It’s a real shame because before this conflict Ethiopia was one of the fastest developing countries in the world. This has definitely shattered their progress
@Random Guy maybe, their government can be very untrustworthy, but the development happening in Ethiopia couldn’t go unnoticed. Addis Ababa and other cities look modern and life was improving, albeit slowly but surely Now that is all being reversed due to pointless conflict
I'd like to warmly thank the tldr team for keeping us updated on ethiopia news, i've been researching on this conflict for a while now and i firstly stumbled upon your channel while searching news about the conflict. Please keep us informed about any news, you are offering voice to many people who don't have the possibility to speak up for themselves
I've grown up in Djibouti (the small neighboring country on the coast), my parents were doing development and humanitarian aid there... hearing from this conflict and seeing just how little attention it gets breaks my heart everyday. The history of East Africa is such a fascinating yet tragic one, so much potential and effort destroyed by pointless wars.
@@ogolow570 It will make far more money when 4 or more countries (ethnic regions of collapsed Ethiopia) use it's ports. Imagine taxing a bunch of countries that will be desperate and will settle for higher rates of import and border taxes. The answer is clear for Djibouti.
@@kurobeard9467 Actually you're wrong. If ethiopia was not in a civil war. It would be growing economically, meaning importing and exporting more goods through djibouti. But now less goods will pass through djibouti(since due to the war the economy and foreign exchange of ethiopia hasn't been doing well) and ethiopia is looking at eritrea and somalia(somaliland) for their ports.
@@kurobeard9467 Also even if ethiopia broke into many nations, only 2 regions would use djibouti ports(afar and somali but somali would most likely use somaliland ports). And then as for the others they would use ports closer to them. For northern regions it would be eritrea and Sudan, and Southern regions would be Kenya. So I'm sure you can see that this would be very bad for djibouti
For just a moment, I really thought you were about to say: "... Things we could never show you in this video. Things like decapitations and public beatings.... Which is why we set up a new streaming service called Nebula!"
Most media dont care because most people dont care anymore. You are probably young, because we “collected bottlecaps for Africa“ right from 90s when we had revolution. It was “distance adoption“ - you chose kid from picture and donated money, it was collecting of bottlecaps - you collected bottlecaps from certain brands and they (supposedly) send money to some African charity. And so on and so on. I think its Africans time to take care of themselves, we hear only insults for it over here (locals will show probably more appriciation).
do you know any good resources for learning about african affairs and current events, preferably from african sources? i feel like i dont know nearly enough about anything going on in africa
@@burningphoenix6679 The TPLF started the conflict, to begin with. No side is innocent, there is no good or bad guy. The TPLF and ENDF have both committed atrocities against each other. Ethiopia starving the Tigray people is horrible, but that doesn't mean that they are the bad guys. The TPLF has also done horrible things. The world isn't black and white, everything is a shade of gray, and it is important to realize that BOTH SIDES have to work together to stop this war. Also, I don't think Tigray should secede. Tigray and its people are an important part of Ethiopia's history, with the Ge'ez, a language spoken by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, being most closely related to Tigrinya. The Aksumite Empire, the ancestor of Ethiopia, was centered around Tigray and it was the TPLF was the one to lead the rebellion against the Communist regime. This war started because Abiy wanted all four parties in the EPRDF, led by the TPLF and divided by ethnic groups, to together into one party that wasn't based on ethnicity, and the TPLF, being powerful in the EPRDF, then started this war to keep onto power. This war isn't really about the self-determination of the Tigray people, this war is about the TPLF exploiting ethnic divides in the country to try to hold on to power. Doesn't this justify the ENDF's actions, of course not, but it does show that the TPLF isn't innocent and that they are as responsible for their crimes as Ethiopia's government's action. This is a both sides thing.
as an Ethiopian id say you've got most of your facts right but i think that an important aspect of this conflict is being left out and its that things are much more complicated , the OLA isn't really representative of the oromo and neither are the TPLF a representative of tigrayans most people on both sides would be happy to just let things slide but due to these armed groups being backed up by political parties who are more concerned with power than the security of the people they allegedly represent the people.
I'm currently researching for a paper on the civil war in Ethiopia, and I think it's important to mention the implications of Abiy Ahmed pursuing a more centralizing approach to government as opposed to more regional autonomy. In Ethiopia, that issue has become in many ways something like gun rights or abortion in the US, highly divisive and rach side being supported by particular groups. The Tigrayans and Oromo support decentralization, while the Amhara support centralization. So many Oromo see Abiy wanting to centralize the government as a betrayal and now see him as politically no different than an Amharan even though he is ethnically Oromo
It's a confusing political meandering Same stuff you see from the thr middle east The way we all see it of course is just the Americans playing politics with China China is close with ethiopia and Ethiopia wants to build the blue Nile Dam which Egypt would never allow. Egypt is a country supported by the west and the leader is a military dictator in the pocket of Israel and America They would never want see the political bubble they've created in the moddle east to be shattered by the ethiopians.
@@maddogbasil Interesting conspiracy theory but not everything in the world is connected or is the result of the "Jewish world conspiracy". Couldnt it also just be that Abiy Ahmed wanted to accelerate the economic development and regional integration of his country by increasing centralization which destabilized the delicate web of truces, alliances and animosities between different ethnic groups represented in Ethiopian politics? Ethiopia has always been an ethnically diverse and politically decentralized state where local ethnic minorities resisted centralization attempts by the government for centuries. He probably underestimated the other regional groups ability/willingness to put up a fight or overestimated his own ability to quell the rebellion either way the whole plan backfired spectacularly and now his country is in a far worse state than before.
@@antonk.2748 My bad I shouldn't have mentioned israel. I know theirs that whole thing with the jews that's still up in the air. Regardless America is still the largest power broker in the middle east ( even if it is waning slightly with other fights happening else where) It's not strange to see colour revolutions in this age. Their pretty common, we're watching it happen live right under our noses Myanmar, Ethiopia, arab spring, african dictators, communists uprisings, liberal revolutions. You know all the good stuff. Now I wouldn't have believed this so easily if what happened in khazakastan didn't make me take 2 steps back in shock, surprise, understanding and acknowledgement. Colored revolutions have been practiced to a T, their isn't third world nation on this earth the Americans can't over throw. We saw in khazakastan in 12 hours a group of untrained ordinary civilians, who had earlier been complaining about gas prices suddenly rising, all of a sudden breaking into a revolution. Think about it, ordinary civilians out gunned and pushed back the national guard of khazakastan and in several hours, satellite connections, Power outtage, airports suddenly closed down. The khazak president trapped in his house calling for russian aid. It was a textbook CL and a really fast and efficient one too. Again this is all up their on the internet just Google it if you don't believe me.
Some people have suggested that Balkanizing Ethiopia would be a bad idea...honestly, it should've been done long ago, when the country had a much smaller population, which would've reduced the loss of life any such partition would inevitably bring. Unlike some countries in Africa, the regions correspond pretty well to ethnic groups (with the exception of the Southwest, which is a catch-all region for the tiny tribes). Partition into separate states would probably be better in the long run, as it would prevent Ethiopia from having repeated civil wars which stunt its development. Unlike some parts of Africa, the main Ethiopian ethnic groups clearly have a strong sense of ethnonational identity. Some people have suggested that creating a bunch of new "tiny landlocked nations" in East Africa would be a terrible idea. But Ethiopia is much larger than people realize. The Amhara region alone is larger in area than England, and with a population of 32 million (91% Amhara), it is more populous than most European countries! Similarly, Tigray is similar in size to Belgium, and has a population of five million, equivalent to a smaller European country like Ireland. Oromia has 35 million people (slightly smaller than Poland) in 136,000 square miles (the same size as Germany). The eastern half of Oromia is Muslim, while the western half is mainly Christian, but even if you broke Oromia into two pieces, these would by no means be small countries. Balkanizing Ethiopia would in the long run create better conditions of peaceful economic development within the newly created ethnic nations by removing one of the central pillars of Ethiopia's instability, although there is no guarantee these new states would actually develop. The main issues with this plan are threefold: 1. The mass-casualty war that it would take to realistically achieve this, which would basically pit the Amhara against everyone else. 2. Ethnic enclaves, i.e. Addis Ababa is largely Amhara despite being deep within Oromo territory (city-state?) 3. The precedent this would set for the rest of Africa, since the Balkanization of Ethiopia would allow any large ethnic group in Africa to try and carve out its own state through war. Dismantling colonial borders might be better for the continent's growth and stability in the long run, but the bloodshed and loss of human life needed to bring this about would be truly horrifying -- the most apocalyptic series of conflicts since WWII. Ultimately, African peoples must choose their own future. The west should only intervene with humanitarian aid or to stop genocide, as we failed to do in Rwanda. Otherwise, it is not our place to tell them what they "should" do. That is up to and including redrawing the borders imposed on them by force in an earlier era.
TLDR: there's a ceasefire in Ethiopia! Me: thank god, a ceasefire! Finally some good news in this war torn wo- TLDR: but now there's another war Me: oh.
The main problem is that, people don't know the fact that Ethiopia is an empire. Unless it is allowed to disintegrate, there won't be any lasting peace
Thank you for covering Ethiopia there isn’t much information on the subject. What are the sources you mostly use? Does your team have people who can read local news and report that or are you relying on something else?
I'm Ethiopian, living in Ethiopia and this report is misleading. Some facts, 1. TPLF ruled Ethiopia with impunity for 27 years. Lost power with widespread protests in 2019 & it wanted to get back to it's former power or influence. So from 2019 it began to build it's own military and it conducted it's own unconstitutional election and declared it no longer accepts Fed Gov't and on nov - 2020, TPLF attacked Fed military base in tigray, killed hundreds of soliders and stole heavy weapons - and this war broke out. 2. In this war, Ethiopia Gov't did not intensionally blocked Aid to Tigray, Aid was not flowing as it should b/c the nature of war. And TPLF used the same famine tactic back in 1991 to topple Derg regime.
Listen, “aid was not flowing as it should b/c the nature of the war,” isn’t a valid excuse for troops blocking aid, which happened. And neither is “well the TPLF did it too!” because it was terrible when they did it, and you calling it the “same tactic” suggests hat you accept that this was in fact a tactic the government used. I am in complete agreement that Tigray was overstepping, trying to get back their lost power, and entirely in the wrong. And sometimes in war, brutal steps are taken to defeat an enemy when you know that your side is correct… But it’s easier to pretend like your side did nothing wrong than to accept that even though the war was righteous, your side still made mistakes along the way. Millions of people starving to death, many of them children, is not justified because “if we let the supplies go through, they would have kept fighting,” which is the only real excuse for that kind of warfare. And it’s a smart war strategy. But it goes against all conventions of war. And so whether or not it was the smart thing militarily to do- in the modern world there are rules to warfare and when those rules are broken, people are going to call you out. Happens every time. Don’t get too upset by it, but don’t just deny it either and pretend like your side can do no wrong.
@@Tmb1112 I did not say the Gov't did not or can not do wrong, infact military personal committed crimes that was laid out on the joint investigation (UN + Ethio Human right commission) but as this joint investigation revealed the Gov't did not intensionally block Aid flow. I think it is true that the Gov't did not block Aid to cause a famine in it's country, it is not in it's interest to do that morally, politically or for it's foreign relations. Infact When the Gov't "left" tigray, it left necessary Aids that is enough for 3 months & spent 100 billion birr in tigray in 8 months. So if the Gov't did not block Aid then what happened? 1. How TPLF fight for 2 yrs feeding it's thousands fighters with almost zero inner food capacity? As we have seen areas where TPLF occupied, there was Food stores with mass USAID & there are TPLF fighters caught with this Food Aids. Aid was being used by TPLF fighters in mass and TPLF fighters are in 100 thousands. 2. One problem is, in Tigray even before the war, many people where in safty net program. And TPLF has used this propoganda that the Gov't is holding Aid to cause famine to cause pressure on the Gov't.
It is a huge win for the horn of Africa that the terrorist organization that was controlling Ethiopia the TPLF is out of power and has laid down its arms, indeed the war was catastrophic but on the other side ending the terrorist TPLF was important.
You need to make it clear that when Tigray held local elections without approval of the Federal government, it's because Tigray was sick of the President stalling the electoral process so he could stay in power longer. Tigray isn't a separatist region, it's trying to force the Federal government to follow its own laws.
Nah it'd definitely deeper than that, let's not act like the TPLF hasn't been controlling the federal politics in Ethiopia for decades now. Obviously Abiy Ahmed definitely has some fault in this , however the deeper reasons behind the civil war definitely has its roots in the TPLF trying to regain its power that it lost to Abiy and his coalition.
Theres a caveat to that caveat; it was in the height of the corona pandemic. Having the whole population congregate was dangerous. The TPLF used that as a pretext, as they were already furious over his corruption crackdowns
Ethiopia's constitution does allow for these etnic regions to become independant countries in their own right and if a permanent peace solution cant be found among these etnicity they may have to be independant for the sake of peace
What makes you think going independent is going to solve the issues? They hate each other existence. Leaving Ethiopia isn't a magic button that solves everything. The ethnic groups will still border each other and they'll still kill each other.
Splitting up isn’t going to stop the fighting. Especially since Oromia encapsulates Adis Ababa, the capital that is majority Amhara/Habesha. There’d be a whole war over who gets access to that city since it’s nowhere close to Amhara borders.
That is th ebest case scenario but the international community would not allow it to happen. They stepped in after Ethiopia collapsed in 91 and they will step in again to keep that zombie state alive. It is the nigeria of east Africa.
@@maxmudxareed1345 Ethiopia/Ze Etiyopia has been the name of the country since at least the time of King Ezana. You're confusing it with your country Somalia that was literally created by European colonists.
Everyone claiming that the various ethnic groups in Ethiopia should gain autonomy should first see how many ethnic groups Ethiopia has… there’s about 80 ethnicities of the NiloSaharan, Nilotic, Omotic and Afro Asiatic groups. And most of them are present in the south and south west with the rest of the regions having one ethnic group predominantly. There’s a reason substance farming died out. You can’t divy up land and allot it. Many tribes in the Southern region of Ethiopia have only 1 or 2 districts to themselves. No way that nation will be sustainable. The easiest way to solve this is to strengthen the federation. Maybe the Somalis want a greater Somalia but none of the other groups want to leave the nation even when that option is given. All the groups only want to retain power in the central government
What is the role of foreign countries in this? Eritrea separated from Ethiopia, who did back that up. Egypt and Sudan are concerned about the dam. I've noticed Eritrea votes in favour of Russia in UN. Well, not that Ethiopia didn't have its own relations to Kremlin. Has there been a lot of mis-/disinformation around in Ethiopian social media? A few things to look at.
Ethiopia was one of the fastest developing countries in the world coincidence AN AFRICAN country is in war after trying to be better ? ps not the first time
Imagine bunch of tiny landlocked countries, no i don't see any future 😂. I'm glad that you covered the ongoing conflict b/n Amhara and Oromo, the federal government is sleeping as always, so we needed a coverage from an outsider.
@@ogolow570 then he needs to go back to school or read history. the oromo migrations were oromo who immigrant from one part of ethiopia to another part of ethiopia,
I guess you have missed the very source of the conflict. You also don't seem to have gathered the right data to help you make the correct analysis of the prevailing situation. I am not blaming you of any thing, but I am sure your contacts are those who skewed to one group. Or are those who have a special interest in the conflict, or are those who seek to benefit from the continuous conflict. But I sincerely appreciate your effort in bringing the issue up front.
The way the current Ethiopian government is constructed really reminds me of the old articles of confederation. Just a loose confederacy of different states with immense autonomy which leads to conflict between the states.
We will deal with other things after Ukraine, because Ukraine is literally more important because of what it can mean for the rest of the world. A war in Ethiopia will not spiral into a nuclear war, while a war in Ukraine could though unlikely.
Man who still care about ethnicity and ethnic superiority? for outsiders, all Ethipians are the same so it's sad that Ethiopians put some much weight behind their ethnic composition instead of their national one.
"More attention from the international community" I don't think that is needed. Africa needs Africans solutions for African problems. This is a situation for the AU to handle. They have stepped into multiple military conflicts in Africa and Africa fixing its own problems is what is best for Africa.
africa and america. africa never fix it themseleve. in ethiopia it was ethiopia, au and america. africa for africa soluatino is joke. if africa was the soluation our people would have been in peace.
Im Ethiopian and have been living both there and abroad for many years. Prior to Abiy and after I have been following the media abroad and home. Your cover of the story is mostly based on what western media reports, which is absolutely agenda based and self interest. The constitution created by tplf when they seized power was quite intentional that in case they fail to keep power in the future and have to deal with the repercussions of nationalist anger by the majority, they can use this as an escape strategy and use the Tigrian people as shields. I personally think autonomy is a good idea, especially for oromo, but i also think that they missed the whole point of trusting the process of unity as means for development. Yes, Oromo have been oppressed in their culture but their reasons for nationalism is what is hilarious, alienating everyone and demeaning their culture and every other 70 ethnic groups must know their language. Legit, my friend travelled and lived in oromo region and he spoke to the local folks in his language and they realised wow, just because you cant speak our language does not mean you dont respect us. It's the same story as anywhere else in the world, a small powerful group are directing the rest of us against each other while they sit back and reap the benefits of death, distruction and gender violence. There was no moment in history when blind nationalism had benefited people. You simply choose to direct your hate on people who are trying live like you.
People have kept saying Ethiopia will collapse for decades now and it still hasn't happened. The Ethiopian constitution gives the ethnic groups the right to leave Ethiopia and form their own country. The ethnic groups still haven't chosen to exercise that right for decades now. The country won't collapse. I remember seeing 2 years ago people were saying the country is going to collapse immediately and Ethiopia still exists 2 years later. Just because you keep screaming "it's going to collapse" Doesn't make that a reality.
Ethiopia hasn't collapsed because like Frankenstein's monster, Europeans keep reviving it. They stopped Italy, the Soviets supported the Derg after Selassie. The US quickly supported the TPLF so the county doesn't fall apart. Ethiopia is a zombie state that wouldn't last a single year without Western aid. That is a fact.
Truly tragic and I pray peace comes. But it's very interesting to know that the only African country that was not colonized is presently plagued by inter-ethnic conflicts, low national unity, poverty, drought and famine compared to some other African countries like my Nigeria which were colonized.
Ethiopia has faced significant challenges in uniting its diverse population since its inception. Differences in origin, beliefs, and lifestyles have led to deep divisions among its people. With over 80 ethnic groups and more than 105 languages spoken across the country, achieving unity has proven difficult. Ethiopia has a troubled history of inequality, with certain groups, such as the Amhara and Tigray, holding power and mistreating others. Now, the majority of the ethnic groups advocate for a peaceful dissolution of Ethiopia, similar to the breakup of the Soviet Union. However, if this isn't realized, it could result in violent conflict and turmoil, akin to the tragedy witnessed in Yugoslavia.
Both sides are contributing to this pointless conflict. It’s easy to root for Tigray, as they’re the ones being oppressed, but both sides have committed atrocities. You should support the innocent Ethiopians on BOTH sides that are being affected by the pointless conflict
None. You don't have to root for anyone in war. Look at Yemen, which party can you root for there when the choices are a Saudi-led loyalist bloc, an ethnonationalist coalition, and an Iran-backed Shia fundamentalist group?
The same players in Rwanda are also as active in Ethiopia. USAID, UNICEF, UN, EU, WHO, Doctors without borders ... All Intel in the ground TpLF is CIA foot soldiers. Olf the oromo liberation movt run by TPLF and Tigrians. The global elite determined to balkanize Ethiopia. They finance and help Eritrea's independent movement.
Covid made matters worse by generating more economic and social troubles and the current wars especially countries which play major role in global trade by providing energy or goods aint making it any better
It was actually colonised, in 1935 by Italy, for a number of years, then it was given independence in a treaty. And the reason for its tribal wars are partly due to colonisation, except that in this case, the support of European Christian countries for the Ethiopian empire made very superficial borders for thr Empire, and years later, now the chickens have come home to roost.
@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni It was NOT colonized. They don't teach people in school that Italy only conquered about 40% of Ethiopia, including Addis Ababa, while the rest of the land went uncovered and inhabited by patriots and farmers. Italian colonial soldiers and police had no presence as every expedition resulted in them never returning. Just because the Italians half-assed their way to Addis means nothing regarding the colonization of people.
@@samsmotzzz2171 I wouldn't call having the capital city of your subjects under your control, imposing your system on them for years, also making them landlocked by removing the North of their territory and establishing a large Italian presence there "half-assing". Also, tell me something that is not true for 99% of colonies, their insignificant territory was left unoccupied.
@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni That "insignificant territory" is the Western part of Ethiopia, where almost all the fertile land is. Mussolini WANTED Western Ethiopia the same way Britain used South Africa for cultivation and farming; however, the Italians could never get their hands on it. Systems were imposed in Addis, but an angry 17-year-old kid with a rifle was free to walk in Addis with the support of locals. Italian administration officials needed permission from the local Ras before they did anything because literally nobody (and even fascist sympathizers) actually liked them. There's nothing colonizing or subjugating about that. Occupation is what you're looking for.
@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni It wasn't colonized by Italy but by the Amhara. Menelik 2 even took part in the partion of Africa in the Berlin conference, and was given the Somali region and denied parts of Kenya. Italy's contact is barely colonization. Ethiopia is an empire just like any other.
Very informational and interesting video, sounds like the brutal war in Ethiopia is like a major gang war that the leaders of the gangs only care about power and money and not so much about people's sufferings :(
@@eljanrimsa5843 You clearly don’t know Ethiopian history or the fact that Ethiopian isnt even an ethnicity or the fact that Ethiopias borders were drawn by Europeans at the Cobden of Berlin while staying independent until Italy invaded in 1940. Don’t speak when you’re ignorant.
Q: is there a solution for a civil war? Ai: A civil war is a conflict between different factions or groups within a country or region. The causes of civil wars can be complex and varied, and as a result, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to ending a civil war. In general, efforts to end a civil war will need to address the underlying causes of the conflict and work to establish a peaceful resolution. This can involve mediation, negotiation, and other forms of conflict resolution. It may also be necessary to provide assistance to help rebuild and reconcile communities after the conflict ends.
Ethnic nationalism is the cause of this. We have known this for centuries and this is why in principle our republics are based on the idea of the Universal Man/Woman. But recently the vital idea of universalism has been attacked by opportunist politicians.
@@deusexaethera and this right here is how wars start. If you want to make me amd a hundred million of my people starve we will kill you, regardless of entitlement. Not Egyptian btw.
Very correct question. Usually we see people in these conflicts have barely enough to eat, but are armed to the chin in weapons and ammunition. Clearly there are resources pouring in which wants this conflict to continue. I suppose they decide that its easier and more economical to end hunger by starving the hungry and end the violence by killing the violent.
Since most of the weapons and ammunition is of Soviet origin it might get hard to get resupplies now, since both Russia and Ukraine (who were both exporting, mainly to Africa) need every bullet now themselves.
At this point ethiopia should give up on any kind of democracy, since democracy are often slow and paralized in internal conflicts and often times people are elected based on ethnic affiliation
Neither the empire nor the Derg were free of conflict, despite being undemocratic. In fact, the Derg's rule led to one of the worst famines in world history.
@@stephenjenkins7971 dictatorships work in countries that somewhat divided due to regionalism like afghanistan, syria, and many more, usually democratic systems works at its best when the people actually see themselves as a collective nation like europe america, yes it may be corrupt but it can provide stability
@@alexisvladimir8148 Dictatorships only delay those regional differences instead of solving them. Or exacerbate them as dictators use the majority against the minority leading to feelings of resentment. The Arab Spring being prime examples.
@@madmouse4400 each group has its own "state" with their language being the official, Abey tried to centralize the system because so many autonomies create a lot of bureaucracy (and corruption), which slows down the economy, some groups don't like it like the Oromo and the tplf and claims Abey just want more power
@@chnsm so its more a decentralized state with states having high autonomy and the current central government is trying to centralize the country that faces resistance by local governments
There is a reason all major European nations abandoned their tiny divergent languages (and dialects) and ethnics differences in favor of the construction of (artificial yet functional) national identities. French in France, German in Germany, Spanish in Spain, Italian in Italy are all mere regional languages chosen among the most prestige ones in those regions that became countries, plus the notion of a national identity that tried to integrate the something palatable to the whole country. This is also the reason (when more than one religion existed) that some of the countries became with the secularism to avoid religion tensions and even wars: this resulted in Humanism in Europe, as a philosophy to get along using some modified Christian template that didn’t express itself in religious manner. But this process took centuries and in some of those countries there is a comeback of regional claims and even independence: the root runs deep. Some nations solved the ethnic problem by choosing the language of their former colonizers as a bridge among ethnicities and to make it not seem like one had the upper hand over the others (unless, of course, there was such a big main one that it alone de facto overshadowed the little ones). So, Ethiopia should adopt this unity stance. The problem is where to begin as for some languages and ethnicities to yield, another have to come on top even if for the sake of unity and a country's national construction and identity. But it’s usually only when people get totally exhausted of war than ethnic pride is seen as a coin that is worthless.
African countries need to decentralize their governments and remove the Executive Branch at the National Level. Adopt something similar to the Swiss Confederation Model. Centralized Governments work best for ethnically homogenous countries not diverse countries.
@@firebanner6424 what are you talking about? Twitter is a company, a global company. Tesla is a big global company. I'm also British. You think them interfering with elections is just a US issue? 😂
@@firebanner6424 your original comment here: TLDR is from the UK. US politics bullshit doesn't matter. It's all so meaningless and just a method to garner votes. Pay no mind to any of that stuff.
The graphics are getting sloppier and sloppier and it distracts from the rest of it. Maybe if you don’t have the time to do cool visual graphics don’t bother lmao
What if I just try to explain the blockade of aid by Abiy! He is making a mockery out of the Tigray people. No one had done anything for two years during the war. He’s now making a mockery out of the world leaders since the Pretoria Peace Agreement!
Wow. Great coverage. (0:35) Most people, even major political officials and journalists, seem to not be able to pinpoint the exact start of the "Tigray War". But TLDR correctly identified that the regional elections held by the Government of Tigray (which the Federal Government had put off for months) was that exact start. Fearing the TLPF would gain further legitimacy through the electoral process, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces mobilized an invasion force on the borders of Tigray Regional State a month before the war broke out.
Well, the federal government has to mobilise for yet another riot in one of their states. Pretty sure alot of towns in oromo states have defence troops ready everytime there is protest. Lol and tplf is not a saint, pretty sure the many years before that they have been rounding up protesters, having tortures cells, blocking internet access and freedom of speech, plus all those corruption scandals. Its amazing how everyone is painting them as victims these days.
@@Zeyede_Seyum what happened before exactly? The colonization of ethnic groups that weren't funded by european arsenal? Your political beliefs suggest you're an amhara nationalist, not an actual supporter of the Ethiopian nation. You seem to endorse the idea of cultural hegemony over the rest, as well as a skewed perception of history. If Ethiopia is to ever survive any attempts of decentralization and secession, the country will have to end its cultural hegemonization and start re-learning what a multi-ethnic country is actually supposed to look like. Now go ahead and give me your honest response boy. Don't filter your words, be direct and tell me. What is it you're looking for
It is funny that this channel and many more harp on about colonialism, yet in cases like this say it is those same countries that should be doing more. When are people going to accept that a democratic government should be supported and these rebels are in the wrong, same thing happened in Yemen, please just start blaming the rebels.
