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[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Worth the wait.

[A Scheme Coltrane Wilder Set Up @Beebz05]

Leaving me alone.

[𝓢💜 @sanengema_]

When I grow up I wanna be as bad as Porsha

[Lady Pri @ladyprixo]

Let’s get to work 💪🏾

[🏁Jefe🇺🇬 @OriginalJayB]

Selling x2 Standing Usher tickets 7th May London at the O2. Dm for more info! #usher

[Marilena Dolce @EritreaLive]

#Asmara commemorates the 11,000 victims of the 1975 massacre. A memorial and exhibition to remember the atrocities of Mengistu's Ethiopian army. Photos, names, and testimonies to never forget. #NeverForget #Eritrea
https://t.co/mDKJ3XPwnW

[Ciham’s Uncle @saayEritrea]

Wrong Message, Wrong Messenger, Wrong Medium: #Ethiopia Opens An Old Playbook

In an opinion piece for @AJEnglish, Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, the former President of Ethiopia, argues for urgent action to prevent renewed conflict in the Horn of #Africa, particularly due to the destabilizing actions of #Eritrea|n President Isaias Afwerki.

The piece outlines the region's complex history and its strategic significance, highlighting Eritrea's alleged long-standing involvement in regional conflicts and Isaias's inclination toward warfare as a means of asserting influence.

1. Wrong Message: the “region” or “subregion” as the Horn of Africa is sometimes known, is a peninsula that includes #Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, #Kenya, #Somalia, #SouthSudan, #Sudan and #Uganda.

Any fair reading of the region’s recent history shows that the problems each country is experiencing are part and parcel of each country’s unique history, population makeup and governance.

Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki did not start the multitude civil wars that Ethiopia hosts whether that is from Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, Benishangul, or Ogaden. Nor did he, at a point of a gun, force them to adopt the most combustible form of governance—ethnic federation—in Ethiopia.

Nor did he instigate the current war in Sudan, nor its past wars in Darfur, Juba or Eastern Sudan. Nor did he trigger the 1991 Civil War in Somalia, nor the secession of Somaliland. Nor is he responsible for the choice Djibouti made to be a permanent colony.

2. Wrong Messenger: Former President Mulatu Teshome is a product of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic (EPRDF), the party that brought “ethnic federalism” to Ethiopia. Crucially, he was president between 2013-2018, when Hailemariam Desalegn* was Prime Minister. This era marked perhaps the absolute nadir of Eritrea-Ethiopia relationship when Ethiopia’s response to global appeal to vacate sovereign Eritrean territories was a defiant “make me!”

A former president is supposed to use his experience and good name to relentlessly push for peace, no matter how discouraging it appears, not be the mouthpiece of those providing him his pension. Not exactly profile in courage.

3. Wrong Medium: the former president’s opinion piece appeared in a platform with a large following in the U.S., UK, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It would have been a perfect platform for Eritrean govt’s rebuttal; however, the government of Eritrea has had many run-ins with the media outlet and the president’s selection is only likely to exacerbate the siege mindset the Eritrean gov operates in.

* it should be noted that this is not the first time #Ethiopia PM @AbiyAhmedAli has used former officials to push war. In Nov 2020, Hailemariam Desalegn wrote an article for Foreign Policy dismissing those calling for peace between the federal government and TPLF.

[Siem MJ (سيم مج) @Siem_MJ]

mentally illness.

[Justin Flom @justinflom]

When the final bottle dropped!

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

what are the odds of that happening i’m in tears

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

we need to regulate AI IMMEDIATELY

[kose @kvsee1]

claiming immigrants are stealing your jobs but having time to riot at 2pm on a Monday is crazy btw

[Sarah Destiny @sarahdestinyx]

Jessy & Joey are dumb and dumber. #loveisland

[debs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @_debraerin]

mimii, josh, reuben, jessica and ayo..

sorry but there is a VERY noticeable and obvious pattern to who joey & sean have a problem with and it’s just become uncomfortable to watch. #LoveIsand

[NayNay 🇨🇩 @naomi_mukunaa]

THIS IS STRAIGHT FACTSSSSSS. AYO DGAF #loveIsand

[Audrey @audreythefinest]

Watching someone be so threatened by a black man in 4K is so fascinating #loveIsand