Asqual ተፈሪ። 🟩🟨🟥

@HOAAffairs Thank you so much 😊

Dear Asqual: With deepest sympathy, I share in your loss. W/ro. Abebech’s life was a testament to grace, dignity, and quiet nobility, a legacy that will continue to speak beyond her time. @AsqualTT

Tsedale Lemma of Addis Standard is not a journalist, she is a hardcore Oromumma operative, a propagandist whose deep-seated hatred for Amhara and Eritrea knows no bounds. For years, she has thrived on distorting reality, fabricating narratives that serve the Oromumma cabal, and whitewashing the ongoing Amhara genocide while demonizing Eritrea at every turn. Now that USAID’s coffers are running dry and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is cutting back, her funding is increasingly reliant on the Oromumma regime in Addis, ensuring her continued role as a mouthpiece for ethnic fascism. Her latest fixation on the fabricated claim of Eritrean troop presence in Ethiopia is nothing more than a desperate attempt to manufacture an excuse for Abiy’s delusional quest for sea access. This baseless disinformation campaign is designed to deflect attention from the real crises: the genocidal war against the Amhara, the economic collapse, and the total failure of governance under Abiy Ahmed. But no amount of spin will erase the blood on their hands: the world is watching. @hadnetkeleta @NeaminZeleke @Almaz_lovely @Sharronyemane @AdonisLo @nytimes @SecRubio @SFRCdems

@HOAAffairs @EmishawEskedar @YilmaYada @NevarroNative እናመሰግናለን ወንድማችን።

ይመካከራሉ ለብቻ ለብቻ ከወንድሙም ቆርቧል መች ከሚስቱ ብቻ A truly remarkable interview that offers a rare and unfiltered perspective. It is well worth watching to fully grasp the essence of the poem above in Amharic. @EmishawEskedar @YilmaYada @NevarroNative @Hohe421 አባትዎ ሲገደሉ እርሶ የት ነበሩ? ደረጀ ኃይሌ ከልዑል አስፋወሰን አሥራተ ጋር | ጀርመን | ክፍል 1|#በነገራችን... youtu.be/9lWlFQ5UFno?si… via @YouTube

A brief yet deeply revealing moment. As His Highness Prince Asfa Wossen greets the journalist with a gentle bow, and later explains it as an act of reverence owed to another human being, one is reminded that true nobility is not merely inherited but practiced. Rooted in the timeless Amhara tradition of wax and gold, where layered meaning, dignity, and moral order are deeply esteemed, such gestures reflect a civilizational ethic shaped over centuries and embodied in the epic narratives of the Kebra Nagast. Having been formed within that world, His Highness carries forward a tradition in which hierarchy is not divorced from humility, and respect is both instinctive and cultivated. The gesture itself carries a quiet philosophical weight, echoing a moral tradition in which the dignity of the person is recognized as an end in itself, not a means. That he situates this instinct both within Ethiopian custom and his lived experience in Germany makes it all the more compelling, a meeting of cultures anchored in a shared ethic of respect. It is a small moment, but one that speaks volumes about character, humility, and the enduring power of civility. @AsqualTT @YilmaYada @EmishawEskedar @NevarroNative @DuchessOfGonder @jeffpropulsion @berhanenega @NeaminZeleke @Amharaawakening @Enoochhe @Eliasyemariam

@FanoRising Ethiopia the oldest non colonized Country

The part that where she spoke about Emperor Haileselase 🤌 Raised well ‼️

Deeply inspired by the history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Canada as shared by Mr. Abel Admasu, whose leadership and commitment to preserving this journey are truly remarkable. The late Wozero Abebech’s profound dedication reflects the enduring strength of Ethiopian women, the true pillars of our society. Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, stands as a sacred and enduring presence in the spiritual life of our Church and community. The Ethiopian national flag, a symbol of both the Church’s historic unity and the broader ideals of Pan Africanism, remains a powerful source of pride and collective identity. This story beautifully illustrates how the Church continues to serve as a vital spiritual and social anchor for the Ethiopian diaspora. I am also deeply grateful to Eskedar for her continued work documenting and sharing this powerful legacy, enriching the life of the Ethiopian community in the greater Toronto area, across Canada, and for audiences in Ethiopia and around the world. @EmishawEskedar @ECNAS_CA ክፍል አንድ፡ በካናዳ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስትያን የአርባ አመት ጉዞ! youtu.be/ig8Cok9MTWk?si… via @YouTube

Atlanta follows suit of Londoners in honoring Adwa victory with uplifting vibes. So beautiful. May these traditions go on year after year. ADWA130💚💛❤️🦅 x.com/abat_hager1260…

⚠️WAR CRIMES IN ETHIOPIA @_AfricanUnion can't claim Continental leadership while #WarOnAmhara wedged by a genocidal regime falls at its doorstep and is met with silence. When civilians are killed institutions say nothing, that SILENCE becomes part of the crisis #AmharaGenocide

ዶ/ር ሰናይት "ሚና አይኖረኝም" ያልኩት በስህተት ተተርጉሞብኛል ብላለች። በዚሁ መልኩ ተስተካክሎ ይነበብ👇🏽

➡️ #PRESSRELEASE As a member of The Collaborative Amhara Association Summit (CAAS), Amhara Association of Los Angeles commends the unified formation of The Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM). #Amhara #Ethiopia #WarOnAmhara #AmharaGenocide

Coherence After Attrition: Amhara Unity and the Burden of History in the Horn of Africa January 17, 2026 January 17, 2026 marks a consequential moment in Ethiopia’s contemporary history. On this day, the two principal Amhara Fano factions formally came together and established a unified organization, the Amhara Fano National Movement. This convergence followed years of fragmentation produced not by ideological division but by survival under sustained pressure. It represents a transition from dispersion toward coherence and signals the opening of a far more demanding historical phase in which unity carries responsibility rather than relief. The current moment cannot be reduced to the last three or four years alone. The Amhara have long occupied a central role in the political history of the Horn of Africa, serving as the principal architects of state institutions, imperial administration, and collective defense across centuries. That foundational role made the Amhara an anchor of political order not only in Ethiopia but in the wider region, and one of the most consequential state-building populations in the history of sub-Saharan Africa. It also rendered them uniquely vulnerable when governance shifted from civic responsibility to ethnic exclusion. Persecution did not begin recently. It was institutionalized decades ago with the rise of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, whose capture of the state after 1991 entrenched an ethnicized constitutional order that recast the Amhara from builders of the polity into structural outsiders within it. Federal boundaries, administrative authority, and political legitimacy were reorganized in ways that normalized marginalization, territorial dispossession, and demographic erosion. The assumption of power by Abiy Ahmed Ali in 2018 did not reverse this trajectory. It has intensified it. Emerging from within the political architecture shaped by the TPLF, Abiy inherited and weaponized its constitutional logic while presenting himself as its reformist alternative. Under his rule, long-standing structural marginalization entered its most violent and explicit phase. Mass killings, drone strikes, forced displacement, and the erosion of all remaining protections transformed institutional exclusion into open physical annihilation. The most serious and bloody period of persecution unfolded after 2018, but it did so on foundations laid much earlier. The present crisis is best understood as the culmination of a prolonged political project rather than a sudden rupture. Within this historical continuum, the emergence of Fano must be understood as defensive rather than insurgent. It arose not as a project of conquest or secession, but as a localized response to existential threat in a region defined by vast highland massifs, escarpments, rivers, and dense kinship networks that resist centralized command imposed from afar. Early fragmentation reflected the decentralized logic of survival rather than political incoherence. The formation of the Amhara Fano National Movement therefore marks a deliberate shift from necessity-driven dispersion toward strategic coherence, an effort to translate survival into collective purpose. History offers little tolerance for unity that remains rhetorical. The period immediately following consolidation is often the most perilous, as expectations outpace institutional capacity and external pressure intensifies. Unity must therefore be matched by discipline, ethical clarity, and strategic patience. For a people whose historical role has been inseparable from the maintenance of political order in the Horn of Africa, responsibility does not end with resistance. It begins with the hard work of governance, restraint, and institutional credibility. This moment now extends beyond Ethiopia’s borders. The single greatest source of instability and disorder in the Horn of Africa is no longer merely domestic fragmentation but the continued rule of Abiy Ahmed Ali, whose governance has increasingly functioned as a destabilizing node across the region. His regime has aligned itself as a proxy within broader external power contests, including deep entanglements with the United Arab Emirates, while simultaneously enabling and facilitating atrocities beyond Ethiopia’s borders, most notably through complicity in the genocide unfolding in Sudan. What presents itself as statecraft has in practice become the export of chaos, the normalization of violence, and the steady erosion of regional norms. This destabilizing pattern is compounded by belligerent and reckless rhetoric directed at neighboring states, including Eritrea, whose decisive intervention was instrumental in preventing the collapse of his own regime, as well as Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti, all of which have been subjected to expansionist language that revives irredentist anxieties rather than cooperative regionalism. Such conduct has transformed Ethiopia from a historical anchor of regional equilibrium into a source of persistent insecurity, antagonizing nearly every state in the Horn of Africa and substituting diplomacy with provocation. The cumulative effect is a region increasingly organized around containment rather than cooperation, a condition incompatible with peace, stability, or collective prosperity. For this reason, the formation of the Amhara Fano National Movement carries significance not only for Ethiopians but for all peace-loving states, polities, and peoples of the Horn of Africa. Stability in the region cannot be achieved through accommodation of a regime that thrives on fragmentation and external sponsorship. It requires coordinated political, diplomatic, and moral collaboration with forces committed to restoring accountability, dismantling systems of proxy warfare, and ending a cycle in which civilian lives are treated as expendable instruments of rule. The responsibility borne by the Amhara today is therefore not parochial. It is regional in scope and historical in weight. January 17, 2026 will be remembered not for the declaration itself, but for what followed. The formation of the Amhara Fano National Movement opens a chapter defined by coherence after attrition. The road ahead will be long, exacting, and costly. But for the first time in years, it begins with unity anchored in history rather than illusion. That alone makes this day historic. @AfricanUnionUN @UN @AP @BBCAfrica

@HOAAffairs Brilliant 👏

3) Bottom line: the letter is a signal, not a settlement. In Nile politics, signals can shift power, but I believe a law still requires African-led, negotiated solutions.

The ltr by Donald Trump on the #Nile dispute is not legally binding, but sends an important political signal. Its language supports int’l law of fair & shared use of the #Nile, weakens claims of exclusive “historic rights” indirectly reinforcing Ethiopia’s position on the #GERD

2) At the same time, the letter favors renewed external mediation, which risks skipping #AfricanUnion led solutions. Proposals on monitoring and water guarantees raise expectations without legal authority, while energy cooperation remains voluntary!

Dec 1st Amhara Association of Los Angeles, WAAA, #Ethiopian #Orthodox #Christians of the DMV area @PeterObiUSA & Nigerian Americans partnered at #capitolhill to stand against the #Christian #Genocide happening in #Nigeria Stop #AmharaGenocide #WarOnAmhara @NICKIMINAJ @Sean_ADFIntl @AsstSecStateAF @RepBrianMast @MikeArnoldTruth @chiproytx @michaelgwaltz @BishopBarron @MarioDB @Robert_Aderholt @CongAderholt @RepRileyMoore @TomColeOK04 @POTUS

Professor Sarah Vaughan’s intervention on @AJHeadtoHead @AlJazeeraWorld cannot be understood outside the ecosystem the #TPLF cultivated for three decades, an ecosystem that selectively funded researchers, consultants, and policy analysts who would normalize its political architecture and territorial claims. Vaughan, who worked in Ethiopia as a consultant during the Zenawi era, emerged from that orbit of scholars whose frameworks were shaped by the TPLF’s narrative infrastructure. This is why she can refer to “Western Tigray” with a straight face, even though the area in question is historically and administratively North-Western Gondar, violently annexed in the early 1980s during the TPLF’s insurgency, accompanied by mass expulsions and the erasure of Amhara communities. The problem is not her credentials; it is the intellectual capture that occurred when the TPLF embedded itself among Western academic gatekeepers, creating a generation of experts who reproduce its cartographies as if they were neutral fact. Her question on Al Jazeera was not accidental but the predictable echo of a narrative engineered to legitimize territorial conquest under the guise of federal “restructuring.” @EdinburghUni @UoGondar @Wudasema @DuchessOfGonder @jeffpropulsion @ShebaPushStart @JemalCountess @mehdirhasan