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What Do Ethiopia’s Elections Mean for Its Middle East and Horn of Africa Policy?
Blen Mamo Diriba
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Blen Mamo Diriba
@_PoliticsAddict
Executive Director @HornReview| Bachelor of Laws, MSc International Security & Global Governance @LondonU
- Where water meets will, mountains bow. Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam rises & with it, a brighter tomorrow. Congratulations, Ethiopia 🇪🇹!
00:00 - All this "evacuation" drama by @USEmbassyAddis & European allies, & the genocide mantra the MSM pushes in parallel w/ the likes of @BradSherman might be part of a case building process to later justify the need for military intervention by the US & allies to "protect minorities".
- UN & its agencies needs competent leaders w/ global mindsets & ability to overcome global challenges. @WHO's DG is stuck in a primordial tribal mindset. Dragged WHO in to a TPLF lobbying firm, while millions are dying from a pandemic his incompetent leadership failed to combat.
- "If you are emotionally attached to your tribe, religion or political leaning to the point that truth & justice become secondary considerations, your education & exposure is useless. If you can't reason beyond petty sentiments, you are a liability to mankind" Dr China Okadigno
- THREAD on #Wolkait: Wolkait is a redline for Ethiopia. A tri-junction for ETH, ERI & SUD. Allowing Wolkait to fall in the hands of a traitor like the TPLF threatens the very existence of ETH as a sovereign nation given its significant geopolitical & National Sec implics.
- @AbiyAhmedAli inherited an economy in imperil, futile institutions, flimsy sociopolitics & a fragile state facing complete collapse. Today, #Ethiopia is thriving. Economy reviving. Institutions relatively strong & independent. GERD near completion.Democracy laying its foundation.
- THREAD Whether the GoE's decision to terminate high-profile court proceedings at this point is justified or not (for whatever reason), the least the govt could/should have done was... (1/5)
- Leaking news prior to official releases of major govt decisions helps prepare the public emotionally. The amount of controversy & public anger such decisions could cause should be realistically analysed. Procedural caution is mandatory, & that includes the choice of date & time!
- Tribalism & tribal politics in Ethiopia is as primitive as it gets. It is founded on the basis of exclusionist political ideology that disregards the socioeconomic & political will & desire of a significant majority of the Ethiopian population that have mixed tribal backgrounds.
- US-China rift explained by Prof John Mearsheimer, a realist American political scientist & IR scholar. "If you decide to go w/ China rather than the US, you are then deciding to become an enemy of the US. You're either w/ us or against us." #Ethiopia @MFAEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli
00:00 - The eminency of the national security threats Ethiopia now faces from radical ethnoreligious actors should alert both the GoE & the public. Its high time for the Fed Govt to demonstrate its monopoly on power, preemptively avert the threats & solidify public trust & confidence.
