One came to undermine Somalis and the other two to save their Christian 'brothers'. This time around it might not be that easy to guide Ethiopia. They should accept the status quo or embrace the inevitable.

What ever it is, the knives are out for Somalis.

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I saw this earlier. It is open warfare.

The City of my Father

The current favorite is the Amhara deputy. There is one fundamental fact about Abyssinia/Ethiopia of today and past, one group wants to dominate the rest. There is no room for compromise or reform. Ethiopia will be under iron fist of one group or will simply implode, there's no third option.

This picture is eerie. It looks like taken by voyeur.

Who will it be?

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's ruling coalition will meet next week to choose a successor to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn whose surprise resignation last month has sparked a rare succession race, state media reported on Wednesday.

Actually, AU will offer more interesting case. Arabs are predictable in their approach and politics.

So, Observer, what's the late Zenawi saying?

BREAKING: Somalia asks Arab League intervention as relations w/ UAE sour following recent deal by DP World, Ethiopia and Somaliland over Berbera port. Somali Embassy in Cairo tells AL ministers concession is “null and void”, reiterates it violates unity and sovereignty of Somalia.

Your grandfather facilitated the colonization of a Somali territory by a foreign power. Even no decent Northerner express any pride in having their land taken over by occupiers and express any happiness in being related to an ancestor who helped to do that. You are special kind even by Somali standard.

Not really! Your actual grandfather debased himself by being a party to the most treacherous moment in Somali history. Mine did not. He actually fought colonizers. And it makes sense that you hide behind a clan glory and try to conflate your family history with clan, because your own family history is one of ******. So bow.

Only you seem to take pride in bowing before queen but then you had a treacherous grandfather.

They look like original rasta

Observer, Most Somalis would be okay with orderly balkanization of Ethiopia but I would hate to say a violent end with millions displaced or killed. It will be bad for the continent and worse for the Horn.

'Man of mystery' cooperates with Mueller in Russia probe (CNN)A Middle East specialist with ties to Donald Trump's team attended secret meetings during the presidential transition between the United Arab Emirates and Trump associates, and is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, two people familiar with the matter say.

STRIKES SPREAD IN RESTIVE ETHIOPIA REGION BEFORE TILLERSON VISIT Strikes protesting Ethiopia’s state of emergency spread across the restive Oromia region ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s arrival for talks with the Horn of Africa nation’s embattled government.  The closing of shops and roads by members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group is the latest sign of discontent in Oromia state, where unrest has prompted the country’s second state of emergency in two years. Tillerson is due in Ethiopia this week as part of his first government visit to sub-Saharan Africa, less than a month after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned.

Guelleh already had something lined up when he kicked out the Arabs

Influence in America is at the local level meaning it depends how well organized local constituents are. A well organized Cuban expats played pivotal role in how America dealt with Cuba. That's because if you need to win Florida where majority of Cuban-Americans live, you need their vote. Jews in America are very well organized, wealthy and vote as a block, No Arab from the Gulf no matter how wealthy can match their influence.

The man white men [USA/Western Europe] are not poor and corrupt. It is Bedouins that don't understand politics. If you want to influence American politics, study AIPAC or NRA. Money comes and goes.