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🔴A major blow to the Islamic Movement's army today in the Blue Nile region, where forces liberated the strategic city of Kurmuk by military force.

To Mr. Zemedeneh Negatu @Zemedeneh, Your interview on Gazette Plus is deeply misleading and compelled me to respond. I normally don’t respond to armchair theorists, but I thought you were better informed than that. Indeed, You are free to please a narrative. I am equally free to challenge misinformation. With all due respect, claiming that 🇩🇯’s #ports are « expensive and inefficient » is not serious economics, it is simply a convenient talking point detached from facts. After Ethiopia lost direct access to the sea, Djibouti did not merely provide an alternative. Djibouti built the entire logistics backbone that enabled #Ethiopia’s #economic #transformation. More importantly, how can anyone credibly argue that Djibouti’s port investments are « insufficient »or « inappropriate »when over $10 billion has been invested in world-class infrastructure, including: • Deep-sea ports • Specialized terminals • An electrified railway • Integrated logistics corridors This is not inefficiency. This is strategic infrastructures built at scale and serving not only Ethiopia, but global trade and regional integration. Let me be absolutely clear: Without Djibouti, Ethiopia’s transformation at this scale would not have been possible. Djibouti has been an indispensable pillar of Ethiopia’s industrialization journey. As for the recurring narrative about the « billions paid to Djibouti». I welcome a transparent, fact-based debate with open books and verifiable data. Be my guest. I speak not from theory, but from direct involvement as one of the contributors and witnesses to this exceptional 🇩🇯🇪🇹 partnership journey. And also a great friend and lover of Ethiopia. You may well find that an apology to Djibouti is in order. Djibouti is not a burden. Djibouti is and has been a #strategic #multiplier for Ethiopia. It is time to move beyond misleading narratives and return to facts.


To Mr. Zemedeneh Negatu @Zemedeneh, Your interview on Gazette Plus is deeply misleading and compelled me to respond. I normally don’t respond to armchair theorists, but I thought you were better informed than that. Indeed, You are free to please a narrative. I am equally free to challenge misinformation. With all due respect, claiming that 🇩🇯’s #ports are « expensive and inefficient » is not serious economics, it is simply a convenient talking point detached from facts. After Ethiopia lost direct access to the sea, Djibouti did not merely provide an alternative. Djibouti built the entire logistics backbone that enabled #Ethiopia’s #economic #transformation. More importantly, how can anyone credibly argue that Djibouti’s port investments are « insufficient »or « inappropriate »when over $10 billion has been invested in world-class infrastructure, including: • Deep-sea ports • Specialized terminals • An electrified railway • Integrated logistics corridors This is not inefficiency. This is strategic infrastructures built at scale and serving not only Ethiopia, but global trade and regional integration. Let me be absolutely clear: Without Djibouti, Ethiopia’s transformation at this scale would not have been possible. Djibouti has been an indispensable pillar of Ethiopia’s industrialization journey. As for the recurring narrative about the « billions paid to Djibouti». I welcome a transparent, fact-based debate with open books and verifiable data. Be my guest. I speak not from theory, but from direct involvement as one of the contributors and witnesses to this exceptional 🇩🇯🇪🇹 partnership journey. And also a great friend and lover of Ethiopia. You may well find that an apology to Djibouti is in order. Djibouti is not a burden. Djibouti is and has been a #strategic #multiplier for Ethiopia. It is time to move beyond misleading narratives and return to facts.



🇮🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iran just proved its missiles can reach far beyond the Middle East Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-UK military base sitting 4,000 kilometers away in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Neither hit the base, but the message landed harder than any warhead could. Tehran has always publicly claimed its missile range tops out at 2,000 km. This strike attempt doubles that number overnight. The Khorramshahr-4 that likely carried out the attack can also deliver cluster warheads, the same munitions that have been devastating Israeli cities for three weeks. Look at the map. A 4,000 km range from Tehran draws a circle that reaches Paris, London, and most of Europe. Every NATO capital that thought this war was a distant Middle Eastern problem just realized Iranian missiles could theoretically reach their doorstep. Source: @sentdefender WSJ

Nehiba Muhammed, Chairwoman of the Freedom party in #Ethiopia says, “regaining free access to the Red Sea is a matter of national survival”, adding, “my party will win upcoming elections and ensure the country becomes a seafaring nation again”. 🇪🇹 @DanielsonKassa1

Imagine this: you have no access to the sea at all, yet you establish a navy, hold promotion ceremonies, and even appoint vice admirals and other naval ranks. That’s Ethiopia’s virtual reality. addisstandard.com/endf-promotes-…





🇺🇸 The Economist tried to catch Tucker out with a gotcha moment...bad move. Outclassed and outmaneuvered. Source: The Economist



🇪🇷🕌 Eid Mubarak!







