Rasmus Sonderriis (@rsonderriis) 's Twitter Profile
Rasmus Sonderriis

@rsonderriis

Correspondent in Ethiopia (2004-05, 2012-17, and 2021-onwards, ባማርኛ እሞክራለሁ) and in Latin America (esp. Chile) since 1988.

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Habtex (@selamabyssinia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rasmus Sonderriis Thank you Rasmus Sonderriis for telling the TRUTH and NOT just picking a side. If the Amhara Genocide, is happening, then it's at the hands of the Jawisas, the just KIDNAPPED 19 teachers for daring to teach Amhara Students

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As TPLF marks 50 yrs as an ethno-secessionist group, Tigrayans should weigh its costly legacy—war, division, dictatorship. All other ethno-nationalists in Ethiopia must reflect too. With TPLF eyeing more war after 3 bloody rounds (74-91, 98-00, 20-22), it’s got nothing to

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Dawit Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 You are a great example of what I am saying. You disguise the Fano militia's supremacist ideology and brutality in pursuit of power in human-rights rhetoric. You fail to mention that Fano is abducting and killing its own Amhara people, not least officials of the elected Amhara

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Dawit Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 Since you ask, of course, carnage in Ethiopia saddens and disgusts me. Exactly the same applies to what goes on in Amhara and Oromia today as in the war with the TPLF: 💢All loss of human life is tragic. 💢Violations of international humanitarian law should be condemned.

Bisrat Lemessa Kabeta (@bisratlkabeta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mesenbet Assefa Mesenbet, I understand your point. These are facts, & I highlighted the positive ones. I’m not suggesting everything is perfect. However, I don’t doubt that there is a reformist leadership in the government, though many officials & practices still lag behind & need change. In my

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Mohamed Kheir Omer Your writing is good, but let me give you some well-meaning advice to boost your career: Focus on fantasy fiction! This is the best genre to make up your own facts without even indicating a source. Sorry, I don't mean to be snide, but only to make the most of your amazing

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Rasmus Sonderriis No, it's impossible. What was a small Amharic empire of Gondar in 1880s conquest of massive lands in all directions & forcefully imposing Amharic identity on other people does not create an organic & harmonious nation state. That's why there's not a single year in history

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The high-ranking military leaders who played pivotal roles in the Battle of Adwa and the armies they commanded. A brief thread🧵 King Menelik II(Amhara): Commanded 25,000 rifles 3,000 cavalry and 32 artillery guns. Ras Mikael Ali(Oromo): Commanded 6,000 rifles & 5,000 cavalry.

The high-ranking military leaders who played pivotal roles in the Battle of Adwa and the armies they commanded. A brief thread🧵

King Menelik II(Amhara): Commanded 25,000 rifles 3,000 cavalry and 32 artillery guns.

Ras Mikael Ali(Oromo): Commanded 6,000 rifles & 5,000 cavalry.
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Ciham’s Uncle Well, Ethiopia was generous in giving its consent in 1993, which was what enabled international recognition. The tacit MINIMUM quid pro quo was good diplomatic relations, integrated economies, unhindered movement for the Afar people who were involuntarily divided into two

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For the long-suffering Tigrayan people, this development is, first and foremost, terrifying, unjust, and despairing. But, in addition, it must also be rather eye-opening. The people who led them into a two-year war against the Ethiopian unitary state conjured up so many

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The chairman of AEPAC may be a little bit shy and roundabout in declaring his support for the brutal ethnonationalist Fano militia, but he is quite open in disowning the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. Let him try to lobby for that isolated viewpoint in DC!

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Three years ago, this person blindly believed everything Debretsion said. No longer. Congrats on this important step in opening his eyes to reality. May his next step be to also question what he was told by CNN and a string of other supposedly respectable voices.

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Here is a brief explanation of the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopa's Tigray Region for people without much knowledge of the context. Western diplomacy has issued a statement (see below) that waxes pacifist with bothsidesism. A long list of rich countries offer their help to

Here is a brief explanation of the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopa's Tigray Region for people without much knowledge of the context.

Western diplomacy has issued a statement (see below) that waxes pacifist with bothsidesism. A long list of rich countries offer their help to
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If they fool you once, shame mainly on them but also on you. If they fool you twice, shame mainly on you but also on them. #DisarmTPLF

Bisrat Lemessa Kabeta (@bisratlkabeta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ENDF's report yesterday that it neutralized a renewed operation by "Amhara Fano" militants, oddly coordinated by the TPLF general Migbey Hailey, reveals the serious threat to the Pretoria Agreement & the fragile regional stability it has helped sustain. In my opinion, the