Interview highlights from Tegadaly Mamo Afeta, an Ethiopian soldier during the Derg regime under Mengistu Haile Mariam. He was captured by the EPLF and taken as a prisoner of war to Hishkeb. After being released, he joined the EPLF and became one of the political educators for former prisoners of war. In his interview, he mentioned notable prisoners held by the EPLF, including Abadula Gemada, General Bacha Deble, Yonathan Dhibisaa, and many others.
🧠 Checkmate in the Red Sea: Egypt & Djibouti Flip the Board on Abiy ♟️🌊
Abiy Ahmed’s reckless port rhetoric has backfired spectacularly. While he dreams of sovereign ports, he’s isolated Ethiopia—antagonizing Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, and now watching Egypt play diplomatic chess with calm precision.
🔻 Complaining about Djibouti’s fees? Yet no one whines about paying for airlines.
🔻 Bad-mouthing neighbors? Egypt’s out here signing real deals—with Eritrea ✅, Somalia ✅, and Djibouti likely next.
📌 Egypt and Red Sea nations are securing mutual interests while Ethiopia gambles regional peace with immature bluffs. The irony? Abiy cried “chokehold”—Djibouti might actually apply one economically with a fee hike Ethiopia can’t dodge.
This isn’t just diplomacy—this is geopolitics 101, and Ethiopia just got benched.
What’s your take on this realignment?
#RedSeaPolitics #EgyptDjiboutiDeal #DjiboutiPort #EthiopiaIsolation #HornOfAfrica #AbiyAhmed #EritreaStrategy #GeopoliticalChess #PortPolitics #CheckmateInTheHorn #RegionalRealignment #EastAfricaDiplomacy #Eritrea #Egypt #Ethiopia #Somalia #Kenya #Sudan #Africa #Djibouti
Concern Regarding Upcoming Event and Potential Reputational Risk
Dear President Peter Kilpatrick ( @CatholicPres)
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to respectfully raise a concern regarding an upcoming event scheduled on your campus this weekend. It has come to my attention that one of the listed speakers, Ms. Selam Kidane, has been allegedly involved in controversial incidents, including the forced entry and damage of an Embassy in the United Kingdom. Additionally, she has been publicly linked to #BrigadeNihamedu, a group that has been designated as a terrorist organization in Germany and is reportedly under investigation in Sweden. While I understand that academic spaces value open dialogue and diverse perspectives, I felt it important to share this information out of concern for the potential reputational risks associated with hosting individuals who are allegedly connected to such serious matters. I have attached publicly available information for your review and verification. I trust that your institution will make the most appropriate decision based on your values and standards. My only intention is to ensure that your university is not inadvertently associated with groups or individuals involved in activities under investigation or classified as extremist. Thank you very much for your attention to this matter, and I appreciate your commitment to maintaining a safe and responsible academic environment.
Germany: Authorities Label Eritrean Clashes as Acts of Terrorism – https://t.co/ahfZ8v0bMV
@CatholicUniv
Warm regards,
A Concerned Citizen
🗺️ Dear 🇪🇷Eritrea: Facts Over Fabrication — Challenge the 4-Kilo Myth Empire
It’s time to dismantle the false expansionist narrative pushed from Addis’ 4-Kilo. No amount of mythical storytelling can erase historical truth.
📜 Eritrea’s coast was never part of Ethiopia — not in antiquity, not in colonial treaties, and not in international law. Just look at the Minneapolis Journal, October 21, 1902 — long before modern-day propaganda dressed as "3000 years of history" was scripted.
📍 If #Ethiopia has such a long history, why is it nowhere to be found on major world maps from the early 20th century?
📢 And to our Oromo brothers and sisters: liberation begins with truth. Detach from the recycled imperial myths and build a future based on honesty, not inherited deception.
🕊️ True coexistence requires truth first — not grandiose illusions crafted to justify annexation or occupation.
🔗 Eritrea's sovereignty is non-negotiable. Every inch of our land is the blood-soaked promise of our heroes and heroines. No Eritrean will ever compromise on that. Period.
💬 What’s your take? Isn’t it time to end the falsehoods?
#EritreaPrevails #RespectSovereignty #NoToExpansionism #4KiloMyths #HornOfAfricaTruth #HistoricalFactsMatter #StopFakeHistory #EritreaIsNotEthiopia #AUCharter #UNResolution #TruthIsResistance #Eritrea #Ethiopia #Somalia #Sudan #Africa #Kenya #Tigray
Good Read: A Lie Screamed Loud is Still a Lie; by Yonas Aradom
Recycling of mendacious narratives aimed at demonizing Eritrea to justify ulterior motives remains, sadly, the new vogue among newly-minted and hired "geopolitical analysts" in Ethiopia.
https://t.co/9esybW1lxo
Pregnant women, the elderly, and the sick—among African refugees in Libya—endure brutal violence, neglect, and unspeakable horrors in detention camps. Their suffering is met with silence. Where is the global outrage?
#SaveRefugeesLibya#HumanRights@UNHumanRights @LeonMELias
@LeonMELias @UNHumanRights@hrw Pregnant women, the elderly, and the sick—among African refugees in Libya—endure brutal violence, neglect, and unspeakable horrors in detention camps. Their suffering is met with silence. Where is the global outrage?
#SaveRefugeesLibya#HumanRights@UNHumanRights
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@LeonMELias @UNHumanRights@hrw Pregnant women, the elderly, and the sick—among African refugees in Libya—endure brutal violence, neglect, and unspeakable horrors in detention camps. Their suffering is met with silence. Where is the global outrage?
#SaveRefugeesLibya#HumanRights@UNHumanRights
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Refugees in Libya face more than just displacement; they experience persecution. They're hunted, imprisoned, tortured, and stripped of their dignity for seeking safety. Those who should protect them have caused their suffering. This situation is not just a failure; it an atrocity
Urgent call‼️
Refugees in Libya are suffering abuses, torture and other unspeakable crimes. Women and children are at even higher risk.@Refugees MUST get involved.
#SaveRefugeesLibya#HumanRights
Thousands of refugees in Libya have their fundamental rights and dignity stripped. They endure beatings, starvation, and sexual violence, locked away in squalid conditions where survival itself becomes a daily battle.
#SaveRefugeesLibya
Urgent Action Needed! African refugees in Libya are facing torture, electric shocks, sexual assault, brutal abuse—held in illegal prisons for ransom and killings. Armed groups & traffickers subject them to inhumane conditions. We demand #UNHCR, #AU & #LibyaGovernment act NOW
African refugees in Libya are facing torture, electric shocks, sexual assault & brutal abuse—held in illegal prisons for ransom. Armed groups & traffickers subject them to inhumane conditions. Urgent intervention is a must #UNHCR, #AU & #LibyaGovernment act NOW to stop these crimes! #SaveAfricanMigrants #HumanRights #MigrationCrisis