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Thread on @AbiyAhmedAli lecture about the Red Sea:

In his 45-minute theatrical speech aired yesterday, PM Abiy argued that #Ethiopia has a historical and economic right to access the Red Sea and suggested re-federation or a land swap with #Eritrea as a means to achieve it. 2/17

His lecture was irresponsible, riddled with historical inaccuracies, and filled with half-baked arguments. He evoked the history of Axum and Emperor Haile Selassie to make a historical claim and suggest that #Ethiopia’s access to the sea once made it a world-class power.