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Interested in history, geopolitics, and economics.

Joined April 2009
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Exactly. @AbiyAhmedAli 🇪🇹 never shies away from begging, yet his government boasts about rapid economic growth while spending billions on arms. Very perplexing. 👇👇👇
Ethiopia received ~€244m in Irish bilateral aid from 2020–2025. It’s just received a delivery of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters & plans to acquire four S-400 air defence system, again from Russia. Should Irish taxpayers be funding aid to countries buying advanced Russian weaponry?
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This child PM of Ethiopia🇪🇹 was embarrassing the entire delegation. He was literally playing like a kid while #Putin was talking about the arms agreement.🤦‍♂️ @AbiyAhmedAli ግን እንዴት ነው ኢትዮጵያዋንን🇪🇹 የናቃቸው። ምን ነካቸው።
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Aid keeps flowing into Ethiopia🇪🇹, yet the government boasts of double-digit economic growth while spending billions on arms, as 70% of the population struggles with hunger. Why is the international community wasting tax payers' money? Or are some people profiting from commissions? @EUSR_Weber @un @UNHumanRights @EUCouncil @USAID @WorldBankGroup @IMFNews @Reuters @nytimes
Ethiopia received ~€244m in Irish bilateral aid from 2020–2025. It’s just received a delivery of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters & plans to acquire four S-400 air defence system, again from Russia. Should Irish taxpayers be funding aid to countries buying advanced Russian weaponry?
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Ireland is providing aid to Ethiopia... Time to STOP. Let Abiys Russian friends help them in future.
I held a fruitful bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin to discuss avenues for further strengthening the longstanding relations between Ethiopia and Russia. Our discussions addressed cooperation in nuclear energy, health, and trade, as well as bilateral and multilateral matters of mutual interest. I also personally presented President Putin with the Russian edition of my book, Medemer, reflecting our shared commitment to dialogue, mutual understanding, and the continued advancement of Ethiopia–Russia relations.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Ireland has no fighters, no fast jets of any kind, no serious air defences, subsea defences, nor a properly resourced military. 244m would make quite an addition to the Irish defence budget. Our priorities for Ethiopia are clearly different to Ethiopia’s priorities for Ethiopia. After all, Russian arms dealers private jets and yachts don’t fuel themselves.
Ethiopia received ~€244m in Irish bilateral aid from 2020–2025. It’s just received a delivery of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters & plans to acquire four S-400 air defence system, again from Russia. Should Irish taxpayers be funding aid to countries buying advanced Russian weaponry?
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This third-generation dictator grew up in Switzerland🇨🇭. That is the hypocrisy: they starve North Koreans while stashing stolen wealth in Swiss banks. This is not uncommon.
JUST IN: Switzerland officially reopens diplomatic office in North Korea.
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This is not new, may be to you, or others. Derg had so many MIGs, but defeated by #EPLF.
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🤣If these are the leaders, imagine how rule of law would work within the society. Disgusting ! This is Armenian Parliament
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Exactly what I said yesterday. There is no economic incentive for Africa🌍 to expect progress from Russia🇷🇺. 👇👇👇nitter.gq/george_posts/status/21…
“The political incentives for attending are the primary reasons why these countries are there.” African nations weigh political incentives as Moscow offers limited economic benefits compared with China and the West amid the Russia-Africa Summit. aje.news/wel5nc
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Ethiopia's acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems would directly affect US aircraft stationed in Djibouti and Kenya, as well as US military activity across the region. Egypt walked away from the Su-35 over fears of CAATSA sanctions. How will Washington respond as a country on the doorstep of its bases moves into China's economic orbit and Russia's military one?
🇪🇹🇷🇺🇪🇬 Meanwhile, Egypt is doing little more than standing idly by as Ethiopia receives its first batch of Su-35 fighter jets, apparently from the very aircraft Cairo ordered before abandoning the deal over fears of US CAATSA sanctions. Ethiopia is also set to receive four S-400 long-range air defense batteries, possibly Turkey’s systems, which the UAE reportedly sought to acquire following Israeli lobbying.
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Then @Jawar_Mohammed should go to #Eritrea and fight for it himself if he is so brave, instead of hiding cowardly behind others. That is the problem in Ethiopia: it is always poor #Oromos who pay the ultimate price. But Ms Jawarit, she is afraid of war. 🤣
Associate Press ጠወልዋሌን "war monger” ብሎ ገልፆታል:: ምንም አልገረመኝም... ኤርትራን የመውረሪያው ጊዜው አሁን ነው እያለ "እንደ" አበደ ውሻ ሲክለፈለፍ ታዝበውታል::
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#Ethiopian National Defense Forces (#ENDF) are accused of carrying out four drone strikes on the overcrowded Jari 2 IDP camp in Tehuledere, #Amhara Region, reportedly killing dozens of civilians. The victims were ethnic Amharas displaced by violence in Wollega, #Oromia. Some survivors reportedly fled into an unfinished railway tunnel to escape the bombardment.
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But he is not criticizing the government for spending billions of dollars on arms while 70 million Ethiopians depend on food aid. What hypocrisy! 👇
I understand why Ethiopia is buying military aircraft from Russia and not US. Buying hardware from us is long, complicated, and a hassle. I've said in speeches that it would take a country 6 mos to buy a slingshot from us and another 6 mos for the stones. aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2…
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Exactly. @AbiyAhmedAli 🇪🇹 never shies away from begging, yet his government boasts about rapid economic growth while spending billions on arms. Very perplexing. 👇👇👇
Ethiopia received ~€244m in Irish bilateral aid from 2020–2025. It’s just received a delivery of 12 Russian Su-35 fighters & plans to acquire four S-400 air defence system, again from Russia. Should Irish taxpayers be funding aid to countries buying advanced Russian weaponry?
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#አብይአህመድ 7ኛው ንጉስ ሆይ! "ንጉስ በስራዊቱ ብዛት እያሸንፍም" በዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያዎችም እንዲሁ። መሳሪያዎቹ የተገዙበት ሀገርም ሆነ ሌሎች ትላልቅ ሀገሮች የቅርብ አመታት ተሞክሮ የሚመሰክሩት ይህንኑ ነው። የ #ኢትዮጵያ ሁለንተናዊ ቀውስና ተጠያቂ አንተው ነህ። የአመራር ውድቀትህን የአስተዳደር ውድቀትህንን በመላዊ ሀገሪቱ ያመጣሃውን የማያባራ የደም ጎርፍ፣ መከራና ስቃይ መሸፈንም ሆነ ዘላቂ ሰላምና ደህንነት ማረጋገጥ አይችሉም! 1. የችግሩ ሁሉ ማዕከል — የአመራርና የአስተዳደር ቀውስ አንተ ነህ፦ የኢትዮጵያን ሁለንተናዊ ቀውስ (Polycrisis) እያባባሰ ያለው ዋነኛ ምክንያት የአንተው የአብይ አህመድ የአመራር ውድቀት፣ ብልጽግና ፓርቲ ሎሌችህ የሥልጣን ማጠናከር ፍላጎትና በተለይም የኦሮሚያ ብልጽግና ፓርቲ (OPP) በሀገር ውስጥም በአካባቢዎም ላይ ፖለቲካ፣ የኢኮኖሚ፣ የባህልና የቋንቋ የተስፋፊነት ፣ የበላይነት/ አጀንዳ ነው። 2. ያላባሩ ጦርነቶችና የተስፋፋ የጸጥታ ቀውስ፦ በ #ትግራይ፣ በ #አማራና በ #ኦሮሚያ የቀጠሉ የትጥቅ ግጭቶች፤ በቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ፣ በጋምቤላ፣ በደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ፣ በሞያሌና በአካባቢዋ የሚታዩ የጸጥታ ችግሮችና የማኅበረሰቦች ግጭቶች የሀገሪቱን ሰላም፣ አንድነትና መረጋጋት እያናጉ ይገኛሉ። 3. የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶችና የዜጎች ደህንነት፦ በብሔር ማንነት ላይ የተመሠረቱ ጥቃቶች፣ ግድያዎች፣ የዘፈቀደ እስሮች፣ የሲቪሎች መፈናቀልና ሌሎች ከባድ የመብት ጥሰቶች በኢትዮጵያና በዓለም አቀፍ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተቋማት ሪፖርቶች ተመዝግበዋል። በእነዚህ ጥሰቶች ላይ ገለልተኛ ምርመራና ተጠያቂነት ያስፈልጋል። 4. የፖለቲካ ጭቆናና የዴሞክራሲ ቀውስ፦ የፖለቲካና የሚዲያ ነፃነት በእጅጉ መገደብ፣ የተቃዋሚዎች መታፈን፣ የሕግ የበላይነት በእጅጉ መዳከም፣ የፍትሕ ተቋማት ነፃነት እጦት፣ የሥልጣን ማዕከላዊነት፣ ስልጣን ያልተገደበበት፣ ተጠያቂነትና ግልጽነት የሌሉበት፣ አምባገነናዊ አገዛዝ ለሀገሪቱ የፖለቲካ መረጋጋት ከባድ ፈተናዎች ቀውሶች ምክነያቶች ናቸው። 5. ብሔርንና ክልልን ከክልል የማጋጨት ፖለቲካ፦ በጋራ ዜግነት፣ በእኩልነትና በፖለቲካዊ ስምምነት ፋንታ የብሔርና የክልል ልዩነቶችን ለሥልጣን ማጠናከሪያ መጠቀም የሚለው የ #አብይእህመድ የሴርና የተንኮል ዘይቤና ስልት ፓርቲ ። እንዲህ ያለ አካሄድ የሕዝቦችን መተማመን እያፈረሰ ይገኛል ያፈርሳል፣ ግጭቶችንም እያባባሱ ነው። 6. ድህነት፣ ረሃብና የኢኮኖሚ ቀውስ፦ የUNDP የ2026 ሁለንተናዊ ድህነት መረጃ በግምት 90.77 ሚሊዮን ኢትዮጵያውያን በብዙ ገጽታ ያለው ድህነት ውስጥ እንደሚገኙ ያመለክታል። ይህ በ2019 የቤተሰብ ጥናት ላይ የተመሠረተ ግምት ቢሆንም፣ የድህነቱን ስፋት በግልጽ ያሳያል። የኑሮ ውድነት፣ ረሃብ፣ ሥራ አጥነትና የኑሮ ዋስትና መጥፋት ለሚሊዮኖች ዕለታዊ ፈተና ሆነዋል። 7. ሙስና፣ የሀብት ብክነትና የተቋማት መዳከም፦ በሕዝብ ሀብት አጠቃቀም፣ በመሬት አስተዳደር፣ በመንግሥት ግዥና በሕዝብ ገንዘብ ወጪ ላይ የግልጽነትና የተጠያቂነት እቶት ። 8. የ“ብልጽግና” ፕሮፓጋንዳና የኮንክሪት ልማት ትርክት፦ በአዲስ አበባና በሸገር የሚካሄዱ የኮሪደር ልማትና የከተማ ማደስ ፕሮጀክቶች ከቤት ፈረሳ፣ ከአስርቱ ሺዎች ከዜጎች መፈናቀል፣ ያስከተሉት መከራ፣ማህበራዊና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ምስቅልቅል። ልማት በረጃጅም ሕንፃዎችና በውብ መንገዶች ብቻ ሳይሆን በሕዝብ የኑሮ መሻሻል፣ በፍትሃዊነት፣ በአካታችንነት፣ በሰብዓዊ ክብር የሚለካ ነው። 9. የጎረቤት ሀገራት ግንኙነትና የቀጣናው አለመረጋጋት፦ በተለይ ከኤርትራና ከሱዳን ጋር የተባባሰው ውጥረት፣ የጦርነት ስጋትና የማስፈራሪያ ንግግሮች የኢትዮጵያን ብቻ ሳይሆን የመላውን የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላምና ደህንነት የሚመለከቱ ጉዳዮች ናቸው። 10. የጦር መሣሪያ ክምችት የብሔራዊ ደህንነት መለኪያ አይደለም፦ የሩሲያ ተዋጊ አውሮፕላኖች፣ ሚሳይሎችና የአየር መከላከያ ሥርዓቶች የውጭ የመከላከያ አቅምን ሊያጠናክሩ ይችላሉ። ነገር ግን ድህነትን፣ ጭቆናን፣ ሙስናን፣ የፍትሕ እጦትንና የፖለቲካ ሕጋዊነት ቀውስን በጦር አውሮፕላን ማስወገድ አይቻልም። በራሷ የውስጥ በጦርነት፣ በጭቆና፣ በሚሊዮኖች መራብ፣ መፈናቀል፣ በነች ድህነትና በፍትሕ እጦት የምትናጥ ሀገርን በተዋጊ አውሮፕላኖችና በሚሳይሎች ደህንነቷን ማረጋገጥ አይቻልም። የሀገር ጥንካሬ የሚለካው በመሪዎቿ የጦር መሣሪያ ብዛት ሳይሆን፣ ዜጎቿ በሰላም፣ በነፃነት፣ በፍትሕና በክብር የመኖር መብቶቻቸው በተግባር ተረጋግጦ ሲገኝ ብቻ ነው። መንግሥትን በጦር መሣሪያ ማጠናከርና ሀገርን በፍትሕ፣ በሰላምና በሕዝብ አመኔታ ደህንነቷን ማረጋገጥ ሁለት የተለያዩ ነገሮች ናቸው።
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There may be something going on between Russia and @AbiyAhmedAli for #Putin to be supplying this much military equipment to a child PM. As I said, I would not trust any Russian mediation, IF there is one, between Eritrea🇪🇷 and Ethiopia🇪🇹. I don’t think either of these two leaders will remain in power much longer anyway. #Europe and NATO could strike #Putin at any time. This is the best time for Eritrea🇪🇷 to forge an alliance with the #West.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, home of the AU, will be honored to host the Russia-Africa Summit when it is held on the continent: Ethiopian PM 👇 Watch the video to hear Abiy Ahmed’s speech at the 3rd Russia-Africa Summit plenary session.
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