Goitom Eritrea is first

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

Dear Cameron @_hudsonc, Can I ask you a question? What do you do? Now that you have removed the CIA reference from your Bio, What is your job title when it comes to the Horn of Africa and the Middle-East. How do you make a living? Are you a Journalist, a commentator, an Activist... and do you feel any responsibility when you use inflammatory words in the war theater happening in Sudan, Ethiopia and instigating war against Eritrea? Your views change from day to day, that you look like you are pitching for a gig! Just wondering!

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Reading from a teleprompter on Ethiopia's TV yesterday, the Potemkin Party's Prime Minister disparages Eritrea's economic development, and particularly its manufacturing sector, as "stagnant and in decline" since its independence in 1991.

The speech/interview was also laced with his three-year old threats of war of aggression and invasion unless Eritrea succumbs to his delusional projects of "sovereign access to the sea" and "Ethiopian naval presence" in Eritrea's coastal territory; packaged this time round in different pretexts, language, and format.

To revert to his disparaging discourse on Eritrea's economic performance and potential:
1. In the past 35 years, Ethiopia was the beneficiary of a whopping 80-90 billion US dollars of international multilateral and bilateral assistance;
2. Ethiopia went through two rounds of WB sponsored debt-cancellation rounds, as well as repetitive financial bailouts from the IMF and other donors. For almost ten years in -between, Ethiopia's dire humanitarian conditions were alleviated by the international community under a customized "social safety net" and other similar "intensive care" financial antidotes.
3. The current regime itself has received over 30 billion US dollars in international assistance in the last 8 years alone. In addition, its tattering economy is being resuscitated by another IMF bailout programme to the tune of 3.1 billion US dollars.
4. And yet, as the figures below illustrate, more than 68% Ethiopians are living under extreme poverty while close to 30 million people require urgent humanitarian relief assistance at this point in time.
5. In as far as the 300 manufacturing plants that the PP leader alludes to, these were old factories built during Italy's colonization of Eritrea from 1889 until 1941. The British Military Administration dismantled many of those factories - including the dock in Massawa - as "war booty" and sold them to other foreign countries. The occupationist Haile Selassie regime, in its turn, dismantled many of the remaining factories and transferred them to Ethiopia especially during the imposed "Federation" period.
6. After its hard-won independence in 1991, Eritrea registered rapid economic growth in the first seven years (WB reports). Imposed wars and unwarranted sanctions thereafter naturally affected the pace and magnitude of its economic trajectory.
7. These externalities have nothing to do with Eritrea's open investment and economic policies and visions.
8. And in any case, Eritrea has the abundant economic endowments (blue economy, extractive industry, educated and industrious human capital, and a civilized culture that celebrates religious and ethnic diversity within robust national unity) to excel and achieve its aspirations of rapid and sustainable growth in a conducive and enduring regional climate of peace and stability.
9. Finally, Ethiopia itself could do much better, extricate itself from debilitating dependency, and use its abundant resources for real development if its leaders abandon sectarian policies of division and polarization that incubate perennial cycles of internal turmoil as well as intertwined acts of regional destabilization in pursuit of delusional and expansionist projects.

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person experiences a contradiction between their beliefs and reality or their own behaviour. Some Ethiopian elites seem to have convinced themselves that Ethiopia cannot exist without owning a seaport, leading them to construct political fantasies to reconcile this belief with reality.

They appear to be harbouring a fantasy of Ethiopia as a kind of Wakanda—a country that owns a seaport, projects its power across #Africa and the world, commands a fleet of destroyers, and whose people live in a land of milk and honey.

Yet the reality is the #Ethiopia we witness today: a fragmented and polarised nation, with a government waging wars against its own people.

This is a classic case of cognitive dissonance among certain #Ethiopian elites. Unless they confront reality, the future looks bleak for both the nation and its people.

[Daniel Teklai 🇪🇷 @DanielTeklai_ER]

For #Ethiopian|s who genuinely want to understand #Eritrea|n history, this video is worth watching with an open mind.

History matters, especially when it is misunderstood.

https://t.co/v8dsmXSW1i

[#African Voices. ❤️🇪🇷✊ @berhanetesfaz1]

Fellow Africans, how can we Africans allow ourselves to be humiliated by #Ethiopia— one that claims to be "uncolonized". Africa refuses to hold #Ethiopia accountable for its occupation of #Eritrea- #Eritrea is truly independent through victory of 30-year war against #Ethiopian.

[Abrha_M @Abrha_MG]

አብይ አህመድ የረባ ትምርት አልተማረም! prime Getachew
@AbiyAhmedAli 🆚 @reda_getachew

[Kusura Baro @BaroKusura]

ከዚህ በላይ ምን አለ

[Yared Tesfay @ytmn2]

Abiy Ahmed and his government have consistently engaged in misinformation campaigns and provocative rhetoric directed at Eritrea. The Ethiopian regime has taken an aggressive stance, openly calling for military conflict and the invasion of Eritrea. This duality is evident in the government's communications: statements in Amharic are intentionally provocative and inflammatory, while those in English adopt a more diplomatic tone for an international audience. This strategic use of language escalates tensions in one context while trying to maintain a diplomatic façade in another. To shed light on this ongoing narrative, we will translate and share a series of these provocative statements on EmbassyMedia, highlighting the discrepancies and the underlying intentions behind the different versions of communication. #EmbassyMedia

[Tesfay Press @tesfay1991]

ኣብ ጋምቤላ ናዕቢ ተላዒሉ ኣሎ። ኣብቲ ኸተማ 5 ንጹሃት ስቪል ተቀቲሎም፤ ጻብቲ ከተማ ምስ ሰራዊት ብልጽግና ናይ ቶኽሲ ምልውዋጥ ተወሊዑ። ገዛውቲ ተቃጺሉ፤ ኩነታት ካብ ቁጽጽር ወጻኢ ከምዝኾነ ካብ ጋምቤላ ዝወጹ ሓበሬታታት የረድኡ።

[Alem Asemrom @AAsemrom]

ኤርትራ ባሕሪ ኣለዋ፡ ባሕሪ ድማ ዋና ኣለዎ—ነዚ ሓቂ'ዚ ክቕይር ዝኽእል ምድራዊ ሓይሊ የለን! ልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ብደምን ብሕግን እተሓጽረ ቀይሕ መስመር!

[Eri-RedSeaCrown🇪🇷 @EritreanVibe]

The Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) carry a history written in sacrifice, battle scars earned through generations of struggle, unbreakable strength, and unwavering loyalty to Eritrea. 🇪🇷

[ወትሩ ሃገረይ YPFDJ 🇪🇷 @Eri297937]

ሰራዊት #ኤርትራ ማለት ንዶቡ ሃገሩ ብዓይኑ ዘይኮነስ ብደሙን ብኽብሩን ዝሕሉ ሓቀኛ ሓላዊ እዩ። @AbiyAhmedAli dont play with 👉🔥🔥 @Lulll91

[Victory to the masses 🇪🇷✊🏿 @pasen_yonas]

Speak for your country today, and history will remember your name tomorrow.” 🇪🇷✊🏿 ሃገረይ ዝበለ ተዘኪሩ ይነብር። #eritrea @Sharronyemane @SemereZerisenay @natzem @EliasAmare @hawelti @tewerwari_1 @EmbassyEritrea @shabait

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

Abiy is wrong on every front—and he’s not the first to follow this misguided path. Unfortunately for him, he has completely discredited himself. Someone needs to remind him to be careful; his over-ambition is becoming reckless.

He imagines himself as a reincarnated Menelik II, chasing the old dream of reaching the sea, just as Haile Selassie once did. Now Abiy believes he can revive that ambition and has even declared he is willing to go to war to achieve it. #Ethiopia is once again talking in the language of irredentism and it is isolated.

But the world is not buying it. Egypt, Turkey, and the United States have all said no. Abiy has miscalculated spectacularly—he stands isolated. Even the Nobel Prize he once boasted about is now viewed with regret in Europe.

Kenya, too, must say no...... A Kenyan expert said.

[Alg @GirmaTelk]

Ethiopia, The coalition forces are advancing.Tefrei Defense Forces (TDF)

[Solomon Haile @SolomonHaileso1]

እዚ ጀልፋፍ ጁላ ሙላ ሰራዊት ሲ ዓሰብ ካኣ ክበጽሕ?ኣዛዚ ክፈለጦር ከይተረፈ ተማሪኹ'ሎ።
ሙሩኽ ንሙሩኽ ዘይምምራኽ እንታይ ከይምህሮ? ኣየኸየ!

[Eritrea 🇪🇷ጓልኪዱን🇨🇭 (Abahani) @MEKETEN2]

#eritreaPrevails we ar all #shaebia🇪🇷

[Gual Eri3 @HebentiEri291]

May God bless our leader! ❤️🇪🇷