Lawyer by trade.
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. - Marcus Garvey
All the world knows is that under #AbiyAhmed Ethiopia is collecting enemies from old rivals to new ones and who knows over next 5 years he'll add more to the list he has so far named #TPLF, #Eritrea, #Sudan#Egypt . Whose next to add to list?
In characteristic fashion, the Potemkin Party's erratic political pendulum is yet again swinging between two extreme positions:
i) A provocative and aggressive posturing that has been accompanied, for over two years now, by incessant saber-rattling to "acquire sovereign access to the sea", on the one hand;
ii) Simultaneous portrayal of itself as the "aggrieved party" and a "hapless victim of internal and external conspiracies", on the other.
This was indeed the gist of the PM's rambling at the House of Peoples Representatives earlier today.
Hyperbole and associated drama aside, the stubborn facts remain the same.
The sad truth is: the unnecessary and avoidable tensions in the region have and continue to be stoked by the very reckless policies of the Potemkin Party. For brief illustrations:
1. The palpable friction with the Sudan squarely emanates from the Potemkin Party's dangerous involvement in the conflict in the Sudan by hosting, under the bidding of certain extraneous forces, a secret military camp and base for the RSF in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. The evidence, which is overwhelming, is already in the public domain.
2. The Potemkin Party's stealthily signed MOU with Somaliland a couple of years ago was another illicit and reckless misstep that aroused consternation in the region as a whole. This act remains in flagrant violation of the AU and IGAD Constitutive Acts as well as fundamental tenets of international law on sovereignty and territorial integrity of States.
3. The Potemkin Party has pursued, for over two and half years now, a toxic and revisionist policy against Eritrea by openly threatening to invade/acquire by any means, its Assab port and coastal areas for what it terms as "sovereign access to the sea".
4. In the event, its frequent reference to "conspiratorial forces disappointed by, and bent on, scuttling the Pretoria Agreement" is as disingenuous as it is untenable. In as far as Eritrea is concerned, the Pretoria Agreement is a purely Ethiopian affair. Let us also recall - the beans have been spilled now by Getachew Redda's multiple confessions - that the Potemkin Party was scheming against Eritrea (Djibouti and Seychelles events) months before the negotiations and signature of the Pretoria Agreement.
In a nutshell, the quest for enduring regional peace and stability that the peoples of the Horn of Africa deeply cherish and deserve has been, and continues to be, jeopardized by the Potemkin Party's delusional policies.
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Is everybody confused about the mix messages from @Abiyahmed Ethiopia is great tourist destination but his army general publicly says Ethiopia is unsafe? Maybe Ahmed means tourists that can survive bullets and kidnappings.?
23 ys and 23 total of nos and abstention. Not great is it @UN_HRC . #Eritrea has withdrawn from participating in mandate, few applicants for the raporteur position so this will be annual meeting of whatever unfortunate persons of just saying nonconsequential stuff.
Its no secret @reda_getachew is an alchoolic, so no surprises that just as he told @mehdirhasan that #Abiyahmed is a genocider but is his best friend he now doesnt believe in Eritrea's independence despite wishing Happy Independence to Eritreans in the past.Blame it on the bottle
There are 2 #Ethiopia one dreaming to be superpower the other conflict ridden fighting insurgencies . #AbiyAhmed might've won the election but he doesnt control the country.
Best summary of current status of Ethiopia
No amount of PR, damage control or narrative framing will disassociate #ProsperityParty and #AbiyAhmed from conflicts. Tigray being the biggest with #Amhara and #Oromo gaining traction followed by #Sudan.
Rebranding, narrative framing of sea access by any means. The new game is 'development diplomacy' via regional integration and lets all prosper together. This is aimed at westerners because the investors, the analysts are considered too stupid to see through it.
Ethiopia is not retreating from its maritime agenda—it is redefining it.
Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos has shifted the debate from sovereignty and confrontation to development, connectivity, and regional prosperity. The objective remains sea access. The strategy is becoming harder to oppose.
Read the latest analysis: https://t.co/WwCta1ZD15
On 17th of june @GHessebon told experts at Chatham all is well in Ethiopia, just a tough neighbourhood. On 18th June at the UK-Ethiopia trade forum told investors all is well in Ethiopia, just tough neighbourhood. Damage control, narrative framing . Nobody is buying it.
🇪🇹 | We were delighted to welcome #Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Dr @GHessebon (@MFAEthiopia) to @ChathamHouse to discuss the government’s regional and foreign policy agenda ahead of a new governmental term.
Read his full remarks: https://t.co/RMjFWd8neb
#CHAfrica
🇪🇹 | We were delighted to welcome #Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Dr @GHessebon (@MFAEthiopia) to @ChathamHouse to discuss the government’s regional and foreign policy agenda ahead of a new governmental term.
Read his full remarks: https://t.co/RMjFWd8neb
#CHAfrica
🇪🇷 Alexander Isak proudly rocking the Eritrea flag on his boots at the 2026 World Cup.
🇸🇪 🇪🇷 Born & raised in Sweden to Eritrean parents, but never forgetting his roots.
❤️ This is heritage in motion!
⚽ Football at its finest
📜 What a powerful statement!
@AmbStesfamariam is a badass! Her remarks about the (un)special unverified claims reporter end of tenure. While he was hysterical she calmly asked what is the basis of the mandate when there are all these UN agencies to report on conditions in Eritrea?