She grew up in a slum. Her mother sold vegetables. Her parents couldn't read or writeโbut they believed their daughter could change the world.
To pay for her education, her mother sold her mangalsutra. That sacrifice became the foundation of an extraordinary journey.
Today, Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshmane is a Padma Shri awardee, one of India's most respected oncologists, and a pioneer who became the first woman professor, dean, HoD, and director at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
Even after retirement, she continues to spread cancer awareness across rural India.
Proof that determination, backed by love and sacrifice, can rewrite destiny.
#Inspiration #PadmaShri #WomenInMedicine #CancerAwareness
[Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshmane, Padma Shri, inspiring women oncologists, cancer awareness in India, Kidwai Memorial Institute, rural healthcare, Karnataka success stories]
Ethiopiaโs national ID program hits a milestone:Ethiopia's national digital identification system has now registered more than 46 million people, making it one of Africa's fastest-growing digital identity programs. Officials say the initiative is becoming a cornerstone of the country's efforts to build a modern, inclusive digital economy.
2018 in review: We moved 3.8 million tonnes of cargo by railโexceeding our annual target by 30% and outpacing last year's performance by an incredible 72%.
The momentum is undeniable, and trade is on the move. Here's to an even stronger 2019!
Even though they lost and have been eliminated from the World Cup, at the final whistle, the DR Congo squad gathered, knelt down together at the centre circle to pray.
Win or lose, God remains God!!! โค๏ธ๐จ๐ฉ
Congratulations, Tanvi Redij! ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐งโโ๏ธ
You didnโt just win gold. You won hearts. You put Chiplun on the world map. You made India stand taller.
World Yogasana Champion 2026. From Chiplun. For India. ๐ฅ
Behind the memories of every Addis Ababa native lies Kebena. But now, old memories have given way to a revitalized, breathtaking landscape. Raise your hand if you are ready to experience the new face of Kebena!
โEthiopia
.@BobBlackman MP Backs Iranian Democratic Alternative and UK Terror Designation of #IRGC
Speaking at the second day of the #FreeIran2026 World Summit, Bob Blackman, Chairman of the British Committee for Iran Freedom, declared absolute solidarity with the Iranian peopleโs struggle against the ruling clerical dictatorship.
Addressing international delegates, Blackman emphasized that despite the regimeโs brutal repression of nationwide uprisings spanning 2025 into 2026, the current theocracy has reached a historic dead end.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ
I supported President Donald Trump in the 2024 election principally because 1) I was convinced that he would never blindly support the TPLF terrorists as did the administrations of Bad Karma Obama and Crooked Sleepy Joe Biden, and 2) believed he would dismantle USAID so that it will not interfere in the internal politics of Ethiopia.
By their own admission, the TPLF terrorists waged โmebreqawiโ (blitzkrieg) war on Ethiopia beginning on November 3-4, 2020, at the behest of the Bli-Den (Blinken-Biden) administration. Read my November 2012 commentary, โThe Legal Case Against US State-Sponsored Terrorism in Ethiopia.โ https://t.co/r9Ykh48N8g
It is a new day. It is a new game in June 2026. The Trump administration, and especially Secretary of State Marco Rubio, understands the destructive potential of terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
The Press Statement issued by US Department of State Statement on June 18, 2026, is directed at Ethiopia, the terrorist TPLF and its Eritrean-Egyptian-Sudanese sponsors and the Horn of Africa region in general.
The Statement is specifically the first shot across the bow giving notice to TPLF terrorists and their supporters in the region and in the US that the US will not stand by idly as they wreak havoc in Ethiopia and entire Horn of Africa. The Statement makes compelling assertions of facts.
In a follow up tweet, U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos made a special point about supporting the efforts of the โAU High Representative for the Horn of Africa Obasanjo on resolving tensions and advancing peace and stability.โ
๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ โ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.โ
โHardlinersโ in American diplomatic parlance (language) is a term reserved to describe extremists, radicals and fanatics, as in โradical extremist Iranian hardliners bent on sabotaging a deal with the US.โ It is a diplomatic substitute for the word terrorist.
The Statement validates the fact that the US has concluded the TPLF is a terrorist organization that is responsible for the deaths of 600 thousand people in Ethiopia and the displacement of hundreds of thousands as a direct result of the war they started in November 2020 and continues in different forms until the present.
The Statement pointedly accuses the TPLF terrorists as a major source of conflict and instability not only in Ethiopia but also the entire region. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
The depraved TPLF leadership has cynically weaponized Tigrean civilians as cannon fodder to sate its lust for power. The TPLF terrorists have used child soldiers, human shields and forced conscriptions to wage a futile and unwinnable war and diverted humanitarian aid to military use causing humanitarian crises of epic proportions in Tigray.
Among the hundreds of thousands lives lost as a result of the TPLF terrorist war include mass killings and summary executions of civilians in such places as Mai Kadra and Chenna. The TPLFโs crimes against humanity include wartime rape and sexual violence, looting and destruction of civilian infrastructure, including homes, health facilities, and religious sites in the Afar and Amhara regions and forced displacement and ethnic profiling.
The Statement further asserts the TPLF and its supporters are hellbent on โundermining peace and security across the entire region.โ
U.S. peace and security concerns in the Horn of Africa center on preventing state fragmentation, containing terrorism, and managing great power competition in a region that has merged with Middle Eastern security dynamics. The US wants to promote a secure and peaceful Horn region based on inclusive governance and prevent further humanitarian and security crises in the Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. The US wants to prevent the Horn region from becoming an incubator for international terrorism and eliminate threats to Red Sea shipping via the Bab el Mandeb chokepoint. The Statement recognizes the fact that TPLF is a terrorist organization that is a clear and present danger to peace and security in the Horn region.
โWe will continue to use all tools available to expose and promote accountability for TPLF officials and other individuals who threaten that peace and stability in the region. Visa restriction is imposed targeting individuals who are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution to the crisis in the Tigray region.โ
The Statement about the โuse of all tools to expose and promote accountability for TPLF officials and other individualsโ refers to criminal liability for terrorism.
Until 2014, the U.S. government had classified the TPLF as a โtier IIIโ terrorist organization when it issued an exemption in a policy memorandum.
See here:
https://t.co/tZgQwAQMXQ
https://t.co/2MEkeR3FRW
First, as part of โaccountability for TPLF officials,โ the State Department could classify the TPLF again as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Second, the US could also seek prosecution of TPLF terrorist and their supporters in the US under US federal terrorism law, Title 18, Chapter 113B of the U.S. Code. TPLF terrorists and its supporters in the US could face accountability under Material Support Statutes (18 U.S.C. ยงยง 2339A-2339B (knowingly providing, attempt to provide, or conspire to provide "material support or resources" (e.g. money, weapons, training, or personnel) to designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations under Section 219; or to terrorists in connection with specific crimes and Financing of Terrorism (18 U.S.C. ยง 2339C) against those collecting funds with the intention or knowledge that they will be used to carry out acts of terrorism.
The identity of individuals targeted for visa restrictions is rarely disclosed but in the TPLFโs case, the restriction almost certainly includes TPLF hardliners and terror masterminds Debretsion Gebremichael, Fetlework "Monjorino" Gebregziabher, Alem Gebrewahid and Getachew Assefa.
โThe United States will continue to stand with the Ethiopian people, including the people of Tigray, who want to live in peace and dignity.โ This Statement recognizes Americaโs public diplomacy towards the people of Ethiopia, including the people of Tigray. It is an expression of good will and good faith that the US will do what it can to help Ethiopians live in peace and dignity. Ethiopians have had enough of conflict, war, famine and displacement. The US is committed to seeing the people of Ethiopia live in peace, progress and prosperity.
โAU High Representative for the Horn of Africa Obasanjo on resolving tensions and advancing peace and stability.โ
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo played a central mediation role in the Pretoria Agreement, serving as the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa along with other former high level former African leaders. Obasanjo spent months doing shuttle diplomacy and visited the Tigray war zone multiple times to build trust and understand the conflict's root causes, operating on the principle that there could be "no victor, no vanquished." Obasanjoโs efforts culminated in the signing of the Agreement for a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities on November 2, 2022, (โPretoria Agreementโ) in Pretoria, South Africa.
The Agreement mandated a cessation of hostilities, the disarmament of TPLF combatants, the restoration of essential services, and unfettered humanitarian access for the Tigray region. The Agreement remains under AU monitoring.
The U.S. Senior Advisor is making it crystal-clear that the US supports full implementation of the Pretoria Agreement and continued AU monitoring of the implementation process. The Pretoria Agreement is not going to be reopened for renegotiation nor a new negotiation started with the TPLF. Whatever objections terrorist TPLF may have, it will have to raise it within the implementation framework of Pretoria.
The Ultimate Message to the TPLF Terrorists in the Statement
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, โ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ and get hammered by the Ethiopian National Defense Force!โ
The full message:
โTPLF terrorists, do not mistake the Trump administration for the Crooked Sleepy Joe Biden administration. If you strike a match to start a fifth war in Tigray, you are on your own. You can start another war, but you will not be the ones to finish it. Your best option is to solve your issues with the Ethiopian federal government through the African Union negotiated Pretoria Agreement. If you should be foolish enough to start another war and the Ethiopian National Defense Force drops the hammer on you, you are on your own. You can cry out, โUncle Sam,โ until the cows come home but Uncle Sam will watch from a distance laughing as you get your asses kicked by the mighty Ethiopian National Defense Force!โ
The Statement= Make Ethiopia Great Again, Make American Great Again.
PostScript:
On November 22, 2020, I wrote a poem telling TPLF champion in the Biden administration Susan Rice not to cry for the TPLF as it was being hammered by the Ethiopian National Defense Force.
Suzie Rice, now go ahead and cry, cry for terrorist TPLF!
โOh! Susan-a Rice, Donโt You Cry for the TPLF!!โ
Oh! Susan-a Rice,
Donโt you cry for the TPLF
Their end is near, my dear
Hear, hear!
Drones overhead striking fear
It is so simple and clear
Donโt shed the TPLF no tear
They can (negotiate to) surrender
Or surely go six feet under!
Just wait till the TPLF is dead and buried
Oh! Susan-a, then you can weep and cry
Oh! Susan-a, then you can cry them a river of tears!
@mfaethiopia@_AfricanUnion@USEmbassyAddis@DeputySecState@StateDept@marcorubio@VP@PeteHegseth@ChinaEmbAddis@USAfricaCommand@GovernmentRF@EUinEthiopia@RusEmbEthiopia@binalf7@MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia@EUinEthiopia@GerEmbAddis@BelgiumAddis@TiborPNagyJr@NorwayinAddis@AusEmbET@SweinEthiopia@flyethiopian@AlsisiOfficial@RedwanHussien@ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia@reda_getachew@theVillaSomalia #Djibouti
@cnni@BBCAfrica@CNNAfrica@BloombergAfrica@Aljazeerafrican@ForeignAffairs@FRANCE24@EgyptPRNewYork@emirates@HHShkMohd@AlArabiya_Brk@AlHadath
Everyone sees the aircraft.
Almost nobody sees the machine behind it.
This week, Ethiopian Airlines gave us access to the people, systems, technology, training, and infrastructure that power one of the world's most respected airlines.
What stood out wasn't just the scale. It was the discipline, precision, and long-term vision required to build an organization that connects Africa to the world every single day.
Too often, conversations about Africa focus on potential. What we witnessed in Addis Ababa was execution.
Behind every departure and arrival is a world-class operation built by thousands of people working toward a shared mission.
Thank you to Ethiopian Airlines for the invitation and for the opportunity to see firsthand what excellence looks like behind the scenes.
The world's attention often goes to what is visible.
Real impact is built by what isn't.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ๐ช๐น
#Ethiopia #Africa #Aviation #Innovation #Leadership
Proud Moment for Ethiopia!
On behalf of the Ethiopian Government and myself, I warmly congratulate engineer Mr. Wossen Amare Gelaw on achieving this prestigious Guinness World Record.
In a historic milestone, Mr. Wossen under Al-Ain Asset Management successfully built and completed โthe highest running track on a buildingโ at the Al Ain Tower in Abu Dhabi โ a remarkable architectural and engineering masterpiece.
This outstanding achievement highlights Ethiopian talent, innovation, and excellence to the world.
It also serves as powerful inspiration for Ethiopians everywhere, proving that with hard work and determination, anything is possible.
Congratulations, Mr.Wossen! Ethiopia celebrates you. ๐ช๐น๐
#ProudlyEthiopian #WorldRecord
When life took away the family he had built, he chose not to give up.
After losing his wife to COVID, this single father raised his two young children on his ownโdespite people telling him it couldn't be done. Having grown up without parents himself, he turned his pain into strength.
Today, he's proving that love, resilience, and commitment matter more than stereotypes.
โค๏ธSalute to all single parents.
#SingleParenting #Fatherhood #ParentingJourney #InspiringStories #FathersDay
[Single Father Story, Fatherhood Journey, Parenting Against Odds, Inspiring Family Story, Single Parent Success, Fathers Day]