Your Fav Ethiopian

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[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I think that Julie Mehretu’s art installation, titled “Uprising of the Sun,” will be one of the most important aspects of the Obama Presidential Center and an iconic contribution to the South Side and the city of Chicago. We can’t wait for you to see it.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

"Divest from Israel now. Free Palestine!" #Michigan

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@UMich convocation includes competing pro-Palestine and pro-Israel banners being flown over the stadium. America is great! ✌🏽

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

https://t.co/1NUEpEPb5F

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Not in this part of the hemisphere🤦🏽‍♀️

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

Video: #Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde admits Ethiopians are unable to create a “national narrative” that “unites us”, unable to build a state that enjoys “legitimacy” by majority of Ethiopians, and unable to “reconcile our differences.”

The president said this in her annual opening speech outlining the government’s priorities at the joint session by the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) and House of Federation (HoF) this afternoon.

President Sahle-Work also highlighted that these failures have led Ethiopia to “become two-faced”: one that signifies the failures and the other that defines a country that has rich national gifts, culture, and the history of independence

She also admitted that Ethiopians have failed to reconcile their differences with each other and instead resorted to have “civil wars” and violence that are costing the country incalculable prices.

The President cautioned that the country should mend this broken track-record and correct these contradictions. In order to do this, Ethiopians should “pause and evaluate” the road that the country came so far to consider what’s been beneficial and what’s been costly for the country to ensure the foundations to hand over a better country for future generations are laid.

The new chapter the country is going through now is not of “few individuals”, but of a collective chapter for “all Ethiopians”, she said.

Ethiopians should move head with the issues they agree on and engage in dialogue on the issues of disagreement. “History should not become the source of our differences,” the president said, adding that more time must be invested in mapping out the future of the country. AS

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Rather than acknowledging the ups and downs of Ethiopia's formation and history - and trying to coexist peacefully in a more equitable society- we are trapped in a hamster wheel of ethnophobia.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e I understand what ur saying, but I don't acknowledge those arguments. The country has been defined by conquests, rule of law, and socio-cultural metamorphosis. People's unwillingness to accept that is a personal grievance that has held back the country for decades.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Ethiopia as in the country. Ethiopians both native and Diaspora.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Need more stories like this

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e I'm well aware, and it is the root of most problems to begin with. I mention eminent domain because of the decades-long leases they dole out to citizens, promising false sense of security.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Obv they will have to move, but there are a million things wrong here. The abominable policy to prevent true land ownership. Govt's never-ending abuse of eminent domain. Disregard for business owners... less for the arts. No reassurance/compensation for business.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

Brilliant 🤌🏽

[Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah]

Roy Wood Jr, "Do you understand how rich you have to be to buy a supreme court -- a black one, on top of that! There's only two in stock. And he owns half the inventory. We can all see Clarence Thomas, but he belongs to billionaire Harlan Crowe. And that's what an NFT is."

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e This happens in other countries as well, but I hate this for us. 😂

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Thank u! Intentional, atm 🙂

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e Lol. U can't just cherry-pick ur outrage. GBV is, and has been an issue since before the war. The minister can be lauded for her efforts on health initiatives during a pandemic and civil war.

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

@th_b_e 🧐

[Your Fav Ethiopian @RasDejene]

Beware of leaders who fail to offer such swift, similar messages of empathy and support for their own people. #ethiopia

[Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 @AbiyAhmedAli]

Deeply saddened by the loss of lives and injuries caused by the earthquake in Southern #Turkiye and Syria. May the deceased rest in peace and affected communities find solace in this difficult period.

[dani @kordeilogy]

This is extremely accurate