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History of Eritrea🇪🇷ታሪኽ ኤርትራ.تاريخ إريتريا@Erihistory

The Red Sea Myth: A Symbol of Fabricated Splendor and insatiable Geopolitical Hunger. Ethiopia never had a lawful sovereign titles to Eritrean Red Sea coast. Abyssinia had a turbulent history as a fragmented, landlocked highland polity confined in the Plateau, roughly encompassing modern-day northern Ethiopia (Shewa, Tigray, Amhara, and parts of Gojjam). At its core, it was a feudal system riddled with overlapping claims to power—absolute monarchies in theory, but in practice a patchwork of rival emperors and regional warlords vying for dominance. This "quasi-state" dynamic fueled internal chaos but also birthed an enduring imperial ambition. Menelik of Shewa (later Emperor Menelik II, r. 1889–1913) transformed this obsession into action, but southward and eastward, not directly to the sea. As a regional king in the 1870s–1880s, he navigated the "Zemene Mesafint" (Era of Princes), outmaneuvering rivals like Tekle Giyorgis II and Gojjam's Tekle Haymanot. By 1889, after Yohannes's death, Menelik consolidated the throne and launched expansion campaigns, roughly doubling Abyssinia's territory from ~350,000 km² to over 1 million km² by 1900. These weren't noble conquests—they were genocidal land grabs. Menelik's armies subjugated 25+ polities: including. Kaffa and Oromo kingdoms in the south (e.g., Jimma, Wollega), Sidama chiefdoms, and Somali-Afar groups in the east. Tactics included scorched-earth raids, mass executions, and *gult* land grants to loyalists, displacing indigenous populations. Estimates of deaths range from 500,000–2 million (from famine, battles, and forced marches), per historians like Bahru Zewde. Enslavement was systemic: captives were marched to highland markets or exported via the Red Sea, funding further wars. This built modern Ethiopia but sowed ethnic resentments that echo today. According to the Anti-Slavery Society statistics, Ethiopia's population hovered at 8–14 million, making 2 million slaves (15–25%). Slavery wasn't peripheral; it was the empire's engine. Menelik's wars swelled the trade: Oromo, Gurage, and Somali captives were herded to Addis Ababa or Gondar markets, branded, and sold to Arabia or local nobles. Outlawing it in 1942 (under Allied pressure during WWII) was performative—enforcement lagged until the 1950s. This history undercuts romanticized views of Abyssinia as Africa's uncolonized beacon; it was a slaveholding empire, rivaling the Americas in scale relative to population. For Ethiopia, the Red Sea is a psychological and strategic fixation, rooted in ancient lore, and the myth stems from Ethiopia's self-image as heir to the biblical empires embedding a divine mandate for maritime dominion. By the 19th century, Abyssinia had been landlocked for centuries. Despite these undeniable facts and harsh realities on the ground, Ethiopia's leaders and elites appear determined to embark on a march of follies.

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@wedebbat·
@eri_blooming @Tihgi3 Ya’ll all here excited about few exceptions who did it against all odds. 😂. Sawa is a destructive post independence addition to our way of life which spanned for centuries.
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Eri_Blooming ,🇪🇷@eri_blooming·
1996 #Norway Cup, Ronaldinho’s #Brazil suffered a shocking 0-8 defeat to #Eritrea’s May Temenay in the semi-final.The story became even more historic when two Eritrean teams met in the final, with Maytemenay beating Mendefera to lift the trophy. Eritrea's football is back
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@wedebbat·
@saayEritrea So they just crossed the Gumuz region in Ethiopia and took over the city? I don’t know why PP is piling over more enemies by the day and bring the war all the way from west Sudan to its borders?
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@wedebbat·
@RobelYeshitla 😹😹😹😹,,,You gotta love Djiboutians
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Robel@RobelYeshitla·
Ilyas M. Dawaleh@Ilyasdawaleh

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.

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@wedebbat·
@ZecariasG As an Eritrean, I might not like previous Ethiopian government: Janhoi, Mengistu, Meles, Hailemariam. This government is an absolute chaos and don’t know what they’re doing! I guess we are lucky?😃
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PP are so inelegant they even made Djibouti interject.
Ilyas M. Dawaleh@Ilyasdawaleh

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.

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@wedebbat·
@EritreaNay And PFDJ were bitching about Nadew and Afabet and the man who successfully executed the operation is rotting in Germany! Sad Eritrean reality.
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Nay ERITREA@EritreaNay·
መን ከም መስፍን ሓጎስ?
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@wedebbat·
@piersmorgan My prayer is for Iran to develop a nuclear bomb as soon as possible!
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@wedebbat·
@saayEritrea They would filed a claim to some international court or UNSC or somewhere if they had a credible case long time ago. NADA
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Ciham’s Uncle
Ciham’s Uncle@saayEritrea·
Does international law care that TPLF did not retain Assab as a port for Ethiopia in 1993 (assuming it could have)? NO. Does international law say it is illegal to make Big Countries landlocked? NO. Can Ethiopia use UNCLOS Part X as a treaty right? NO. Ethiopia did not ratify UNCLOS. Does customary law grant Ethiopia an automatic right to its own coastline or to another state’s territory? NO. Turning a political grievance into a supposed legal rule is rhetoric, not law. This is why not a single Ethiopian has been able to cite law to make their case. Just threats, intimidations against the one country in Africa where that would never work: Eritrea.
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@wedebbat·
@saayEritrea Eritrea never signed and ratified UNCLOS
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Jawar Mohammed@Jawar_Mohammed·
While global attention is fixated on the war in the Middle East, and some of us are focused on Ramadan, here are some less-reported yet significant developments in Ethiopia. • You might recall that the federal government moved much of its military to the northern theater with the aim of “neutralizing” the Tigray/Eritrea threat. Yet, the war has not broken out, primarily due to the outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. However, claims by some diplomats that the army has been withdrawn from the Tigray border and redeployed to Amhara are not accurate. The army remains positioned along the Tigray and Eritrea borders (Afar and Humera). Field commanders have been instructed to maintain battle readiness to launch offensive as soon as the Middle East situation clears. In the mean time, the prolonged reduction of ENDF deployment in Oromia and Amhara is being effectively exploited by rebel movements in both regions. • Fano has delivered severe blows to regime forces in Amhara, overrunning several towns in Gonder, capturing hundreds of regional paramilitary personnel, militia members, and civilian government administrators. Several senior commanders of the former regional special police force are among those killed. Much of Gondar has fallen under Fano control. Fano’s latest campaign is significant for two reasons: a) Despite the regional security office training and deploying over 100,000 paratroopers and militia to fill the vacuum left by the ENDF’s departure, Fano has managed to overrun these forces, killing a number of reputed senior commanders. This suggests either a serious lack of motivation or significant infiltration of government forces by Fano. In short, it appears much of the regional security forces’ loyalty may not lie with the government but rather with the rebels. b) The campaign clearly signals continued expansion of the battlefield further south, rather than toward Tigray/Eritrea as envisioned by Abiy Ahmed. In related news, senior leaders of the Amhara Prosperity Party, including the Deputy Prime Minister, are reportedly planning to stand for election in the regional capital, Bahir Dar, rather than in their traditional rural constituencies where they previously contested elections. - In Oromia, the OLA has also continued attacks against regional security militia forces deployed to fill the vacuum left by the ENDF, forcing the government to resort to intensified air bombardments using drones and helicopter gunships. Notably, these airstrikes are being carried out within a 100 km radius of the capital, particularly in East Shewa and North Shewa zones. For instance, as many as 30 air attacks have been conducted in Adami Tulu woreda of East Shewa in the past week alone. What prompted Abiy barrage of air attack? Over the last year, the OLA has been moving much of its fighters and battle tested commanders from Western and Southern provinces to Shewa and Arsi zones, silently strengthening its position in the strategic central Oromia. Thus, they are not only taking full advantage of vacuum left by ENDF to rout regional security forces, but also fortifying their positions in central Oromia not to be dislodged even when ENDF return in full force to Central region. The government wants to prevent such fortification but air bombardment without being reinforced with ground operation might not be sufficient deterrence. The two rebel movements’ continued success in overpowering regional security forces in Amhara and Oromia will force the federal government to make a choice regarding the planned war against Tigray/Eritrea: either redeploy the ENDF back to the two regions to contain the rebels, or proceed with launching the offensive against Tigray/Eritrea in the hope of a quick victory. As the Middle East war prolongs, waiting further for its outcome may no longer be an option.
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@wedebbat·
@ZecariasG I guess he is coming good since he left Fox News? 😄
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David Yeh
David Yeh@Yehdavid·
@wedebbat @biniamb Aboy Afwerki is from Tembien and his Momma Adhanet is from Yeha, isn’t a fact, it’s just the pure rumor you grabbed to fit your storyline. Ancestry isn’t evidence, & repeating it won’t magically make it true. If you want to argue politics, stick to reality, not genealogy gossip.
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@wedebbat·
@Yehdavid @biniamb Fact that his dad is from Tembien and his mom is from Yeha?
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David Yeh
David Yeh@Yehdavid·
@wedebbat @biniamb You’re not describing history, you’re writing your own propaganda. Real historians don’t copy your tribal fan fiction or label entire communities as Askaris because you’re emotional. If you want credibility, bring facts not 100 year predictions based on imagination. Wedigorebet.
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@wedebbat·
@Yehdavid @biniamb Not blaming just stating the fact here. 100 years from now history books will present it as it is! “Isaias a brutal dictator from Tembien put his headquarters in adi-halo as fellow Tembian Alula did in Adi-Gebray” - and that will put deqebat as “Askaris”- sadly!
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David Yeh
David Yeh@Yehdavid·
@wedebbat @biniamb Every house is a prison is just a slogan, not a fact. Turning a whole nation into your metaphor doesn’t make your argument smarter. If you want to talk policy, bring evidence. If you want to blame random regions and ancestors, that’s your own confusion talking, not reality.
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@wedebbat·
@Yehdavid @biniamb Well, that’s a reasonable number, but the fact is every house is a prison in Eritrea! The question is why did the dude from Tembien create a prison state? And why Deqebat allowed it!
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David Yeh@Yehdavid·
@wedebbat @biniamb Having 360 prisoners doesn’t magically prove your fantasy about secret dungeons. That’s not evidence, it’s just you stretching numbers to fit a story you already decided to believe. If you want to be taken seriously, bring facts not guesses dressed up as truth.🤣
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@wedebbat·
@Yehdavid @biniamb Well , with more than 360 prisoners in our tiny country, I can say that am not that far from the truth, no?😂
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David Yeh
David Yeh@Yehdavid·
@wedebbat @biniamb @wedebbat , weak; you don’t get to turn your imagination into probability. Throwing out wild accusations about dungeons under mosques isn’t analysis, it’s desperation. It’s funny just another rumor recycled to provoke outrage. Serious people don’t build arguments on fantasies.
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@wedebbat·
@saayEritrea Exactly. Anyway it seems the whole country is in a full blown psychosis .
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Ciham’s Uncle
Ciham’s Uncle@saayEritrea·
The Ethiopian Edition of ንሕና ንሱ All ultranationalists look silly to everybody else but their mirrors.
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