Old_Observer Posted September 19, 2018 9 hours ago, galbeedi said: OO, You are right the Ethiopian issue is far from settled. By harassing Addis residents which are 75% Amhara , Gurage and Muslim , they made the Amhara the new opposition. The Tigray are playing games already. When OLF fighters left from Asmara to Mekale , the residents lined up to the streets and fed them well. Min Ethiopia things will change , yet as usual it will go back as the old ways. Those who were present told us that after the overthrow of the king by the Derg in 1974 brought a lot of changes early, and after the war of 1977 things got really bad. In 1991 people celebrated . In 1995 people traveled from Birama and others places to Jigjiga without any problems, and after 2000 , the border became thicker and thicker. There were some developedment in Jigjiga and few other places, although the biggest gain among Somalis were that the Somali zone was run by Somalis and Amhara and others left to their Kil. I am afraid that after few months , Ethiopia will go back to the old system in order to survive. The kind of change we are witnessing is killer of the empires. Without fair elections, no one has the right to rule. Also, another huge issue Is the illogical exaggeration of the Ethiopian population. Every ethnic group is claiming to be 20 or 30 million. How can a population grow from 45 million in 1995, then 60 million in 2005, and 100 million in 2017. The Amhara who inhabit few big towns and the capital claim 27 million, and the Oromo 35 million . Who are the other 50 million. I urge the Somalis in the Zone to be ready just in case things get bad and disintegrate. For than and many other reasons you need an independent oriented group to take the leadership and look to the future with eye on independence. You are a bit late for that. If you don't have something like liyu in Africa, forget it. And most importantly if you don't have elders who can tell the children just obey your leaders now no questions, be quiet, there are pirates there is a hyena..It does not work. You just get people killed. Population is game for budget times and propaganda. The Somali and Tigray are equal 6-7 million (kilils) otherwise Tigray has 1.5 million in Oromo country and Somali may have at least half that in Oromo. Tigray is 90% Tigray and the rest Irob, Agew, Afar and Kunama. Somali kilil is 90% Somali rest is Oromo, small Amhara, Tigray..and others. Afar are 2 million, Benshangul are 1 million, Gambella .5 million (half) Amhara 23 million Recent done by govt. (contains Amhara, Agew, Oromo and others) Oromo 32 million. Recent done by Govt both as correction of last count done. (contains Amhara, Somali, Tigray, Gurage..) There is about 4-5 million Amhara in Oromo and 2-3 million Oromo in Amhara South is 12 million. out of which Sidama 3, Welayta 2.2, Hadiya 1.5, Gurage 1.5-2 and the rest from 10,000 to 100,000 some 50 nationalities. Addis Ababa is 3-3.5 million Dirdhaba is maybe 1 now since its another counting game for the formula 40% Oromo, 40% Somali and 20% others. Even if there comes an opportunity the Somali is right now this minute most ill prepared. Is going through complete shake up. Even some wanting to split kilil since no posts..its bad. Hopefully soeone a hero shows up if something happen in Ethiopia. Abiy problem is with Oromo. They think he is too much Amhara. No body is sure why Tigray and Afar have no news of any conflicts or security issues. The rebels like ONLF for both Tigray and Afar were handled differently with intelligence and defense people not politicians. 2 od Afar and 1 of Tigray have come quietly to their kilils. No news no fanfare. Maybe Eritrea and Abiy wanted it that way. They are two kilil that border Eritrea 500km each. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
