bills/sres…
Mar 21, 2021 16 tweets 3 min read
The resemblance b/n the tragedy of Libya & #Ethiopia🤔

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the US-NATO war against Libya. Launched on the pretext of defending “democracy” and “human rights”

'...the New York Times covers up crimes of imperialism' wsws.org/en/articles/20… "Eight months of continuous bombing laid waste to whole swathes of the country, the US and the European powers utilized Al Qaeda-linked militias as their proxy ground troops in a war for regime-change that ended in the torture and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi."
Mar 19, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
The frenzied attack by Biden's administration on #Ethiopia is NEVER about people in Tigray or anywhere else. No amount of countering its false narratives will satiate its appetite for 'invading' #Ethiopia, as its chance through the insurgents is fading. @_AfricanUnion @PMEthiopia The @POTUS knows the facts; in fact, better than we do! These people are hell-bent on breaking the spirit of #Ethiopianism. They will come after anything #Ethiopian, which they are already condemning as savagery & #Amhara|nism.

This is no more a conspiracy theory; it's reality!