Al Mariam

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒/𝐊𝐔𝐃𝐎𝐒 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. As both a criminal defense lawyer in America and as a preteen who virtually memorized Ethiopian Criminal and Civil Procedure tagging along with my father in the courts, I am thrilled and overjoyed that a new proclamation has been enacted after 65 years! One of the major reasons I attended law school in the US is because of my love for procedure. Since the reform began in 2018, I have talked to Ethiopian judges, prosecutors, police officials, defense attorneys and lawmakers about revising the procedural laws of the country. The fact that the new proclamation has been enacted is monumental and epochal because so many stakeholders had to agree to the various changes and revisions. I CONGRATULATE all stakeholders in the criminal procedure and evidence code reform process. For non-lawyers, criminal procedure is the set of rules governing the investigation, prosecution, adjudication, and punishment of crimes. It defines how the criminal justice system operates from police investigation and arrest through trial, sentencing, and appeals, ensuring constitutional rights are protected while adjudicating guilt or innocence. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 “𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲/𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.” 𝐍𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 𝐃𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭! I am proud to say that I made a significant contribution in the fortification of procedural rights in America, especially in the protection against self-incrimination guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. See, law.justia.com/cases/californ… I am equally proud of the fact that my commentary on the need for procedural protections in Ethiopia was selected for inclusion by the Magna Carta Trust in its 800th anniversary celebration of the Magna Carta in 2015. See, magnacarta800th.com/articles/a-mag… 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. It is true that over the past eight years the Government of Ethiopia has undertaken substantial legal and institutional reforms aimed at elevating Ethiopian laws to comply with international standards. To me, few things are more important than modernizing the legal system. Legal reform is necessary in meeting evolving societal, technological, and economic needs. Reform is vital to ensure laws remain relevant, fair, and effective. Above all, reform is necessary to strengthen the rule of law, promote social equity by protecting human rights, and foster economic development through stable, transparent legal frameworks. There is much more to be done to modernize the Ethiopian legal system and practices. But I want to congratulate and express my appreciation to all who continue to participate in the long and arduous legal reform process. William Pitt (the Elder) centuries ago told the House of Lords, “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins.” I would add, “‘Friends, Ethiopians and countrymen, lend me your ears.’ Where the law remains unchanged for decades, it becomes outdated, irrelevant, and obsolete. Obsolete laws create legal, social, and economic problems leading to a loss of public confidence in the legal system. Where there is no confidence in the laws and legal system, there begins tyranny.” 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders #LandOfOrigins @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

In an American courtroom, when the prosecution or defense complete presentation of their evidence, and have nothing more to add, it is cutomary for them to declare, “The defense/prosecution rests.” In promoting Addis Ababa as Africa’s most beautiful and exquisite city, and its residents as the most peaceful and hospitable people, I call my last witness in this video and submit my case to the court of world public opinion. I rest my case! 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐆𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀! 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍, 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍. "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders #LandOfOrigins @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆?! 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, “𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠,” 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. You can see Addis Ababa all day long, but you won’t believe your eyes, especially if you knew the “old” Addis Ababa (“old” is pre-2024). In 2020 (2012 E.C.), PM Abiy Ahmed urged all Ethiopians, and specifically Addis Ababans, “Let’s make Addis Ababa beautiful.” In 2026, Addis Ababa is not just “beautiful,” she is elegant, exquisite, gorgeous, lovely, stunning, pretty, superb, graceful, delightful, and wonderful. Are these words of hyperbole? Well, what makes a city “beautiful?” Nicely arranged brick and mortar? Shiny glass and steel? It is true, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” In my eyes, what makes Addis Ababa a beautiful city is that it offers a great quality of life, balancing safety, cleanliness, walkability, and vibrant public spaces with accessible services. Its neighborhoods are diverse, interesting and have maintained their distinct local character with ample green spaces. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲! The city deploys an army of dedicated cleaning crews and community members for regular street sweeping, drain cleaning, and sanitation activities. City cleaning crews rise early and literally broom the streets. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞. People can walk to and from work. In the neighborhoods, there is hustle and bustle as many of them are mixed-use zones with shops, cafes, stores, restaurants and homes in proximity. Addis has vibrant public spaces that are safe, clean with ample parks, soccer fields, squares, and well-designed streets that encourage social interaction. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 (𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒) 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. Roads have been widened, and massive changes made in lighting and overall enhanced infrastructure. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 (𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞/𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫) 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟕 𝐤𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. This major urban renewal aims to improve air quality, boosts eco-tourism, increases property values, and modernize the city infrastructure. 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 (𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 “𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫”) 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬. It has its own challenges, problems and issues. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝. There is traffic congestion, especially during peak hours, and limited public transport capacity. The public transport system, consisting of a mix of government-owned buses, a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, and private mini-bus taxis, struggles with endless demand for capacity. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. There are ongoing road projects, corridor development initiatives, and the construction of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines aim to enhance capacity and connectivity. The Addis Ababa City government has developed an ambitious Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) Strategy and is promoting electric mobility, including the introduction of electric taxis and buses, to reduce congestion and emissions. Over 100 electric buses (e-buses) operate in the city as part of the public transport fleet and is a major part of the country’s green initiative to reduce fuel dependence and pollution. Technological Integration Initiatives are underway to introduce an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) network for better traffic management and electronic ticketing systems to improve fare collection and data analysis. There is a Public Awareness: The “Menged Le Sew” (Roads for People) project which has been instrumental in raising awareness about the potential of non-motorized transport and reclaiming public space. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 such as pickpocketing, scams, phone snatching and confrontational theft of cash, phones, jewelry, or bags. These crimes are driven by unemployment and rural-urban migration. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬. For instance, Nairobi generally has a higher, more violent crime rate than Addis Ababa, frequently appearing among top African cities for high crime. 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. Significant contributors include emissions from old vehicles, diesel buses, trucks, open waste burning, and residential biomass use for cooking and heating. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Ethiopia became the world's first country to ban fossil fuel car imports in early 2024, driving a rapid shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) to curb 4$ billion in annual fuel import costs. With massive tax exemptions and rising adoption, EVs now make up about 6% of all vehicles. Over 100,000 EVs are on the road, with charging infrastructure expanding rapidly. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭to adopt air pollution reduction strategies by reducing open burning, creating vehicle emissions standards, improving vehicle emissions testing and enforcement, creating stronger standards for fuel quality, improving air quality monitoring and removing old gross polluting vehicles from circulation. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬. My old neighborhood of Kazanchis, which was a densely populated area characterized by substandard housing and lack of basic water and sanitation services, today boasts modern infrastructure and high-rise developments. While upgrading infrastructure, building high-end real estate, and creating public spaces, there have been demolitions in Piassa and Kazanchis. But many of the residents have been allocated condominiums on the outskirts of the city. Like all modernizing cities, Addis Ababa is undergoing a major urban transformation. But its aspiration is to become an equitable, livable, and inviting city to tourists and inclusively benefit its local residents. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 “𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲,” 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐫𝐞-𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. So, back to PM Abiy’s plea to beautify Addis Ababa. In 2020, the Man talked the talk, and between 2024-26, he walked, and walked and walked the talk day and night, rain or shine and got the job done come hell or high water. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬. Failure is always an option, but not for the Man. Impossible is a word that does not exist in the Man’s dictionary. 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲, 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. Whoever said, “Seeing is believing” needs to come to Addis Ababa and see. Addis Ababa today is a visual feast, if only eyes could eat. 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬: S𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐆𝐀-𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #LandOfOrigins #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork #AddisAbaba @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐑𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫... 𝐋𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝: “𝐃𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 😂🤣😂 @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @Zemedeneh

𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐬! In the run up to the June 1, 2026, Ethiopian parliamentary election, representatives of opposing political parties are duking it out in media debates. I believe these media debates are central in the democratic process. Candidates present their policy positions, allowing voters to assess their position on key issues. The public can evaluate candidate qualities in terms of their competence, leadership, integrity. Candidates holding office are forced to justify their records. The debates increase political interest, encourage voter turnout, and foster a more informed electorate. In the attached video clip, a young lady representing the ruling Prosperity Party debates a young man representing the Amhara National Movement (ANM). The ANM Representative argues, “Ethiopian youth face an existential problem: To live or not to live, to benefit economically or not to benefit, and to move from one place to another in peace and work. The youth have lost their citizenship rights. Ethiopians are not respected on the basis of their citizenship. I can say they are citizenship-less. The current constitution views the youth not based on their age or citizenship but based on their ethnicity or region.” The PP representative responds, “I am surprised about the claims of NAM (ABN, in Amharic). Its very name is Amhara National Movement. So, it is not appropriate for this (regional) party to talk about Ethiopian youth in general. The name of the party shows it is a party that does not go beyond the boundaries of one ethnic group. Our party has proven itself by doing work that would last for generations...” For decades, I have been prophesying the rise of Ethiopia’s Cheetah (Young) Generation rising to shape and determine Ethiopia’s destiny. For decades and in all the years I have been writing my weekly commentaries, making speeches and giving media interviews, I never said I was going to change Ethiopia. I said my life’s mission is to change the minds of the young people who will change Ethiopia. As I watch in wonderment the vigorous and unfettered election debates, I can see clearly how Ethiopia’s young people will lead Ethiopia out of the land of poverty into the promised land of prosperity. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐥-𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐞/𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. I am proud to witness public political debate in Ethiopia where parties freely engage in reasoned, respectful and focused debate on the issues. The ultimate decision is in the hands of Ethiopian voters. It is heartwarming for me to see Ethiopian Cheetahs battling for the hearts and minds of the youth and the nation. Let's all join hands to make the June1, 2026 Ethiopian parliamnetary lection free and fair elction and MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

Presdient Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia dreamt of being an airline pilot. She ended up piloting the Namibian government. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈’𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟓 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐅𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐊𝐔𝐃𝐎𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲. I have a special attachment to libraries having spent a great deal of my youth and academic life in them. Libraries have played a special part in my life, especially intellectual life. In my youth, I avoided the “troubles of youth” (behavioral problems, social maladjustment) by spending long hours in the libraries during weekends and school holidays/vacations. I travelled the world and traversed the ages sitting in the library reading whatever caught my eye on the shelves. I read comic books and was inspired by the adventures of imaginary superheroes. I forced myself to discover the wisdom of the West by immersing myself in the literature of classical antiquity, the Renaissance (Aah! Shakespeare and Cervantes), the Enlightenment (Swift and Voltaire) and Modernism (Eliot and Joyce). I tried to discover the meaning of “ordered civil society,” “ethics and ,” “knowledge and doubt,” delving into the works of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Locke, Descartes and Hume. When my soul rocked in darkness and I questioned the "meaning of life", I read Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Russell, Wittgenstein, Sartre and others. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. In the late 1960s, the dream of many in my generation was to go abroad, especially to the US, to get higher education and live the American dream. Of course, that dream was what we saw in American publications, magazines, books and Hollywood movies. I could confidently say that long before I went to the US to do my undergraduate work in 1970, I knew more about American culture, society, literature, history and law, especially the Constitution, than the average American. I was in tune with the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, the Counterculture Movement (hippie subculture), the Antiwar Movement and the Free Speech Movement. When I arrived in the US, I had no difficulty fitting in. I felt like I was home away from home. My very first job in America was "library assitant," shelving returned books. There is an idiom, “The world is your oyster.” It is intended to mean one has unlimited opportunities and the freedom to achieve anything in life, just like finding a valuable pearl inside an oyster. For me, “the world is the library.” I could find unlimited opportunities to acquire knowledge and let my imaginations go free. To paraphrase from the Star Trek science fiction series, “It was in the library that I dared to boldly go where no man has gone before.” I invite those who wish to know about my love of libraries to read my May 2022 essay, “Why I Support Abrehot (Enlightenment) Library in Ethiopia, and You Should Too!”: almariam.com/2022/05/08/why… I look forward to the day when I shall visit Emerta Library in Dire Dawa. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the "Missile Man of India” ( for his pivotal role in developing India’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs) and 11th President of India observed, “Libraries are the backbone of a nation. A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” Ray Bradbury, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century science fiction literature and author of Fahrenheit 451 (about a future society where books are outlawed and firemen burn any that are found" said, “Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐀 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘! 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧; 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀, 𝐋𝐄𝐓’𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍!

𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀, 𝐋𝐄𝐓'𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! 𝐌𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 👇 press.et/en-stories/det… 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘! At 9:00 a.m. on March 1, 1896, Ethiopian troops – 100 thousand strong-- from their strategically hidden position in the hills overlooking the Adwa valley opened devastating crossfire on Italian forces with Hotchkiss artillery, Maxim machine guns and bolt action rifles. By 12 p.m., overwhelmed, outflanked and under relentless heavy barrage, the Italian troops fled the battlefield in panic with Ethiopian cavalry in pursuit. By the end of the day, 6 thousand Italian and colonial troops were killed, and 4 thousand captured. Ethiopian casualties numbered 7 thousand killed and 10 thousand wounded. From a strategic position on the flat-topped plateaus of Adwa, Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul orchestrated a masterful tactical military campaign. Menelik used strategic deception – intelligence and misinformation and psychological warfare -- to outmaneuver the Italian commanders. Empress Taytu commanded her own contingent of 5 thousand infantry and 600 cavalry in the hills west of Adwa ready to provide logistical and tactical support. Many Europeans, incredulous that black people could win against a European army with such tactical supremacy and strategic dominance, rationalized the Adwa victory was the result of Ethiopians’ “Caucasian admixture” (European ancestry). Ethiopians’ decisive victory at Adwa made glorious history to last a thousand years and dealt a devastating blow to the myth of European white supremacy in the very heyday of the European Scramble for Africa. The Adwa victory forced Italy to recognize Ethiopia’s sovereignty and ensured international respect for Ethiopia as a sovereign and independent state. Adwa became a beacon of hope and a source of pride and inspiration for all black people and reinforced the idea of Ethiopia as a symbol of black freedom and self-determination. The Spirit of Adwa today lives in me. The Adwa victory has profoundly shaped my outlook on the world since childhood. I grew up feeling great pride that Ethiopians were special and exceptional people. If Ethiopians were the only black people in the world that were never subjected to white colonial rule, I reasoned it must be because they are special. For me, Ethiopian exceptionalism manifests itself not just in military victory over aggressors. It has a larger moral, spiritual and civilizational dimension rooted in Ethiopia’s scientifically demonstrated status as the cradle of humanity, the Land of Origins; and historically, as the undimmable beacon of freedom in Africa. I have met countless young Africans from countries that have undergone European colonialism, and African Americans whose ancestors have shouldered the burden of slavery and discrimination. In talking to them, I always sense in their words the intergenerational trauma of surviving colonialism and white supremacy. I see many of them struggling to discover their identity in a majority white society or living under a political and legal system created by colonial masters. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧; 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Ethiopia has few friends, but is surrounded by enemies domestic and foreign, and frenemies. When we shed blood, sweat and tears to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, our historic enemies hellbent tried to make sure it will never be completed. They lobbied The World Bank and the IMF to deny Ethiopia any financial support for the dam. They weaponized the Trump Admisnistration in 2020 to arm-twist Ethiopia into surrendering her God-given right to use the water of the Blue Nile consistent with principles of international law. They dragged Ethiopia before the UN Security Council for sanctions a dozen times. Despite their wicked conspiracies, bitter and twisted lies, Ethiopia completed her dam and in the Spirit of Adwa became victorious. Ethiopia was once a poster nation for famine and drought, and was called a beggar nation. She was the object of global charity and handouts. Pop stars raised money for starving Ethiopians. USAID had the largest Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia. (Today, USAID is dead and gone. I am proud to have played a role in the demise of USAIDead.) 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. Ethiopia is Africa’s largest wheat producer, tripling its output and surpassing Egypt. Ethiopia success has been driven by widespread adoption of cluster farming and expanded irrigation, government policies which have improved seed distribution, fertilizer subsidies and enhanced agricultural extension services. Ethiopia is transforming from the land of famine to the land of cornucopia. For millennia, Ethiopia had an outlet to the sea, but has been landlocked for the past 30 years. It is sad that Ethiopia should remain an lonely island of prosperity in a Red Sea of poverty. Ethiopia’s port of Assab has been illegally and forcibly annexed by Eritrea. Somaliland, Kenya and Djibouti have offered autonomous seaport access to Ethiopia. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. Ethiopia’s position is supported by the US, the Russian Federation, the EU, China, India, Turkiye, the UAE, Israel and many other countries. Just in the past month a wave of international leaders have come to strengthen relations with Ethiopia, including Italy’s PM Meloni, Turkey’s President Erdoğan, Israel’s President Herzog, Germany’s FM Wadephul and Saudi FM Prince Faisal. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝. The Green Legacy Initiative, launched in 2019, has mobilized over 25 million citizens to plant more than 48 billion tree seedlings, making a world record in large-scale reforestation, agroforestry, urban greening, and climate resilience. Ethiopia’s leadership in environmental action has earned her international recognition, including being selected to host COP32 in 2027. The Corridor Development Project has transformed many parts of Ethiopia into modern, people-centered urban centers. Over 300 projects have been completed across 60 plus urban areas, featuring wide pedestrian walkways, bicycle lanes, green spaces, and modern infrastructure. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍. The Spirit of Adwa will accelerate Ethiopia’s march out of poverty into the Promised Land of Prosperity. Ethiopia will replace toxic identity politics with the politics of national unity (Ethiopiawinet) based on dialogue, negotiation and compromise. We will MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN by building a pluralistic society that thrives and blossoms under the rule of law and protection of individual rights. 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐖𝐀, 𝐋𝐄𝐓’𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐬 (𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞) 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐛 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

👇 youtube.com/watch?v=0FEzZ1… 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬! I have been following Gregory Meeks, U.S. Representative for New York's 5th Congressional District for years. Meeks was die-hard supporter of the terrorist group Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). He left no stones unturned to impose crippling sanctions on Ethiopia in an attempt to restore the terrorist TPLF to power. There was no doubt in my mind that Meeks was on the take in his blind advocacy for the restoration of the terrorist TPLF to power Ethiopia. On May 13, 2021, I published an investigative piece on Meeks. Read here: almariam.com/2021/05/13/cro… My suspicion of Meeks’s corruption in his zealous advocacy for the TPLF was not some speculative or imaginary allegation. Gregory Meeks is a career crook! He has been labeled by watchdog groups such as Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) as one of the most corrupt members of Congress. CREW included Meeks on its “Most Corrupt Members of Congress” list in multiple years, citing allegations including a $40,000 loan with no repayment terms from a businessman that was not properly disclosed, misuse of campaign funds resulting in a $63,000 fine from the FEC in 2008, and involvement with nonprofit organizations accused of misusing donations, including funds raised for Hurricane Katrina victims. House ethics investigations focused on Meeks’ purchase of a home in Queens for significantly below market value and his ties to financier R. Allen Stanford, who was convicted in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖, 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟑 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞(𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥) 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝!!! How ironic the MOST CORRUPT and MOST INCOMPETENT member of Congress gunning after one of the most effective and eloquent Secretaries of State in US history. Rubio’s Senate confirmation was 99-0, reflecting broad bipartisan respect for his vast foreign policy experience. Rubio’s speech at the 2026 Munich Security Conference was widely praised, with European diplomats expressing relief over his steady diplomatic tone. Media outlets like The Atlantic and The New Yorker have highlighted his increased political stature, noting his dual role as Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, a level of influence not seen since Henry Kissinger. Meeks, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tried a cute comic stunt to portray Rubio as an overstretched and power hungry bureaucrat because he has consolidated roles as National Security Adviser and administrator of US aid without proper congressional consultation. Rubio robustly defended his actions, stating he was asked to serve in those roles and that the work was being done effectively, with USAID folded into the State Department. Rubio schooled Meeks to eliminate “duplicative roles” rather than placing blame on him. 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬. I am proud to say that I have worked with Senator Rubio’s office to defeat the nomination of Gayle Smith to lead USAID, and ultimately help shutdown that den of poverty pimps. Read here: almariam.com/2015/09/24/eth… thehill.com/blogs/congress… All I can proudly say now is, “Rest in Pieces USAIDead.” "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti @HouseForeign #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @RepGregoryMeeks @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

businessinsider.com/trump-says-net… 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍 “𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒” 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏! Susan “The Princess of Darkness” Rice, on Preet Bharara’s (U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) 2009-2017) “Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara” podcast threatened that corporations “taking a knee” to President Trump could face an “accountability agenda” after Democrats regain power.😂 She threatened that companies aligning with President Trump would not be forgiven and might face legal and political scrutiny. Lordy! Lordy! Lordy! What hubris! What arrogance! The Princess of Darkness is now menacing not only companies that comply with the lawful orders of the President of the United States but is also inciting fear and alarm against the President himself by threatening an “accountability agenda.” 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: “𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚” = 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬” 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.😂 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬. The Princess of Darkness issued her threat in the context of Netflix's $83 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, which is under antitrust review. Righteously indignant, President Trump demanded Netflix fire Rice’s ass from its board “IMMEDIATELY or pay the consequences.” Rice is one of the most hated figures in American politics. Rice is also notorious in Africa for her bottomless moral depravity, wickedness and degeneracy. In 1994, when the Clinton Administration pretended to be ignorant of the bloodbath in the Rwandan genocide and the death toll continued to rise by the thousands, Rice’s concern was not taking immediate action to stop the genocide and saving lives but the political consequences of calling the Rwandan tragedy a “genocide” and saving her job and others in her political party. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤, “𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 ‘𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 [𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥] 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?” I have battled The Princess of Darkness Herself for at least a decade and half as she mothered the bloodthirsty terrorist group known as the TPLF in power in Ethiopia for over a quarter of a century. Susan Rice was the mastermind -- the ringleader, the Jezebel of the Unholy Trinity -- of the “Trilateral Axis of Shevil”, which included Samantha Power (USAID administrator before its demise) and Gayle Smith (USAID administrator before Power) who toiled day and night to keep Ethiopia under the dirty thumbs of terrorist TPLF rule. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.” (𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡), 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖. For years, the trio have worked 24/7/365 to demonize, criminalize, stigmatize and anathemize of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian government. Their one and only purpose: Restoration of the terrorist TPLF to power in Ethiopia. Rice was at the center of the conspiracy to launch the terrorist TPLF attack on the Ethiopian Northern Command on November 3-4, 2020, which eventually caused the deaths of nearly one million Ethiopians and billions of dollars in property destruction. Rice secretly masterminded, coordinated and planned with terrorist TPLF leaders and other US officials to launch a surprise attack on the Ethiopian Northern command timed to coincide with the U.S. presidential election to minimize global attention. Rice and her underlings, including Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, and Samantha Power, approved the operation and later worked to undermine the Ethiopian government through propaganda, diplomatic pressure, and efforts to frame the terrroist war as a "humanitarian crisis." When the terrorist TPLF was defeated, Rice orchestrated a “grey war” against Ethiopia using psychological operations (psyops) to vilify Ethiopian leaders; pushed for international investigations that falsely accuse Ethiopia of genocide and war crimes; promoted the TPLF as a legitimate negotiating partner, despite its role in the attack and attempting to use U.S. influence to force Ethiopia into negotiations with the TPLF. In 2015, when Barack Obama visited Ethiopia, Rice laughing boisterously and uncontrollably during a press briefing declared Ethiopia’s election in which the terrorist TPLF regime won 100 percent of the parliamentary seats as “absolutely –100 percent democratic.” 𝐀𝐚𝐡! 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤,” 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 “𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬,” 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞. For well over a decade, I have been exposing Rice for her blind support of the TPLF and callous indifference to African suffering. I vigorously opposed Rice’s nomination to become Secretary of State in 2012. In March 2021, I wrote about Susan Rice’s Pax Americana in Ethiopia driven by her obsession to restore the terrorist TPLF to power. 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 “𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥.” 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 “𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬.” 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 “𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬!” 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞: “𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐀𝐅𝐎!” "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Djibouti @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath @AmbassadorRice @SamanthaJPower @GayleSmith @ABlinken

“𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒.” 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬! In 2019, during the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 award ceremony of PM Abiy Ahmed, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivered a maxim heard around the world: “We are all Ethiopians.” She made this statement in affirmation of Ethiopia's unique historical significance as the cradle of humankind and its singular history as the only African nation never colonized by a Western power. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. Dinqnesh ( or “Wonderful One” as we call her in Ethiopia) or Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) was discovered in 1974 in the Great Rift Valley Afar Region of Northern Ethiopia. It is a 3.2-million-year-old fossil and one of the most complete early hominid skeletons ever found. Ardipithecus kadabba and Ardipithecus ramidus are two early hominin species also discovered in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia in the Afar Depression of the East African Rift Zone. These species are believed to date back 5.8–5.2 million years ago marking a pivotal stage in human evolution. Fossils from the Lower Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia, dated to 195,000 years ago, are among the oldest anatomically modern human remains, supporting the theory that homo sapiens ("thinking man") originated in Africa. The Lower Omo River Valley and the Middle Awash Valley are UNESCO World Heritage sites, recognized for their exceptional paleoanthropological significance. Scientific consensus, supported by DNA and fossil evidence, confirms that all modern humans trace their ancestry to African populations, with Ethiopia playing a central role in that origin story. Ethiopia has yielded the oldest known stone tools, dating back to around 2.6 million years ago, indicating early technological development. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲!” 𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, “𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍. "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐋. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫! The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., was the indisputable heavyweight civil rights champion and icon in America for the past half century. He was also a towering global civil rights leader who championed human rights, democracy and freedom in South Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. He was a charismatic and eloquent preacher and orator. His message on empowerment, justice, and inclusion had universal appeal and following. He carried the mantle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reverend Jackson inspired oppressed peoples throughout the world with his message of “Keep Hope Alive,” which he popularized as a rallying cry for resilience and optimism during his 1984 presidential run. He inspired youth, especially African American, with his message of hope, resilience and defiance against injustice. He preached, “If my mind can conceive it, my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” He campaigned against the devasting drug epidemic in the African American community by preaching, “Hope not dope.” He affirmed the human dignity and self-worth of black people by defiantly declaring, “I am Somebody.” He taught never to give up and to "hold on and hold out” in the face of oppression and adversity. Despite his defiance to injustice in America, he never gave up on the promise of America. He believed “America is like a quilt,” a place of unity in diversity where people of diverse backgrounds live under the protection of the US Constituion. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧," 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. Rev. Jackson was an implacable advocate of reform in the American criminal justice system. He never tired reminding people that “Blacks make up more than 40% of the prison population, but only 13% of the nation’s population.” His solution was mass mobilization of voters to demand dramatic reform in the criminal justice system. Rev. Jackson advocated for reforms including “qualified immunity” for police (who intentionally violate citizens’ constitutional rights), chokeholds and no-knock warrants, and demanded a curb on the militarization of law enforcement, and establishment of a national registry for police misconduct. He pushed for broader reforms by demanding structural reforms in criminal sentencing, racial bias in jury selection, and reforming the death penalty. Rev. Jackson argued for removal of criminal history checkboxes from job applications and improving reentry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. Rev. Jesse Jackson was a very special friend and relentless advocate for Ethiopia in the dispute over the Nile River and the construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Rev. Jackson was an unapologetic advocate for Ethiopia in its dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), criticizing U.S. foreign policy decisions under the Trump administration as an affront to Ethiopian sovereignty and blatantly partial to Egypt. He condemned the suspension of U.S. aid to Ethiopia as unjust. He equated US pressure on Ethiopia to accept Egypt’s one-sided position as a form of neocolonialism. He also taught the international community that GERD is vital for lifting millions of Ethiopians out of poverty by providing electricity and economic growth. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣us𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞: “𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞!🌹 @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

"𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄." 𝐒𝐎 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 It was my pleasure and honor to join prosecutors and leadership of the Ministry of Justice of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia this past Friday at their 13th Monthly Panel Discussion. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦! For years -- day after day, week after week, month after month -- I railed against the woyane/TPLF Ministry of (In)Justice, criminal (in)justice system and Ethiopian police (state) as a human rights activist, civil libertarian and constitutional lawyer in the US. I exposed the institutional perversion of the criminal justice system by the TPLF and its diabolical weaponization of prosecutorial resources against perceived political enemies and anyone suspected of being a dissident or regime critic. I demanded changes in the criminal justice system which fell on the deaf ears of TPLF oligarchs. To pressure the TPLF to change its evil ways, I undertook dedicated and relentless advocacy in the US Congress to pass various bills including HR 2003 (passed in the House in 2007); S.R.168 (co-sponsored by Senator [today Secretary of State] Marco Rubio, (with whom I worked to oppose confirmation of Gayle Smith, a TPLF groupie from their days in the bush and duirng the Obama and Biden adminstrations a deep state TPLF supporter), to become US Aid Administrator in 2015, and House Resolution 128 introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, the current Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee. Read full details here: thehill.com/blogs/pundits-… 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬. It’s easy to sit in an armchair in the diaspora and criticize, rail, rant and rave. What is hard is doing something that helps solve the situation which caused the criticism. The choice is clear for me: Continue to be part of the problem and complain until the cows come home. Or muster the courage, roll up my sleeves, put my nose to the grindstone and shoulder to the wheel and do the best I can to make the justice system better and MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN! I have found out that it is easy to criticize those in the arena when one has never been in the arena. It is easy to point and wag fingers and jeer and sneer from the sidelines. There is an old Ethiopian saying, “The sky is very near to someone who is sitting.” All s/he has to do is point at the sky. There have been tremendous changes in the Ethiopian criminal justice system over the past 7 years. Law enforcement institutions and their leadership operate at a heightened level of awareness in upholding the rule of law. Much work has been done to depoliticize and de-ethnicize the criminal justice institutions (police, prosecutors, courts, corrections). Much policy reform has been implemented. Much effort and resources are invested in the professionalization and enhanced accountability of law enforcement institutions. A determined effort has been underway to observe and protect human rights, respect civil liberties under the Ethiopian constitution and international conventions and hold gross rights violators accountable. Just like “a farmer’s work is never done,” so it is with the work of law enforcement institutions. There is much that needs to be done to improve accountability and transparency, enhance the skills and knowledge of those in law enforcement, build strong and durable community trust, and deepen the structural change. My talk at the Ministry of Justice focused on the topics of prosecutorial independence and discretion, accountability and transparency, and the safeguarding of constitutionalism and fundamental rights, drawing on lessons from U.S. constitutional practice. It was great pleasure for me to share my perspectives on the origins of the concept of the rule of law from its ancient origins in the works of Plato and Aristotle to Hobbes and Locke, the Magna Carta and its influence in the shaping of the US Constitution. I talked about the “Take Care clause” of the Art II of the US Constitution and how that clause fundamentally and specifically governs the administration of US federal criminal laws. I discussed the scope and limits of federal prosecutorial powers constitutionally (4th, 5th, 6th and 8th amendments), adminstratively by means of US Department of Justice Manual, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence and rules of professional responsibility that emphasize the role of prosecutors as ministers of justice, not merely advocates for criminal conviction. I made certain recommendations to enhance the skills and training of junior prosecutors and the need for mentoring and reducing attrition of skilled and senior prosecutors in the Mionistry of Justice. In the Q&A session, I was asked penetrating question about the current disarray in prosecutorial authority in the US Department of Justice, the contrast in the rule of law and might makes right principles in the contemporary international system, the contrast in the US and Ethiopian constitutions, prosecutorial independence and political interference, reforms and improvements in the Ethiopian criminal justice system and the need for synergistic (medemer) engagement of stakeholders in the justice sector to bring about lasting durable changes and MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN! I thank the FDRE Ministry of Justice for making it possible for me to engage with its prosecutors and the leadership. Special thanks to all who attended the event. 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚: “𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.” 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐓𝐨𝐤. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 r𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

👇 shorturl.at/jgBYT 𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐑-𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀-𝐋𝐈𝐄-𝐒𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀! “𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.” On February 10, 2026, Reuters published a fabricated and sensationalized news story alleging: “Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighbouring Sudan… Eight sources, including a senior Ethiopian government official, said the United Arab Emirates financed the camp’s construction and provided military trainers and logistical support to the site, a view also shared in an internal note by Ethiopia’s security services and in a diplomatic cable, reviewed by Reuters.” 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲(𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬) 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” If Reuters cannot independently verify its story, what it is publishing is gossip, rumor and hearsay. Rumor-monger Reuters has to pay the price for its yellow journalism, fabrication of facts (fake news), sensationalization of rumored facts and hyperbolic exaggeration to gain readership. Reporting news on the basis of “not being able to independently verify” is not accuracy. It is disinformation, misinformation and misleading journalism. Reuters can take its journaLIEsm outta Ethiopia and shove it... The core element of the “10 Hallmarks of Reuters Journalism” is accuracy: “Accuracy entails honesty in sourcing. Our reputation for that accuracy, and for freedom from bias, rests on the credibility of our sources.” 𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐬𝐦. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋!” Kudos to the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA). I love the fact that EMA gave the boot to the rear ends of the Reuters journaLIEsts during the 39th African Union summit. All African countries shoudl learn from what Ethiopia has done to Reuters. 𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞“𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐅𝐀𝐅𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚! 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @cnnbrk, @nytimes, @TheEconomist, @WSJ, @Reuters, @TIME, @ndtv, @AP, @Telegraph, @Independent, @CBCNews, @RT_com, @CNBC, @SkyNews, @BBCBreaking, @SenateForeign, @RepChrisSmith,

👇 shorturl.at/jgBYT 𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐑-𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀-𝐋𝐈𝐄-𝐒𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀! “𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.” On February 10, 2026, Reuters published a fabricated and sensationalized news story alleging: “Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighbouring Sudan… Eight sources, including a senior Ethiopian government official, said the United Arab Emirates financed the camp’s construction and provided military trainers and logistical support to the site, a view also shared in an internal note by Ethiopia’s security services and in a diplomatic cable, reviewed by Reuters.” 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 (𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬) 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” If Reuters cannot independently verify its story, what it is publishing is gossip, rumor and hearsay. Rumor-monger Reuters has to pay the price for its yellow journalism, fabrication of facts (fake news), sensationalization of rumored facts and hyperbolic exaggeration to gain readership. Reporting news on the basis of “not being able to independently verify” is not accuracy. It is disinformation, misinformation and misleading journalism. Reuters can take its journaLIEsm outta Ethiopia and shove it... The core element of the “10 Hallmarks of Reuters Journalism” is accuracy: “Accuracy entails honesty in sourcing. Our reputation for that accuracy, and for freedom from bias, rests on the credibility of our sources.” 𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐇𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐬𝐦. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋!” Kudos to the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA). I love the fact that EMA gave the boot to the rear ends of the Reuters journaLIEsts during the 39th African Union summit. All African countries shoudl learn from what Ethiopia has done to Reuters. 𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐅𝐀𝐅𝐎 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚! 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 On February 11, 2026, Ethiopia’s central bank announced a wide-ranging relaxation of foreign exchange regulations. Since the July 2024 comprehensive macroeconomic reform, the National Bank of Ethiopia has been removing current account restrictions to ensure the development of the foreign exchange market. To further enhance the market, the Bank has made the following amendments to the foreign exchange regulations. Any service exporter is allowed to hold one hundred percent (100%) of its export proceeds in foreign exchange retention account for indefinite periods. Authorized banks are allowed to issue internationally recognized cards for all foreign exchange account holders that will be used by the customers to make outbound retail payments including e-commerce as long as the account holders have sufficient FX in their accounts. Any foreign exchange account holder, including retention accounts holders, can pay from his/her forex account for his/her spouse’s and children’s education, medical and travel expenses abroad upon presentation of valid documents. Profit-making institutions are allowed to open current, savings and time deposit foreign exchange accounts as long as the account holders get foreign currency from abroad in the form of grants/gifts and other foreign exchange sources other than export earnings for which retention account is the right foreign exchange account. The minimum requirement, USD 100 to open a foreign exchange savings account for resident and non-resident Ethiopians, including foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin has been removed. Outbound investment by Ethiopians has been allowed, subject to case-by-case approval by NBE. Without presenting a customs declaration, a person residing in Ethiopia enters into the territory of Ethiopia carrying a foreign currency can convert all foreign currency at an authorized Forex Bureau for the equivalent sum in Birr or deposit to his/her foreign currency account. Outbound remittance is allowed for Ethiopians not higher than USD three thousand (USD 3,000) for foreign exchange account holders and non-foreign exchange account holder Ethiopians for their family upon the provision of relevant documents. Authorized banks can enter into forward exchange transactions without any approval from the National Bank of Ethiopia. Without an approval letter from the National Bank of Ethiopia, foreign direct investment companies, embassies, international organizations including NGOs can open foreign exchange accounts at any authorized bank. The approval of external loans (both cash and in kind) and suppliers’ credit are allowed to be fully handled by Authorized banks in accordance with the foreign exchange directive requirements. Any exporter is allowed to get advance payment from any party as long as the parties (the sender and Ethiopian exporter) can reach an agreement that specifies, the sender is transferring the foreign exchange for advance payments and the exporter agreed to the terms and conditions, and that terms and conditions are presented to authorized bank. In addition, foreign currency receipts can be considered as an advance payment for the future export either (i) marked as “advance payment for future export or import” if the intention is to show the buyer or (ii) state the type of commodity to be exported or the invoice number or the contract number of the transaction, as the case may be, using the funds transferred in advance. Authorized banks are allowed to offer private external loan guarantees not exceeding 10 percent of their total capital. Authorized banks are allowed to pay foreign exchange not exceeding USD twenty thousand (USD 20,000) or other equivalent currencies, per case for medical and education services as an advance payment without visa and ticket requirements, based on foreign entity’s proof of letter and application of the customer. Investors who want to repatriate their dividends are entitled to remit net profit/dividend abroad on condition that the necessary documents in the directive are submitted to banks and commercial banks ensure that all the necessary documents are fulfilled as per the directive without requesting for NBE’s approval. To further enhance the working capital of the Independent Foreign Exchange Bureaus, the National bank of Ethiopia releases all Birr 30 million to those Independent Foreign Exchange Bureaus already operational for one year and above, and half of the security deposits (Birr 15 million) for those operational at least for six months. The cash holding limit of Independent Foreign Exchange Bureaus has been increased to 25 percent from the current 10 percent of their capital and any excess holding has to be sold to commercial banks. Forex bureaus including Independent Foreign Exchange Bureaus are allowed to provide cash foreign exchange sales for local payments such as Visa fees, immigration fees, license fees up on presentation of payment evidence. 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𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒' 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍/ 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓: “𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒” “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” (𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔) EGYPTIAN DISNFORMATION MACHINE (EDS) a/ka EGYPTIAN STATE INFORMATION SERVICE (ESIS) is back to its old dirty tricks. It has once again launched its usual demonization and disinformation campaign against Ethiopia, this time weaponizng the fake news outlet Reuters. On February 10, 2026, Reuters reported: “Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighbouring Sudan… Eight sources, including a senior Ethiopian government official, said the United Arab Emirates financed the camp’s construction and provided military trainers and logistical support to the site, a view also shared in an internal note by Ethiopia’s security services and in a diplomatic cable, reviewed by Reuters.” 𝐋𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲*𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” What a crock ***t! Why would a presumably respectable “news agency” that has been operating since 1851 publish information it cannot independently verify. Publishing unverified facts is gossip mongering. What is the difference between Reuters and the National Inquirer? The fact of the matter is that Reuters is a well-known fake news factory. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. It is a FACT that the UK Government in the 1960 and ‘70s secretly funded Reuters to spread disinformation against the Soviet Union in the Middle East and Latin America. Between 2018-2022, Reuters maintained a $9.15 million contract with the US Defense Department to develop “automated defenses against social engineering attacks” (manipulative tactics used by cybercriminals). 𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞“𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜! 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧(𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟. The Reuters modus operadi is as old as the hills. Reuters publishes its fake news which is systematically disseminated to the larger Western liberal fake news media. That fake news is picked up by dim-witted and feeble-minded politicians and others who declare moral outrage to give it additional legitimacy while spreading it to government policy circles. One benighted and shallow politician who has been duped by Reuters is Jim Risch, the republican chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅/𝐰𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞-𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞́ / 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: almariam.com/2022/05/05/sen… 𝐎𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, “I am concerned about reports of a UAE-linked training hub for genocidal RSF thugs in Ethiopia.” 𝐎𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, (𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝) Risch, with Senator Robert (Gold Bar Bob) Menendez, (convicted on bribery, extortion, fraud, and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt charges in 2024) introduced S Bill 3199 to “immediately suspend all security assistance being provided to the Government of Ethiopia” and undertake “coordinated multilateral sanctions.” In May 2021, Risch sponsored S.Res. 97 with the aim of restoring the TPLF terrorists to power by pretending to be concerned about “protecting human rights, allowing unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations.” So, we witness again history repeating itself. Egyptian intelligence manipulating and hiring a major fake news media factory and channeling information to corrupt American politicians who then pretend to champion the cause of African human rights and freedom. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” I wholeheartedly agree. Fake news Reuters is the enemy of the Ethiopian people. 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒' 𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐘 𝐀𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩-𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐨-𝐛𝐞-𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬(𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. It is a FACT that the Egyptian government supports the military dictatorship of Sudan’s strongman Abdel Fattah Burhan. Egypt proclaims to the world that it is an impartial mediator in the Sudanese civil war while arming the Burhan regime with weapons and combat drones and providing satellite targeting data. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 All Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia should remain alert and fight back against the coordinated demonization nd disinformation against Ethiopia. Maintain constant vigilance against the fake news Western media and fight back on social media by fact checking and exposing their lies. 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐒! 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! @cnnbrk, @nytimes, @TheEconomist, @WSJ, @Reuters, @TIME, @ndtv, @AP, @Telegraph, @Independent, @CBCNews, @RT_com, @CNBC, @SkyNews, @BBCBreaking, @SenateForeign, @RepChrisSmith

𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒' 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 / 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓: “𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒” “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” (𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔) EGYPTIAN DISNFORMATION MACHINE (EDS) a/ka EGYPTIAN STATE INFORMATION SERVICE (ESIS) is back to its old dirty tricks. It has once again launched its usual demonization and disinformation campaign against Ethiopia, this time weaponizng the fake news outlet Reuters. On February 10, 2026, Reuters reported: “Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighbouring Sudan… Eight sources, including a senior Ethiopian government official, said the United Arab Emirates financed the camp’s construction and provided military trainers and logistical support to the site, a view also shared in an internal note by Ethiopia’s security services and in a diplomatic cable, reviewed by Reuters.” 𝐋𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 *𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩.” What a crock ***t! Why would a presumably respectable “news agency” that has been operating since 1851 publish information it cannot independently verify. Publishing unverified facts is gossip mongering. What is the difference between Reuters and the National Inquirer? The fact of the matter is that Reuters is a well-known fake news factory. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. It is a FACT that the UK Government in the 1960 and ‘70s secretly funded Reuters to spread disinformation against the Soviet Union in the Middle East and Latin America. Between 2018-2022, Reuters maintained a $9.15 million contract with the US Defense Department to develop “automated defenses against social engineering attacks” (manipulative tactics used by cybercriminals). 𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜! 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟. The Reuters modus operadi is as old as the hills. Reuters publishes its fake news which is systematically disseminated to the larger Western liberal fake news media. That fake news is picked up by dim-witted and feeble-minded politicians and others who declare moral outrage to give it additional legitimacy while spreading it to government policy circles. One benighted and shallow politician who has been duped by Reuters is Jim Risch, the republican chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅/𝐰𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞-𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞́ / 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: almariam.com/2022/05/05/sen… 𝐎𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, “I am concerned about reports of a UAE-linked training hub for genocidal RSF thugs in Ethiopia.” 𝐎𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, (𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝) Risch, with Senator Robert (Gold Bar Bob) Menendez, (convicted on bribery, extortion, fraud, and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt charges in 2024) introduced S Bill 3199 to “immediately suspend all security assistance being provided to the Government of Ethiopia” and undertake “coordinated multilateral sanctions.” In May 2021, Risch sponsored S.Res. 97 with the aim of restoring the TPLF terrorists to power by pretending to be concerned about “protecting human rights, allowing unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations.” So, we witness again history repeating itself. Egyptian intelligence manipulating and hiring a major fake news media factory and channeling information to corrupt American politicians who then pretend to champion the cause of African human rights and freedom. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, “𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.” I wholeheartedly agree. Fake news Reuters is the enemy of the Ethiopian people. 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒' 𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐘 𝐀𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩-𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐨-𝐛𝐞-𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 (𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. It is a FACT that the Egyptian government supports the military dictatorship of Sudan’s strongman Abdel Fattah Burhan. Egypt proclaims to the world that it is an impartial mediator in the Sudanese civil war while arming the Burhan regime with weapons and combat drones and providing satellite targeting data. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 All Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia should remain alert and fight back against the coordinated demonization nd disinformation against Ethiopia. Maintain constant vigilance against the fake news Western media and fight back on social media by fact checking and exposing their lies. 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐒! 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @EliseStefanik @KristiNoem @PeteHegseth @TulsiGabbard @PamBondi @howardlutnick @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath

youtu.be/9C_lKlMM47Q Meet Ethiopia’s Defense Attorney የኢትዮጵያ ተከላካይ ጠበቃን ተዋወቁት በኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ሉዓላዊነት ምድረ ወሰን የባህር በር ግድብ ብልፅግና እና ክብር ፈፅሞ ሊኖር አይችልም ክርክር ለሌላ ማናቸዉም ነገር ዝግጁ ነን ለድርርድር ። ኢትዮጵያን እናርጋት እንደገና ገናና (ታላቅ) አውጥተናት ከድህነት ከልመና እራሳችንን አፅድተን ከስንፍና ኢትዮጵያን እናርጋት የአፍሪካ ቀስተ ደመና ። @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @SahleWorkZewde @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @BelgiumAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @EmbSpainAddis @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea #Somalia @MOFASomalia #Somalilanders @VOAsomali @theVillaSomalia #Djibouti #VisitEthiopia #BuyEthiopian #MadeInEthiopia #MeetInEthiopia #EatInEthiopia #InvestInEthiopia @EgyptPRNewYork @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk @AlHadath