Josep Borrell on Genocide in Tigray, Ethiopia: ‘ This’s Done by a Gov’t Whose PM is a Nobel Laureate’

💭 “US President Joe Biden has been criticized for being cozy with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been accused of war crimes.”

• EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he spent the entire year “very frustrated” by Ethiopia’s civil war.
• He has blamed the EU for paying more attention to Russia’s war in Ukraine than the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia.
• Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has been criticised for being cosy with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been accused of war crimes.
• European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the conflict in Ethiopia kept him “very busy, very sorry and very frustrated” for the greater part of 2022.

Speaking at the 24th EU-Non-Governmental Organization Forum on Human Rights in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, Borrell said it infuriated him that “not enough people talk about it”.

“We do not talk a lot about Ethiopia,” he added.

He said the war in Ukraine was getting more attention from the EU, although it was “relatively smaller” than the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray, where between 700 000 and 800 000 lives were lost.

“We complain rightly about what is happening in Ukraine, but what is happening in Ethiopia is really awful. There is not such a mortality in any other place in the world caused by a war,” he added.

He said it was painful that most of the Ethiopians died of famine. “Most of them (were killed) by famine – not fighting, but by famine, cutting humanitarian support, cutting electricity, cutting any kind of public services.”

Borrell added that the situation in Ethiopia occurred under the watch of what he termed an internationally celebrated leader.

“I remind you that this is being done by a government whose prime minister (Abiy Ahmed) is a Nobel Prize laureate,” he said.

At the recent US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, pictures went viral of US President Joe Biden watching the FIFA World Cup match between Morocco and France on television and being jovial with Ahmed. Biden was then criticised for somewhat endorsing an alleged war criminal.

This also didn’t go down well with civil society activists, who accuse Abiy of genocide and war crimes.

Borrell said it was a tragedy that innocent lives were lost because of the political machinations of the ruling elite.

“You can discuss politically who is to be blamed for the reasons for the war to start, but the result is that for months and months there has been a continuous violation of human rights at a massive scale,” he said.

An agreement for the cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia was reached in November after the facilitation of statesmen from South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria at the behest of the US, who had worked with the African Union.

The EU was not involved in the process despite the British Council, Alliance Francaise, the Goethe Institute and the Italian Cultural Institute making up the four-member European Union National Cultural Institutes cluster in Ethiopia.

✞✞✞ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዳግም ምፅዓት ✞✞✞

ቅዱስ ማቴዎስ በወንጌሉ(ማቴ ፳፭) ስለ ጌታችን ዳግም አመጣጥ እና በፍርድ ወንበር መቀመጥ ሲገልጽ «የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በሚመጣበት ጊዜ ከእርሱም ጋር ቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ሁሉ፥ በዚያን ጊዜ በክብሩ ዙፋን ይቀመጣል፤ አሕዛብም ሁሉ በፊቱ ይሰበሰባሉ፤ እረኛም በጎቹን ከፍየሎች እንደሚለይ እርስ በርሳቸው ይለያቸዋል፤ በጎችን በቀኙ ፍየሎችንም በግራው ያቆማቸዋል።» በማለት ጻድቃንን በበጎች፣ ኃጥአንን በፍየሎች መስሎ ጻድቃንን ለክብር በቀኝ፣ ኃጥአንን ለሃሳር በግራ ለይቶ ያቆማቸዋል። ቀጥሎም ጌታችን ክርስቶስ በፍርድ ቃል በቀኙ ያሉትን «እናንተ የአባቴ ቡሩካን፥ ኑ ዓለም ከተፈጠረበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ የተዘጋጀላችሁን መንግሥት ውረሱ። ተርቤ አብልታችሁኛልና፥ ተጠምቼ አጠጥታችሁኛልና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ ተቀብላችሁኛልና፥ ታርዤ አልብሳችሁኛልና፥ ታምሜ ጠይቃችሁኛልና፥ ታስሬ ወደ እኔ መጥታችኋልና።» ይላቸዋል። ነገር ግን ጻድቃን ብዙ መልካም ሥራ ሰርተው ሳለ ምንም እንዳልሰሩና እንዳላደረጉ ሆነው ከእግዚአብሔር ቸርነት የተነሳ ክብር እንደተሰጣቸው አውቀው በትህትና ቃል «ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ አይተን መቼ አበላንህስ? ወይስ ተጠምተህ አይተን መቼ አጠጣንህ? እንግዳ ሆነህስ አይተን መቼ ተቀበልንህ? ወይስ ታርዘህ አይተን መቼ አለበስንህ? ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ አይተን መቼ ወደ አንተ መጣን?» ይሉታል። እርሱም መልሶ በሕይወት ዘመናቸው ከእነርሱ ለሚያንሱት ያደረጉትን መልካም የቸርነትና ትህትና ሥራ እንደዋጋ ቆጥሮላቸው «እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ወንድሞቼ ለአንዱ እንኳ ስላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ አደረጋችሁት» ብሎ ጻድቃንን ወደ ዘለዓለም ሕይወት ይሰዳቸዋል።

ነገር ግን በኃጥአን ላይ ከዚህ በተቃራኒ ፍርዱም ሆነ የእነሱም ምላሽ የተለየ ይሆናል። ጌታም እርሱን ባላመለኩት መጠንና ከሰይጣናት በተስማማ ሁኔታ መንገዳቸውን ባደረጉ ልክ እንዲህ በማለት ይፈርድባቸዋል፤ «እናንተ ርጕማን፥ ለሰይጣንና ለመላእክቱ ወደ ተዘጋጀ ወደ ዘለዓለም እሳት ከእኔ ሂዱ። ተርቤ አላበላችሁኝምና፥ ተጠምቼ አላጠጣችሁኝምና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ አልተቀበላችሁኝምና፥ ታርዤ አላለበሳችሁኝምና፥ ታምሜ ታስሬም አልጠየቃችሁኝምና።» እነርሱ ግን ፍርዱን በመቃወም እንዲህ እያሉ ይከራከራሉ። «ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ ወይስ ተጠምተህ ወይስ እንግዳ ሆነህ ወይስ ታርዘህ ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ መቼ አይተን አላገለገልንህም?» ጌታችንም በምላሹ የርህራሄን ሥራ ለታናናሾቻችሁ አልሰራችሁም ፤ ያን አለመስራታችሁ ለኔ አለመስራታችሁ ነው ብሎ ወደ ዘለዓለም ቅጣት ይሰዳቸዋል።

ያቺ የፍርድ ቀን የዓለም ፍጻሜ ናት። በዛች ቀን መስማት እንጂ መመለስ መከራከር የለም። የዚያች ቀን የፍርድ ውሳኔ ዛሬ በምድር ላይ የምንፈጽመው የአምልኮና የመልካም ወይም የክፉ ምግባር ውጤት ነው። ዛሬ አካሄዳችንን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ካደረግን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር በተስፋዪቱ ኢየሩሳሌም ሰማያዊት እንሆናለን፤ዛሬ አካሄዳችንን ከዲያብሎስ ጋር ካደረግን ግን በግራ ከዲያብሎስ ጋር እንቆማለን፤ትሉ በማያንቀላፋ እሳቱ በማይጠፋ በገሃነም እሳት መኖር ግድ ይለናል። የዛሬ የአምልኮ አያያዛችን የፍጻሜውን ቀን ይወስነዋልና ዛሬ ሳናመነታ አኗኗራችንን እንወስን።

❖❖❖ [Matthew 25:31-34] ❖❖❖

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:”

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South Sudan President Wets Himself While Reciting National Anthem | Eish! | የደቡብ ሱዳን ሸኔ ሳልቫ ኪር ሸና

💭 ሌላው የግራኝ ‘ወንድም’ የደቡብ ሱዳኑ ፕሬዝደንት ‘ሳልቫ ኪር’ ብሔራዊ መዝሙር በሚዝመርበት ወቅት ሽንቱን በራሱ ላይ ሸና። እይይይ! እነ ሲ.አይ.ኤ “ጠቅ!” አድርገውት ይሆን?

👉 ፕሬዚደንት ሳልቫ ኪር በአሜሪካ በተካሄደው የአሜሪካ–አፍሪቃ “የዘር ማጥፋት” ጉባኤ ላይ አልተገኘም። ደቡብ ሱዳን በውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስትር ነበር የተወከለችው።

👉 ፕሬዚደንቱ ወደ አሜሪካ ለመሄድ ያልፈለገበት ምክኒያት በደቡብ ሱዳን የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስትር በኩል እንዲህ ተገልጿል፤

“የተከበሩ ፕሬዚዳንቱ በውስጥ ጉዳዮች ላይ ሃላፊ ናቸው እና ትናንት እዚህ (ጁባ) አልነበሩም በአዲስ መንገድ ምረቃ ላይ ተሰማርተው ነበር፤ ለጉባኤ ወደ አሜሪካ ሄደን ስለ እገዳዎች እና ትርኪምርኪ ነገሮች ከምንሰማ ይልቅ ይህ ለደቡብ ሱዳን ህዝብ የበለጠ ወሳኝ ነገር ነበር። እንደ ፈረንሣይ–አፍሪካ የመሪዎች ጉባዔ፣ የቱርክ–አፍሪካ የመሪዎች ጉባዔ፣ የጃፓን–አፍሪካ የመሪዎች ጉባዔ፣ እንዲሁም የሩስያ–አፍሪካ የመሪዎች ጉባዔ፣ ፕሬዚዳንት ኪር አሁንም ሊሳተፉባቸው የሚችሉባቸው ስብሰባዎች አሁንም አሉ።“

👉 ዋው! ለማንኛውም እንደተለመደው አጀንዳ ለማስቀየር፤ “ፋሺስታዊ መዝሙራችንን ካልዘመርን፤ የግብጽን ባንዲራ ካላውለበለብን” በማለት ላይ ለሚገኙት ለዘር አጥፊዎቹ ጋላ–ኦሮሞዎች ይህ ሌላ ማስጠንቀቂያ ነው። ቀጥሎ ደም የሚሸናው የስላቫ ኪር አቻ ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ ነው! ምናለ በሉኝ!

💭 A video has now gone viral online showing President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan urinating on himself while reciting the National Anthem at a public function, to the dismay of his aides, officials and military officers nearby.

President Salva Kiir, aged 71, has been the president of the troubled northeast African country since its founding in 2011 and has continued to preside over a protracted conflict which has kept the country underdeveloped, with about 82 per cent of its citizens in abject poverty.

👉 This is another warning to the genocidal Galla-Oromos who would like to sing their fascistic anthem and wave the ‘Egyptian’ flag in Ethiopia.

💭 Why President Kiir skipped Biden’s invite to US-Africa Summit

South Sudan has defended President Salva Kiir’s move to snub an invite by his US counterpart, Joe Biden, for a summit bringing together close to 50 African heads of state.

While other African leaders opted for the historic visit, President Kiir was locked up in a busy schedule on Monday, where he commissioned the first phase of the 63- kilometre Juba-Terekeka Road in Lakes State. Kiir sent a team of diplomats, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mayiik Ayii Deng, to attend the summit on his behalf.

In an exclusive interview with The City Review yesterday, Deng Dau Deng, the deputy minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, said the head of state delegated the duty to Mayiik to allow him (President Kiir) to attend to more pressing national duties.

“His Excellency the President is in charge of issues internally, and he was not here (in Juba) yesterday, he was launching the road, which was more crucial to the people of South Sudan than just a summit of America where we will go and listen to sanctions and all those kinds of things,” Deng said.

Kiir, like his other African counterparts, was acting in good faith, according to Deng, by sending a representative to the summer.

“It (summit) is not a classroom, we have several heads of state and government that have not gone for that particular summit (US-Africa leaders’ summit),” he explained.

He added, “It depends on our national interest, and South Sudan has sent a foreign affairs minister who is equally important as the rest of African nations whose heads of state and government have not attended that particular conference.”

He argued that President Kiir was busy spearheading the implementation of the peace agreement, which is long overdue, and “South Sudan should concentrate on their own issues” and not spend much energy on “the international conferences.”

“It is not a must that all the heads of state and governments in Africa attend,” he added.

Deng said that there were still upcoming conferences such as France-Africa Summit, the Turkey-Africa Summit, the Japanese-Africa Summit, and the Russia-Africa Summit that President Kiir could still attend.

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አውሮፓ ጦርነት ጀምሯል | መንገድ ላይ የሚሰግዱትን ሙስሊሞች ለመቃወም፡ ፈረንሳውያን ብሔራዊ መዝሙራቸውን በጩኽት ሲዘምሩ

የተፈለገውም ይህ ነው፡ እነዚህን “እን‘ታይ” ባይ ደካሞች ወደ አገራቸው ሲያስገቡ። Useful Idiots ይባላሉ።

በቃ፡ ያለቦታው፡ “ረመዳን፣ ረመዳን፣ ረመዳን” እያሉ አሰለቹን፡ እነዚህ አስመሳይ ግብዞች።

የእኛ አምላክ ግን እንዲህ ይለናል፦

[የማቴዎስ ወንጌል ምዕራፍ ፮፥፲፮፡፲፰]

“ስትጦሙም፥ እንደ ግብዞች አትጠውልጉ፤ ለሰዎች እንደ ጦመኛ ሊታዩ ፊታቸውን ያጠፋሉና፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ዋጋቸውን ተቀብለዋል። አንተ ግን ስትጦም፥ በስውር ላለው አባትህ እንጂ እንደ ጦመኛ ለሰዎች እንዳትታይ ራስህን ተቀባ ፊትህንም ታጠብ፤ በስውር የሚያይ አባትህም በግልጥ ይከፍልሃል።”

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French Government Warned of Potential Riots After Court Demands Muslims Take Down ‘Ramadan Tents’

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French authorities have been warned that Muslims could “set fire to the neighbourhood” in one of Paris’s migrant-populated suburbs following a court order to take down a number of tents erected for Ramadan.

An administrative court ordered the tents, which were erected in the commune of Sevran in north-east of Paris, to be taken down as they were placed in a private car park, Le Parisien reports.

The mayor and the Muslim organisers of the tents, which are used to house Muslims praying during the holy month of Ramadan, were given until Tuesday to remove the installations by the court, fueling anger and warnings that the situation could escalate into riots.

If the tents are not removed by the Tuesday deadline, the city could face fines of €2,000 per day.

Sevran has a high number of residents with migrant backgrounds, many from Muslim-majority countries. As far back as 2013, it was shown that more than half of the residents of the area, declared a “sensitive urban zone” or ZUS, were from migrant backgrounds.

Selected Comment:

Dear Mr Moslem you’re being arrested for breaking the law = riots

Dear Mr Moslem you’re being deported for entering Europe illegally = riots

Dear Mr Moslem you are not entitled to those benefits = riots

etc, etc, etc

Dear Mr Moslem we have now enacted laws that will silence the host population from criticising you and protect you = peace

Dear Mr Moslem we have enacted laws that will push you to the front of the housing list, the front of the benefits list and the front of the health service list…peace.

Dear Mr Moslem I note your objection to European national flags being waved and European culture being celebrated, I am busily attempting to show these acts as racist and hate-crimes that should be abolished…peace.

Can anyone see a pattern emerging?

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