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🫣
Context 1:
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.
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
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!
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