๐จ BREAKING NEWS: HEAVY FIGHTING IN MOYALE
A tense and dangerous situation is unfolding in Moyale. Yesterday, Oromo regional forces reportedly brought in rocket-launching weapons and used them to shell civilian homes.
These weapons, which are reportedly prohibited for regional forces in Ethiopia, are now allegedly being used by Oromo forces. Several houses belonging to Somali residents have been burned down.
As they struggle to gain the upper hand militarily, they appear to have turned to a strategy of destroying Somali residential areas. This situation cannot be allowed to continue. The response must go beyond defensive measures, and an urgent solution must be found. We cannot stand by and watch Somali homes being burned down every single day.
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URGENT NEWS.
Abiy is losing the noble peace prize in Moyale #Ethiopia
A dire situation is unfolding in Moyale since Yesterday, Oromo regional forces brought in missile-launching weaponry, which they are using to strike civilian homes.
They are in possession of these weaponsโa type that is prohibited within the regions of Ethiopia. Homes belonging to Somalis have been set ablaze.
Having failed to gain the upper hand in the fighting, they have now adopted a strategy to destroy the Somali side of the town. It is no longer sufficient to remain solely in a defensive posture; a definitive solution to this crisis must be found. One cannot simply stand by and watch as homes are burned down day after day.
Moyale is in urgent need of reinforcements.
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I donโt know who Abdi Iftin is personally, but itโs disappointing to see him positioning himself within white conservative circles by offering an exaggerated and sensationalised version of his experience in the Somali community.
His narrative doesnโt uplift anyone but it simply gives cannon fodder to those who already hold anti-Somali views by reinforcing harmful stereotypes and painting an entire people with one brush.
And for what purpose? Even if we assumed for argumentโs sake, that every one of his claims were true, how does running to anti-Somali conservatives help improve the Somali community? It doesnโt.
Criticism is CLEARLY delivered in bad faith, to an audience that already dislikes Somalis. So itโs clearly, not reform but a performance.
Heโs not trying to make the community better. Heโs trying to build a personal brand by attacking his own people in spaces that reward that kind of rhetoric.
This is opportunism.