On the latest episode of @AJHeadtoHead, @mehdirhasan sits down with Ethiopian politician Getachew Reda to discuss his complicated relationship with PM Abiy Ahmed and the war in Tigray. Out Thursday 27 November.
The AU has become a regional NGO funded by non-African powers.
60%+ of its money comes from the EU, UN, China, IMF, etc.
When outsiders pay the bills, they write the agenda.
Africa deserves independence not dependency.
#DismantleAU#Africafirst
@InaOlad When it comes to failure, whether you call it societal or state failure, the one and only county that Ethiopia/Ethiopians should learn from is Somalia. It was a pity I witnessed Somalia collapse and disintegrate as a young child.
Happy Ethiopian New Year! 🇪🇹✨ Ethiopia enters 2018 lighting up its future with the inauguration of #GERD - Africa’s largest dam & self-funded clean energy project. Powering millions, driving industry, transforming lives.
እልልልልል!
መልካም አዲስ አመት 🎉
#BananaOfTheDay
127 years ago Ethiopia defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa, stopping Ethiopia from being colonised. Adwa turned Ethiopia into an African symbol of freedom.
Empress Taytu was at the forefront of the victory.
#AdwaVictoryDay#BananaOfTheDay
Free state kidnapping victim Tamerat Negera. Know this - Tamerat was arrested because he was one of the few Ethiopian political analysts to notice PP’s nature as a network of roving bandits.