Economist | President Isaias Afewerki Is Fanning War & Undermining Democracy Across The Region

🔥 Bloody Brothers Eritrea, Africa’s Gulag State, is on the march

It is an unlikely pairing. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, is young, charismatic and says he is committed to democracy in Africa’s second-most-populous country. Until war erupted in November in Tigray, a northern region, he was a darling of the world. In 2019 he won the Nobel peace prize for ending a war with Eritrea. Yet he is now knee-deep in blood alongside Eritrea’s president, Issaias Afwerki, an ageing dictator who locks up dissidents in shipping crates in the desert.

When the two leaders met to sign a peace deal in 2018, many hoped their reconciliation would reshape the region. Abiy was liberalising Ethiopia, releasing political prisoners and freeing the press. Some thought Issaias might learn from his new friend. Outsiders rushed to encourage the thaw. The un lifted an arms embargo (imposed because of Eritrea’s support for jihadists in Somalia). Western donors poured in cash. Eritrea’s decades of isolation seemed about to end.

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A Fascinating Book: Medieval Ethiopian Kingship, Craft, and Diplomacy with Latin Europe

Among the most powerful kingdoms in the medieval period was Solomonic Ethiopia, a Christian kingdom that sought out contact with Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages. The BBC speaks with Verena Krebs about contact between Solomonic Ethiopia and Western Europe, how historians have misconstrued Ethiopian interests in the past, and what we can learn when we dig into primary sources.

Verena Krebs is Professor for Medieval Cultural Realms and their Entanglements at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Her new book, Medieval Ethiopian Kingship, Craft, and Diplomacy with Latin Europe, is published by Palgrave Macmillan.

💭 ድንቅ መጽሐፍ፤ የመካከለኛው ዘመን የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሳዊነት ፣ የእጅ ጥበብ እና ዲፕሎማሲ ከላቲን አውሮፓ ጋር።

አዎ! ግራኝ አህመድ ቀዳማዊ በክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚ ቱርክ እርዳታ የአውሬ ተግባር ከመፈጸሙ በፊት ገናና እና ኃያል በአውሮፓውያኑ ዘንድ በጣም የሚከበሩና የሚፈሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን ነገሥታት ነበሩ። 😈 ጂኒው ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ ዳግማዊ ከመምጣቱ ከሦስት ዓመታት በፊት ካዛሬው ውዳቂ የኦሮሞ አገዛዝ የተሻሉትና የአክሱምን ነገሥታት እንደገና ለማንሰራራት አስተዋጽኦ ለማበርከት ጥሩ ዕድል የነበራቸው የሰሜን ሰዎች ኢትዮጵያን ተረክብዋት ነበር። አለመታደል ነው፤ መቼስ ትንቢት ሊፈጸም ግድ ስለሆነ ቅድስት ሃገራችን በግራኝ እጅ በድጋሚ ወደቀች። አረመኔውን ኦሮሞ ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድን የዲፕሎማሲን ሀ ሁ ቆጥሮ ለመረዳት የዛሬዎቹ አውሮፓውያን የሸለሙት የኖቤል ሰላም ሽልማት እንኳን ሊረዳው አልቻለም። ይህን ያህል ነው ፀረ–ኢትዮጵያዊነቱ። ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያውያን አዋርዶና አድቅቆ ኦሮሚያን ለመመስረት ያለውን ህልም ወደ አሰፈሪ ቅዠት እንለውጠዋለን፤ በቅዱስ ሚካኤል አጋዥነት በእሳት ግራኝን እና መንጋውን በእሳት የምንጠርግበት ጊዜ ሩቅ አይሆንምና።

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Tigray Restaurant Demolished by Soldiers of Fascist Abiy Ahmed | በግራኝ ሰአራዊት የፈራረሰው የትግራይ ምግብ ቤት

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#TigrayGenozid: “Ich Hoffe, Dass Mein Baby in Sicherheit Zurück Nach Hause Gehen Kann.”

Nigsty gehört zu den inzwischen mehr als 60.000 Menschen, die aus der Tigray-Region in den Sudan geflohen sind.

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Tigray Café Destroyed by Soldiers of Evil Oromo Abiy Ahmed | ከከፋ በተገኘው ኦሮሞው ግራኝ የፈራረሰው የመቀሌ ቡና ቤት

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