Tag: Abiy Ahmed
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Romancing Tigray: An Eritrean Story (1946-2025)
Like any two bordering people, the people of Tigray and Eritrea have had a long bond which included all the ups-and-downs of relationships: intermarriage, war, deportation, love and enmity. Here’s a brief timeline: see if you can detect a pattern. 1. #Tigray-#Tigrini: 1946-47. An Eritrean movement of Tigrinya speakers demand union with Tigray. Tigray, which…
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Eritrean History (As Told By Ethiopians & Eritreans)
Too bad for Ethiopia, there is no Permanent Court of History because if there were, it would win its case against Eritrea by the sheer grandiose, swashbuckler narration which, compared to our boring matter-of-fact history, is quite a page-turner. Eritreans win on law; Ethiopians win on “history.” 1. The Ethiopian Narration: Eritrea has always been…
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Abiy Ahmed Explains Meddemerism
Rejoice, Africa! Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, has introduced an indigenous ideology which replaces all the ideologies Africans have experimented with: Marxism, Leninism, Maoism & Stalinism. What is it? What is the ideology of Meddemerism? Well, um, I was hoping you would tell me. All I know is he said, “if you don’t…
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Slouching Towards Asmara
Yes, Isaias is to blame. Probably. Once upon a time–actually, April 1, 2018–a bold man arrived in the horizons of the Horn of Africa. And almost immediately–actually immediately–he began clearing the debris of a century–actually, longer–of misrule in his country. Jails were opened and prisoners were freed. Enemies were forgiven and exiles returned. The disenfranchised…
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Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia
91. Awadallah from Gedaref, Sudan writes: I am told you don’t always talk about Ethiopia and sometimes you mention other countries. My question: Now that it is a given we have defeated Omar Albashir, where will he go? Qatar? Turkey? Malaysia? Dr. Newitol: My bet is on Ethiopia. Sure Qatar and Turkey make ideological sense,…
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The Slick & The Shell-shocked
Psychologists say that human emotions can be reduced to only four: sorrow, happiness, fear and anger. And of the four, the only one that is socially acceptable for men (in most societies) is anger. A man will brag about his capacity for anger (“dont make me angry; you wouldn’t like me when I am angry”,…
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Ethiopian Narrative on Eritrea Is Back With Vengeance
The Ethiopian NarrativeIt goes something like this. Since time immemorial, Eritrea has always been part of Ethiopia. The names (“Eritrea”, “Ethiopia”) may be different but the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia have always been intertwined. Eritrea, the Land of the Sea (Midri Bahri) may have had a viceroy, but the king was always in Ethiopia…
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Ethiopia Is Done If The Elderly Cede Their Traditional Power
So, what’s happening in Ethiopia? In his report to the parliament, PM Abiy said that the 250 soldiers that came to meet him… well, it turns out that all the push-ups and smiles he had were disguising deep sorrow he was feeling as he had come to learn that some of them, without their knowledge,…
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Contempt
Since June 5, 2018, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his government’s intent to accept the Algiers peace Agreement with Eritrea without reservation, the leaders of both countries have had dramatically different ways of communicating the blossoming peace to their people. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held numerous meetings with his people, visiting them…