PM Abiy Ahmed Declares War on Tigray: First bullets fired

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This is the right time for the west to abandon their their failed project in Somalia and stop the funding of Amisom mercenaries.  Let the Somalis solve their problems one way or the other.

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game almost over for the tplf terror organization.

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POLITICS

 

News Wire

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African Union to Send Envoys to Mediate Ethiopian Conflict

Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg News

(Bloomberg) -- The African Union appointed three former heads of state as envoys to mediate a conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and the northern region of Tigray.

The move marks a turning point after the Ethiopian government had rejected earlier calls for mediation in what it termed an internal matter. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now has accepted the initiative, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who chairs the African Union, said in a statement on Twitter.

“The primary task of the special envoys is to engage all sides to the conflict with a view to ending hostilities, creating conditions for an inclusive national dialogue to resolve all issues that led to the conflict, and restoring peace and stability to Ethiopia,” the chairman said after a meeting with Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde.

Hostilities erupted Nov. 4 after months of tension between the federal and regional governments. Tigrayan authorities say 100,000 people have been displaced, and the United Nations has warned that an additional 1.1 million people may need aid.

The envoys are Joaquim Chissano, former president of Mozambique; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former president of Liberia; and Kgalema Motlanthe, former president of South Africa, who will travel to Ethiopia in “coming days.”

Ramaphosa said the process is aimed at creating a “dialogue and an end to fighting that has cost many lives and extensive displacement of people.”

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Abiy has blinked. 

After facing huge causality in the town of Shire,  with over thousand dead, Abiy has accepted mediation.

While he was saying the war will end in days, experts said , " the war has just started"

[Che -Guevara]

22 minutes ago, galbeedi said:

Abiy has blinked. 

After facing huge causality in the town of Shire,  with over thousand dead, Abiy has accepted mediation.

While he was saying the war will end in days, experts said , " the war has just started"

He loses credibility and any leverage if he accepts!

Also, many Amharas are openly saying they got their land (Welkait, Humera, etc) back from Tigray, so they won't fight Abiy's wars.

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4 minutes ago, Che -Guevara said:

Also, many Amharas are openly saying they got their land (Welkait, Humera, etc) back from Tigray, so they won't fight Abiy's wars.

it seems the criminal Amhara has orchestrated the whole thing to get land and weaken both Abiy and Tigray/

[Che -Guevara]

3 minutes ago, galbeedi said:

it seems the criminal Amhara has orchestrated the whole thing to get land and weaken both Abiy and Tigray/

Yes, they might play the same game in regions surrounding Amhara state where there are some districts with Amhara majority. 

Anyway, any negotiation is a big win for TPLF, and the people of Tigray no longer feel attached to Ethiopia.  

[galbeedi]

The way rhis war was waged will never bring Tigray back to Ethiopia again. Abiy cut electricity even from the civilians for total punishment while claiming to be saving the Tigray people. I am waiting Afar state, Tigray state and others to declare their independence just like Bosnia, Slovenia and Croatia.

Furthermore, in terms of messaging, I was amazed  how the Amhara and Abiy people were so incompetent in their messaging and public relations campaign. They even accused the WHO chief of procuring arms for the TPLF.

One more thing, can the diaper carrying wet boys in Villa-Somalia be quite for a minute and watch the ugly Ethiopian circus?

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Next stop Mekele.

 

 

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All glory is fleeting