Both Somalia and Eritrea emerged through political and territorial frameworks influenced by European colonial administrations, whose legacies continue to affect regional politics to this day.
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Reflections of H.E. Former President @4thPresidentKE of Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช and Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission (#AUEOM) to the 1 June 2026 General Elections in the Federal Democratic Republic of #Ethiopia during voting
One lesson Ethiopiaโs enemies continue to foo is that Ethiopians have a long history of rallying together when they believe their nation is being unfairly targeted. The coordinated wave of defamation aimed at PM Abiy and Ethiopiaโs election by certain Western media outlets like @TheEconomist this week only strengthened that resolve.
Despite political disagreements at home, Ethiopians responded by turning out in large numbers and sending a clear message - when it comes to Ethiopiaโs national interest, sovereignty, and future, Ethiopians stand united.
Right on schedule. With Ethiopiaโs election 24 hours away, The Economist drops its final hit piece: "The Imperial Vision of Abiy Ahmed." This isn't journalism; itโs a desperate attempt to manipulate a sovereign vote from a desk in London. The neo-colonial panic is palpable. #EthiopiaDecides #June1
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ โ๐โ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ: ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
In my May 7, 2026, tweet, I predicted Egyptโs El Sisi, Sudanโs Burhan, Eritreaโs Afewerki and the lunatic fringe of the TPLF โ the Horned Axis of Evil โare working in concert to thwart and delegitimize Ethiopiaโs June 1, 2026, general election and create a crisis of political legitimacy in Ethiopia. Read: https://t.co/tC4QQkDyzn
A few days ago, a ragtag army of mercenaries called โtsimdoโ (or axis, as in axis of evil) organized, funded and supported by Egypt and Eritrea and with troops supplied by โrumpโ members of the Tigray Peopleโs Liberation Front (TPLF) launched an attack in certain districts on the northern border of Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. The strategic objective of the tsimdo invaders was to wreak havoc and destruction and capture international headlines announcing the prevention of election in Ethiopiaโs northern region.
The heroic Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) whose eyes can see from the sky, land and water, was ready. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ.
Eritrea serves Egyptโs interests by providing material support, weapons, and intelligence to armed groups operating within Ethiopia, including hardline (rump) elements of the TPLF and insurgents in the Amhara region, actively undermining the Pretoria Agreement, a peace treaty between the Ethiopian government and the TPLF.
Hack journalist Tom Gardner, The Economistโs Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, has recently published a torrent of tweets belittling Ethiopiaโs election and demonizing Ethiopiaโs Prime Minster Dr. Abiy Ahmed.
In several paywalled articles in The Economist, Gardner condemned PM Abiy for his โambitions that threaten both his country and the Horn of Africa.โ He claimed PM Abiy using โguile and brute force, has personalised power to a degree unseen since the countryโs last emperor.โ
๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐.
Ethiopiaโs June 1, 2026, election will be conducted peacefully despite the conspiracy and aggression of the Trinity of โEโvil. For this election is a referendum for Ethiopians on whether to live under terrorism and the command of regional sponsors of state terrorism or to make Ethiopia Great Again by investing their energies to stand against poverty and vote to choose the path of peace, progress and prosperity.
๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!
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The Ballot Box Imperialists: Why The Economist Fears a Rising Ethiopia
By Chakham
May 31, 2026
In London, the editors of The Economist seem to believe they have a vote in tomorrowโs Ethiopian election.
For the past six weeks, the self-appointed gatekeepers of liberal democracy have unleashed a barrage of headlines so uniformly negative, they border on the hysterical. From accusing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of an โImperial Visionโ on May 28 to claiming he is โThrottling Free Expressionโ on April 23, the timing is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Tomorrow, June 1, 2026, millions of Ethiopians will head to the polls. The presses on the other end are seemingly terrified they might actually like who they are voting for.
The โImperialโ Projection?
The latest hit piece, โThe Imperial Vision of Ethiopiaโs Abiy Ahmed,โ exposes the deep neurosis of the neocolonialist's foreign policy establishment. The Economist frames Ethiopiaโs desire for Red Sea access and regional integration not as economic necessity, but as dangerous expansionism.
It is a rich irony: a British publication, born of Empire, lecturing an African nation on the dangers of seeking influence. When Europe integrates, it is โstrategic autonomy.โ well,when the Horn of Africa does it, it is โimperialism.โ
This editorial stance relies on a strategy of โDevelopment Denial.โ When Ethiopia announced it had become a net wheat exporter in 2025,a historic achievement for food security, @TheEconomist did not investigate; it sneered, calling the figures โtoo good to be true.โ
They refuse to reconcile their narrative of a โfailing stateโ with the reality of a country that has liberalized its financial sector, launched a securities exchange, and projected 9.2% GDP growth for the 2025/26 fiscal year. Do they care? Yes but bc it's the rising African Nation ambtions, not democracy!! As they say Abiys ambition is to build a rich Nation and strong influence in the HoA.
They don't like Ethiopia's strategic leverage growing....
They cannot critique the economic results, so they attack the moral character of the man delivering them.
The โFree Speechโ Smokescreen
The accusation that the state is โthrottling free expressionโ omits a critical reality: the distinction between journalism and insurrection which @TomGardner18
Himself was expelled from Addis years ago. (Well it's personal for him)
The journalists the Economist champions often operate within the very networks that fueled the two-year war in Tigray. By labeling accountability as persecution, these outlets provide cover for information warfare that no Western capital would tolerate within its own borders. Even England prisons regular folks for an online post? Just a post mate so...
Let me Conclude anyways...
The flurry of articles this May proves one thing: The Economist/others/...They are screaming at the rain. No one cares mate!
Tomorrow, Ethiopians will not vote based on an editorial written in a London high-rise. They will vote on their roads, their wheat, their dams, and their sovereignty.
Some disgruntled groups may bought westโs favorite magazine may have bought the ink, but they can no longer buy the narrative.
@TheEconomist Who would have thought that a leader emerging from the Horn of Africa would become a significant challenge to neocolonialism, attracting the attention of 'The Economist'? Of course, Eurocentric geopolitical ideologies aim to keep Africa underdeveloped. Abiy is against this...
@TheEconomist Creating rich & powerful country a threat to the UK geopolitical interest? Or 'The Economist' has become a propaganda machine of warmongers?
The prime minister says he is uniting Ethiopians. Register for free to discover why, in practice, that has meant centralising power https://t.co/Kte52CiE6U
Forced Conscription in #แตแแซแญ Tigray
Forced conscription is happening through out #Tigray by the criminal group! Many elderly parents are imprisoned in a very bad condition for refusing to let their children join the army. There are mutiple reports that young people who are rouded up and tried to escape or resist conscription are shot, subject to beating and starved in makeshift camps. This is executing Shaebiya's model of dictatorial leadership sytle in Tigray; Eritreanisation of Tigray! What a shame!
Such barberic act should be unanimously condemned in the strongest terms possible & those doing it be held accountable! Enough is enough!
#แแ แแแช!
Eritrean living in the U.S says, โI rue the day Eritrea became independentโฆ.itโs the most disastrous thing to happen to our peopleโindependence brought more misery and repression, nothing elseโ.๐ค
#Russia-#Ethiopia cooperation on building nuclear power plants in Ethiopia is good news for Ethiopia and #Africa. African nations desperately need #nuclearenergy The Russian-Ethiopian Strategic Partnership Pioneers A New Model Of Multipolar Cooperation https://t.co/zd6LyHGQPV