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ETHIOPIA — 🚨 Nine armed groups in Ethiopia have reportedly formed a united resistance front, according to comments by TPLF Chairman and Tigray regional leader Debretsion during a brief interview with local journalists. Although details about the reported “𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗿𝗲𝘁 (ጥምረት),” or the alliance of forces, remain unclear at this early stage, it is believed to involve the TPLF, Amhara Fano, the OLA, and Afar’s Uguugumo, among others. It remains unclear whether the disclosure was a deliberate leak or a formal announcement. Nevertheless, it could signal a significant development in Ethiopia’s political and security landscape, amid growing calls for an end to Abiy Ahmed’s incompetent leadership.
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ETHIOPIA ― In Oromia, particularly across the Wellega zones, civilians continue to face serious insecurity. Rights groups have documented killings, abductions, displacement, and the destruction of homes and property, including attacks targeting Amhara communities, can be livestreamed with impunity. The Abiy Ahmed regime continues to fail the Ethiopian people.
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ETHIOPIA — ⚡️ Fear and outrage are spreading across the capital Addis Ababa and other regions as government intensifies forced military conscription. Young men are being picked up from the streets and taken to military trainings against their will, leaving devastated families to watch their sons disappear into a war they never volunteered to fight. They know the pattern. Previous waves of conscripts were sent to the country's many battlefields, and many never came home. Now families fear their loved ones are being prepared for the same fate. Ethiopians are not willing to sacrifice another generation for wars driven by the political ambition of a reckless leader that creates more conflicts than jobs since he accidentally rise to power.
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ETHIOPIA ― If Abiy Ahmed is indeed the first Ethiopian leader of Oromo descent, and proudly claims in recent interviews that his government has answered the Oromo people’s long-standing questions about identity, land, economic participation, and even secured Oromo numerical dominance in the military, security services, and party's decision-making bodies, then there is one rather inconvenient question he should answer: 𝟏) 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬? 𝟐) 𝐖𝐡𝐲, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐃𝐅 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬? Last year, Abiy Ahmed himself acknowledged that the war his government waged in Tigray, whose overall death toll has been estimated at more than 250,000, was “very small” compared with the conflict he conducted in Wollega, a region of Oromia. (See the said video in the comments.)
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ETHIOPIA ― 🥹 In the Head-to-Head Challenge at 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, Ethiopian contestant 𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺 stunned both the judges and spectators with a deeply emotional account of the deteriorating security situation in Ethiopia. She spoke about the rampant abductions for ransom and killings in the country, including the capital Addis Ababa, revealing that her elder sister was tragically killed just weeks before she left for the competition. Struggling to hold back tears, Ruth delivered her speech with visible heartbreak, describing the pain of losing her sister while trying to represent her country on the world stage. Zehabesha Media published an extensive report on the incident a couple of days ago, alleging that Ruth’s close female friend of ten years orchestrated the kidnapping with the help of her boyfriend, an act that ultimately led to the tragic death of Ruth’s elder sister. All the accomplices are reportedly now in detention.
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𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 ERITREA — The $50 million Dekemhare solar project, featuring 30 MW of grid-connected solar PV and battery storage, has been commissioned and is expected to begin supplying reliable clean energy soon. Three additional similar projects are also in the pipeline, in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
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ETHIOPIA — ⚡️ This is the Amhara Fano rebel force that once helped save Abiy Ahmed’s government from being overthrown by Tigray forces during the 2020–2022 Tigray War. Abiy won their support when he needed it most, only to turn against them once the Tigray war was over. Today, they are fighting to overthrow him. Combined with the growing number of armed insurgencies that Abiy’s own Oromo-centric policies have helped create domestically, along with an increasingly militarized foreign policy he followed toward #Eritrea and #Sudan, Ethiopia is entering an increasingly dangerous and destructive chapter. The political crisis, therefore, will continue until there is a fundamental change in leadership. The world should prepare for a post-Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia. It could come next year, the year after, or even a decade from now. Ethiopia after Abiy Ahmed is not a question of if, but when.
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I genuinely feel sorry for the Ethiopian people. What crime did ordinary Ethiopians commit to deserve this person as their leader? Honestly, you’re lucky most of the world doesn’t understand Amharic, because if they did, they’d probably need a moment of silence after hearing what comes out of this man’s mouth every day. Imagine translating this speeches word for word for the rest of the world. The international community wouldn’t know whether to issue a diplomatic statement, call a psychiatrist, or simply ask, “Are you guys okay over there?” At least the language barrier is giving Ethiopia a little diplomatic cover ... I, for one, was hoping this was an AI-generated voice-over. Sadly, it isn’t ...ኧረ ኡኡኡይይይ ... 😆
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SAUDI ARABIA ― 😭The ethnic violence and hatred among some Ethiopian ethnic communities has apparently crossed borders, following migrants thousands of kilometres from #Ethiopia into the deserts of #SaudiArabia. Even places where people fled hoping to escape violence and poverty are now being dragged into the nightmare. The darker feud now emerge between "𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐢 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨" and "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨" communities, who live as immigrants in Saudi Arabia, have reached a terrifying level. According to social media reports circulating on TikTok, more than seven migrants from the Arsi and Wello Oromo communities were killed each other in an ISIS-style knife attack. The horrifying act of decapitation was streamed live on TikTok where victims were reportedly forced to chant “Arsi King” by the Arsi group and “Wello King” by the Wello group before being killed. Pure evil.
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𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐎𝐖 💥 Ethiopians have long known that several senior generals in today's military were once POWs in #Eritrea, while few others were also captured by the TPLF in Tigray, including Abiy Ahmed's Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Berhanu Jula. Then comes 𝐋𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞, who recently denied ever being a POW in Eritrea and challenged his captors to come forward with evidence. 🫣 Apparently, the evidence does not have to come from his former captors. 𝐌𝐚𝐣. 𝐆𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚, himself a former Eritrean POW currently serving as a senior government official in Abiy Ahmed's administration, has already publicly recounted the story behind how he got the nick name "Bacha" while in captivity and how he adopted it as his first name later. "Atinkut" Debele was his original name, allegedly. According to Abadula, “Atinkut” was sick for an extended period while in captivity. After recovering, he volunteered for a less menial task, such as preparing powdered milk for his fellow prisoners. He apparently added so much water that he ruined the mixture. A fellow POW then mocked him with, “አንበጨበጨከው (Anbechebechkew)”, essentially telling him he had watered it down beyond recognition. Since then, the prisoners started calling him with the nickname “Bacha” in short. And just like that, "Atinkut" became Bacha and he eventually adopted that nickname as his first name after being released from captivity in 1991. Today, the same Bacha Debele got a promotion to Lieutenant General rank and now serving as #Ethiopia's ambassador to #Kenya. So, General, why go looking for evidence from the Eritrean captors when one of the prisoners who was there has already told the story?
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𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲’𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲 ETHIOPIA — After all the grand stages, endless ceremonies, and the mountains of money spent on the Prosperity Party’s National Dialogue Commission, 𝗦𝗲𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 has one big question: "was all this really about solving Ethiopia’s problems, or was it just a carefully decorated pathway to crown Abiy Ahmed as a "𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴", because we did not ask for a king." "The participants in this dialogue should not allow Abiy Ahmed to make more mistakes," he warned, adding that failure to do so could push Ethiopia "𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧." And the irony is almost too much to ignore. These are not the words of some random YouTuber or opposition activist. This is 𝗦𝗲𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, one of the loudest voices in Abiy Ahmed’s media army, a man who spent years defending the regime on almost every issue and was even rewarded with honorary membership in the Ethiopian Defense Force by the army chief. Now, even one of the regime’s most loyal cheerleaders appears to be running out of applause. Seyoum himself reminded people that the previous national dialogue under the TPLF-led EPRDF government produced the current constitution without today’s expensive theatrics, endless photo opportunities, and political fireworks. Nobody expected the man who once sounded like Abiy Ahmed’s unofficial spokesperson to suddenly put down the pom-poms and question the show. But when even the loudest cheerleader starts asking where the circus is heading, it might be time for the performers to pay attention.
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Eritrea's Role as a Regional Stabilizing Force SUDAN ― Eritrea has long been a stabilizing force in the Horn of Africa, though its role is often misunderstood. When neighbors face moments of uncertainty, it is #Eritrea that quietly steps in to stand alongside them rather than watch from the sidelines, and its political, security, and diplomatic support often proving to be an antidote to crisis. Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud experienced this firsthand. Today, Sudan is at the center of a devastating conflict and humanitarian crisis. Eritrea, despite its limited resources, has presented itself as a steadfast neighbor offering support to a country it always considers a brotherly nation. Reports suggest that thousands of Sudanese recruits who completed military training in Eritrea have returned to Sudan to bolster the country's defense efforts. Their return comes as Sudan finds itself encircled by a growing "ring of fire", as external actors like the #UAE and regional neighbors including #Ethiopia, #Chad, and #Libya, encircled Sudan with logistical supply lines, financial backing, and military support to a rival factions accused of genocide.
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𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 KENYA — ⚠️ The tourist seen in a viral social media video dodging bullets fired by what appeared to be Ethiopian federal police near the Awash-Djibouti junction has safely arrived in Kenya. The incident has once again highlighted the deteriorating security situation facing travelers outside #Ethiopia's capital. Large parts of the country remain affected by armed conflict and lawlessness, with fighting continuing across several regions. As government control over security has weakened, armed groups and criminal bandits have become increasingly active, carrying out attacks, robberies, and kidnappings of road travelers along major highways. The incident serves as another reminder of the security risks facing both residents and foreign visitors traveling beyond the capital Addis Ababa.
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ETHIOPIA ― The ruling Prosperity Party under Abiy Ahmed has failed the people of Afar just as it has failed communities across Tigray, Amhara, and other parts of Ethiopia. After years of frustration, insecurity, and a lack of meaningful opportunities, growing numbers of Afar youth are choosing to organize rather than continue searching for a better future elsewhere. Many are joining #Uguugumoh, the 𝐀𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭, in what they see as a struggle to reclaim political agency and challenge Abiy Ahmed’s rule in the Afar region. Led by Col. Haji Ibrahim Osman Aliyu, the movement could become an important force in the evolving opposition landscape. If Afar forces eventually coordinate with Tigrayan, OLA, and Amhara Fano forces, the Abiy government could face a far broader and more coordinated challenge than it has confronted to date.
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ERITREA — To African leaders who keeps "winning" elections by a landslide. Please don't copy this. Printing landslide ballot results is one thing, earning enough trust to walk freely among your own people is another. What works in #Eritrea could turn your victory lap into a state funeral. So, don't! #Sawa38th
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ETHIOPIA — Trying to solve Ethiopia's problems under PM Abiy Ahmed is like trying to repair an old, tattered cloth. The moment one hole is patched, three new ones appear. Ethnic conflicts, religious tensions, economic hardship, and political instability continue to emerge faster than they can be addressed.
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