Mereja Forum

[ittuabafarda]

Both the US Ambassador to Somalia and the Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa have made it clear that the US government does not and will not recognize the MOU signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland. It did not come as shocking to me because it was not done endorsed by the UN or any of its members. It is also obviously clear that no UN member country recognizes Somaliland as an independent nation even though they may have plausible reasons for that.

There you have it. The people of Somaliland are paying a heavy price now for the fatal mistake their fathers made in 1960. But their brothers and sisters to their north in Djibouti made the wisest decision in 1977 no post colonialism African nation ever made by going independent. This MOU thing has all the characteristics of something that was not thought thru very well or it was done with an ulterior motive beyond the search for an outlet to a sea. It could breed other future MOU’s of all sorts, from the sensible to the destructive for the whole region or even for the entire continent. Who knows, el-Sisi may be seen signing an MOU with OLA or a faction of Fano rebels. Ethiopia is gripped with conflicts being waged by bigots and connivers who are hell bent on carving out a territory to call it their separate fiefdom. It is mind boggling why it encourages others to do the same to go separate ways, hell or high water. The need for an outlet to sea is understandable. But all such issues in other areas of the world were amicably resolved by peaceful diplomatic means. The issue of Somaliland is the issue that needs to be resolved by diplomatic and peaceful means by the Somali people themselves.

It is a head scratcher why the leaders of Ethiopia chose to go this way unless at their right moment in the future, they themselves want to go their separate ways. It will create precedence for the coming of various fiefdoms being led by despots, bigots and connivers. Then the bloodletting will go in a way that country or region never seen in its history. Reading Obbo Bahru Zewde’s book on the history of the old country, I had come to understanding that there was a period where that country descended into multi fiefdoms entity where there was constant war between them. But in those they fought carrying swords and spears with limited presence of bolt action rifles. But now we live in highly efficient shoulder mounted killing automatic rifles such as AK 47’s and AR15’s. Add deadly drones to that, there will be nowhere to hide. At close range, a single rifleman can mow down 30-40 humans in seconds at close range with his AK47, AR15 and Uzi’s. So try to imagine the bloodshed among more than 130 million people. That is what has been depriving me of sleep since 1974. It is inevitable as long as current states in the federation are being led by irresponsibly angry men. They are angry after reading books written by foreign agents in missionary garbs more than 150 years ago. Those sinister individuals were not there to really preach The Holy Scriptures but in a scheme that goes like ‘Now we have the Bible/Qur’An and you natives have your lands’. A decade or two later that would change to ‘Now you have our Bible/Qur’An and we have your land’. The only Africans that did not fall for the ruse were our forefathers. Will that happen again? I don't know. I really don't know!!!

Peace y’all!!!!

[Noble Amhara]

Ethiopia has collapsed many times

1. Queen Gudit in 900 AD burn down Axum city and chased the Axumite emperor Dil Noad to Ambassel Welo dismantling the royals of Axum leading to a era of Zemene Mesafint up to 1100s where the Zagwes establish themselves as rulers of Axum and Lalibela. Eritrea was born as a product of her success. No longer was Axum in control of Asmara this led Asmara to create its own kingdom (Medri Bahri) (Bahir Negash)

2. Ahmed Gragn in 1550 AD with the help of Arab and Turkish cannons and musketeers successfully out gunned and outnumbered the Ethiopian armies he made it all the way to Welkayt Waldebba Monastery. The Portuguese aided Ethiopia and killed Ahmed Gragn in Lake Tana

3. Southern Migrations in 1570 the migration of southerners led to the collapse of not only Ethiopia but also the once mighty Adam Sultanate of Ahmed Gragn the victorious southerners conquered the heartlands of the royals of Abysinnia and Adal

4. Zemene Mesafint 1700s-1800s Ethiopia collapsed and fell to regional kingdoms establishing all across the country from the kingdom of Macha to the kingdom of Tulama kingdom of Ittuu... kingdom of Gojjam... kingdom of Tigray... kingdom of Shewa ... kingdom of Wagshum/Zagwe. The nation collapsed and had no central authority

5. Mussolini - from 1936 to 1942 the fascist Italian musulini invaded Ethiopia successfully using advanced weaponry even dumping poison gas on Ethiopian Arbegnoch with the help of British who equalized the setting liberated Ethiopia from modern Italian askari rule

[Noble Amhara]

So as of today Ethiopia hasn't collapsed since 82 years ago.

Even today with all the wars Ethiopia hasn't collapsed the central authority still stands.

The rivals of the central authority are nothing more than Zemene Mesafint revivalists

This is why we cannot let Shene or Fano enter 4 kilo as they lack tenants of Ethiopianism that Meles Zenawi, Haile Selassie, Abiy Ahmed they thought the quickest way to Siltan was through racist ethnic politics but it has failed and continue to fail.

[ittuabafarda]

So as of today Ethiopia hasn't collapsed since 82 years ago.

Even today with all the wars Ethiopia hasn't collapsed the central authority still stands.

The rivals of the central authority are nothing more than Zemene Mesafint revivalists

This is why we cannot let Shene or Fano enter 4 kilo as they lack tenants of Ethiopianism that Meles Zenawi, Haile Selassie, Abiy Ahmed they thought the quickest way to Siltan was through racist ethnic politics but it has failed and continue to fail.

I hope your assessment and prediction will come true. All hope is not lost with me yet that the old country will be able to wither away its destructive issues and stay intact. The only regions that are still peaceful and stable are the Afar and Somali regions. But the two backbones of the country, Amhara and Oromia regions with more than 55% of the country’s population have been in bloody and destructive turmoil for more than 4 years now. Let’s hope and pray the stake holders there will come to their senses and end the mayhem peacefully at the dialogue table. Insha’Allah!!!

[ethiopianunity]

ittu,

I like your writing, l hope you will be in reconciliation, talk committtee bring some viable solution. You see l can blame the LFistoch ethnic fascist but Ethiopians dividing themselves further in foreign land really sign of weakness. We even brought ethnisism on ourselves following the Liberation Fronts. I hope pragmatic individuals such as yourself will unite the divided at least and talk about solutions

[ittuabafarda]

ethiopianunity,

I and my longtime friends are doing the best we can in promoting and maintaining harmony by every means and contacts we have. But the numbers in my close friends is thinning as the time goes by. Nature has been doing its job calling some of us home to be with the Good Lord. But those of us who are still alive and kicking are doing the best we can using every platform to promote unity. It has not been easy. When we think we are able to bring various individuals in, our effort goes back to where we started from because they read someone calling people like them with 'Oromummaa', 'Neftegna' and 'Woyane'. They see these terms used as pejoratives by those among our Diaspora who are well educated. I remember some of them telling me 'How do you ask me to unite when such people call me using terms that were coined with good intention as pejoratives?' One tells me 'They demonized me as 'Woyane', 'Oromummaa' and the other one complains about being called a 'Neftegna'. It has not been easy but we are still at it right on. We are in our last phase of the sunset part of lives on this Good Earth and we hope other will pick up the mantle and keep on preaching peace and harmony among our upright people. Insha'Allah!!!

Blessings to you and your family!!!

[ittuabafarda]

It is recently reported that only about 6% of those who took the national exam have managed to get a passing grade. That is out of more than 684 thousand who sat for the exam. I just read an opinion on one of private news outlets still operating inside that country, This is an excellent constructive criticism and such opinions must be encouraged and commended. College entrance exams are said to be very taxing to pass and in many countries pose nightmares to those preparing for the exams. In well developed countries like those in Asia such exams bring a season of suicides by many who failed. But only 5.4% is too extreme. It is a failure by everyone. Parents, teachers, officials for the most part those bigots and connivers who successfully diverted the attention of the gullible youth from learning math and science to mastering how to handle deadly guns. These demons are leading the tender age youth away from schools to their joints in the bushes. That country has been going thru such nightmare since the 1960’s.

Weren’t truants made legends then and to this day? They were encouraged by those who go to schools outside the country. While those outside the country were amassing BA’s, Masters and PhD’s in Europe and America but they were commending their ‘comrades’ going to the only university inside the country to go AWOL making the junior year as their final year. I remember what one of those connivers in Europe once told me about one of those gullible college students. He told me in late 1960’s about how one of them was ‘a committed revolutionary that he has been a 3rd year student since 1965’. They died in the most gruesome ways still as 3rd year college students. There were thousands like them who shunned high school leaving exams who were sent to their gallows by the demon Mengistu. But those outside the country were piling up college degrees like sought after collectibles. It is the same deal now. You can see it. The leaders of those who preach violence from safe rabbit holes in the bushes both in Oromia and Amhara regions hold BA’s and MA’s. They know very well that an educated youth is a tough cookie to swindle. They target and ransack schools, the holy grail of enlightenment. The leaders of the government share the blame for their inability to maintain peace, security and stability that country has been denied since 1974.

Finally, I say this to those who may now be itching to go after the writers of this timely article and the editors of this esteemed website: Don’t you dare! Don’t even think about it! Go to Merkato and find a goat or a sheep to harass. Don’t even think about it! Enough said for me now!!! May The Almighty Our Creator Save That Country, That Gem of The Colored!!!

[ittuabafarda]

It is now made official by the leaders of Somalia currently camping out at Villa Mogadishu that they start giving military and financial assistance to the rebel groups currently wreaking havoc inside Ethiopia. I am inclined to believe that OLA has his reps in Villa Mogadishu already and a faction of Fano may be at a connection flight airport to Mogadishu. ONLF is no question that it has beaten OLA and Fano to it thru its standing rep the only foreign policy expert on the Horn of Africa, Af-Mishaar. No wonder why bigots and connivers in Minnesota, Toronto, Tennessee, Michigan, Oslo, DC and Down Under are in an upbeat mood lately. They might have begun packing already to move to their newly minted republic soon to be liberated by the mighty armies of el-Sisi and Villa Mogadishu. Oh, poor boy me, am jealous!!!

But putting my sketch, my setup for the punch line aside, this announcement by Somalia's leaders reminds me what one of my Issa friends told me when I had the chance to see him again in the early 1980's after he was resettled in a small town in the Midwest here in the USA. He was the brother of my early childhood. He was forced to flee the old country from Mengistu's killing spree and seek refuge in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. He told me he had cross paths with fighters from the TPLF during the years 1976-78 who were there taking training in the use of heavy artillery guns. Mind you that was the time when the Somali army along with its beast of burden, ONLF, were rampaging in eastern parts of the old country massacring innocent unarmed students, peasants and small town residents who were not Somalis. One of those savagely murdered was one of my childhood friends, Abebe Gurmu, who was a civil servant in Western Hararghe. He was an Oromo who professed Christianity. My Issa friend was still inside Ethiopia when that took place. The reason they murdered him was that he complained about how he and others like him who sought refuge were being treated by the ONLF. Then one early morning they took him out and about thirty other non Somali refugees and used them as target practice by their newly recruited militia. That was the last straw for our Issa brothers and sisters to order the ONLF and the Somali regular army to leave their territory. That was what started the tide turning on Siad Barre's hooligans. But at the same time in Somalia, the late prime minister and his comrades were training on how to use heavy and long range guns on their own countrymen. My friend told me how disgusted he was seeing them scavenging at the dumpsites in Somalia. So I won't be surprised if OLA and certain factions of Fano are in Mogadishu already scavenging just as their predecessors. I am just getting nauseated thinking by such repugnant behavior.

[ittuabafarda]

Let’s stand behind the US ambassador to Somalia and the US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa in their sacred effort to resolve the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia. This tension tells us how things can go from tranquility to sudden tension in no time in The Horn of Africa. Go back and remember how things looked rosy between Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia during the four years between 2018 and 2022. The leaders of these countries could get enough of traveling to each other’s capital to talk about the ‘peace of our time’. I’m sure you will remember the leaders of these three countries seating on the same sofa killing us with the love they have for each other. But if you ask all these leaders about that now, they will remember none of it. Now one is seething with anger telling the other ‘I’m gonna kick your, you know what!’. It must be the water that change political leaders from buddy-buddies to sworn enemies on a dime. It has to be. But no matter what these lost souls do, I, you and the entire peace mongering people of the world should hold every one of them for any young men and women’s lives lost in the senseless war they are now itching to spark. Their names should be on the ICC’s At The Hague list for charges for crimes against humanity. Them demons! Damn, damn, damn them demons!!!!!

[ethiopianunity]

Ittu,
I know you are older gentleman as you mentioned above and hope you write a book to leave for generations what Ethiopia was and is now.

As you know our fore fathers called themselves Fano when they protected our old country. This name is now being tarnished deliberately by enemies by calling themselves Fano. We Ethiopians should refrain from calling these enemy fighters Fano, this means achieving their dream of destroying the word Fano. We have to call the enemies by their true name, Weyane/Shabia/Olf aka Ola, / double agents in pp, etc.,have you heard of Fano in the past trying to disintegrate the old country?

[ittuabafarda]

ethiopianunity,

Right now what I have is a diary that goes back to the early 1960's. The earlier ones are just normal daily life but many of them beginning the middle 1960's have mixed experiences and they are whatever is left from what was lost during my various moves here in the US and overseas navigating through the jungle of corporate America. At some point during the remainder of my blessed life on good earth I will leave something for the younger generation. For now I will keep sharing my life experience as an Ethiopian with an Oromo heritage on this and other outlets. You do the same.

Blessings to you and your family.

[ittuabafarda]

Al-Qahirah's beasts of burden at Villa Mogadishu has it made known to any one concerned that their door is now wide open to those who need arms and financial assistance fighting not only the regime but also they hate with run away passion, Ethiopia. So it looks the dash to Mogadishu is on. Before it was to Piccolo Roma but now it is in the southerly direction. That is sweet music to ears for bigots and connivers who have been camping out in Minnesota, Toronto, Tennessee, Michigan, DC, Oslo and Down Under.

Now it is gonna be the game of 'who is in first?' Which one is going to show up first in Mogadishu? In Al-Qahirah all seats are sold out and Muammar Gaddafi is not around so you can tell him 'We Tigres are also Arabs'. Assad has his hands full already and Saddam was long gone. Hurry up the seat waiting for you in Mogadishu will be snatched away by your old buddy OLA or the new kid on the block Fano. One more thing. You remember what you did in Afar Region during the recent bloodletting in 2020-2022? ICC may be coming for you about that. Hurry up!!! Boy, it shows OLA is sorely missing the Lenchos. Lenchos, yes the Richard The Lion Heart, black style. At one time there were more lions(Lenchos) in the outfit than the lions roaming the plains behind Garaa Asabot. They were excellent sharpshooters too because they knew how to massacre innocent poor farmers. They also have anti-venom already in their body because some of them Mengistu failed to kill them in jail after feeding them potassium cyanide daily for a year. One day they put all Mengistu's prison guards to sleep and walked out of jail to liberate their wholly owned people. Okay, Ethiopia! Out of Oromia! Ethiopia! Out of Amhara! Ethiopia! Out of Tigray! Hey Ethiopia! Out of Ethiopia!!!!! I'm telling Ethiopia! You heard me!!! Out of Ethiopia!!!!!!!!!!

[sesame]

Ethiopia was on the brink in 1977 but was saved by a massive Soviet intervention. It would have splintered into dozens of pieces in 1991, were it not for Shaebians who forced the Tigray and Oromo liberation fronts to abandon their narrow agendas. The TPLF would have certainly raped and destroyed Ethiopia in 2020-23 were it not, again, for Shaebya's intervention. Now, it is different. There are no saviours on the horizon. 27 years of Agame deliberate policies and six years of PP blunders have eroded a sense of national unity. Already, Tigray is an alienated entity. Amharas are now on their way of kicking Abiy's military out of their lands. This time, the collapse is inevitable

So as of today Ethiopia hasn't collapsed since 82 years ago.

Even today with all the wars Ethiopia hasn't collapsed the central authority still stands.

[ittuabafarda]

Okay, Ethiopia! Out of Oromia! Ethiopia! Out of Amhara! Ethiopia! Out of Tigray! Hey Ethiopia! Out of Ethiopia!!!!! I'm telling you Ethiopia! You heard me!!! Out of Ethiopia! If you don't, I'm gonna in there myself and kick every Ethiopia that comes with in my parameter out of Ethiopia!!! Then I will the old Mussolini spiritual:
Faccetta nera, bell’abissina
Aspetta e spera che già l’ora si avvicina!
quando saremo insieme a te
noi ti daremo un’altra legge e un altro Re
Faccetta nera, bell’abissina
Aspetta e spera che già l’ora si avvicina!
quando saremo insieme a te
noi ti daremo un’altra legge e un altro Re
Faccetta nera, piccola abissina
ti porteremo a Roma, liberata
Dal sole nostro tu sarai baciata
Sarai in Camicia Nera pure tu

You see, I still remember every word of it from glorious days as a member of Gruppo Bande(Ascari). Would somebody please raise Mussolini, Graziani and Badoglio from the dead for me!!! I'm begging you!!!

[ittuabafarda]

Folks,

Kinda made a mistake. I just received news from my extremely reliable sources that it is now confirmed that armies of Al-Qahirah, Piccolo Roma and Arab-Somal of Villa Mogadishu are in Addis/Finfinne after wiping out the entire defense forces of Ethiopia and eliminating every living, breathing Amhara, Oromo, Afar, Tigre, Somal-Jigjige, Gambela, Beni from the face of the earth. The operation keys of the GERD dam are now in the hands of Al-Rais el-Sisi. Ethiopian Airlines has been renamed Somal-Arab Airlines. I also heard that Brother Isaias opposed the operation during the last hours because he knew the real motive of Egypt and was forced to flee his country to his mother's birthplace of Myanmar(Burma). His father was a Malay. He and his family now live in a dilapidated and long abandoned factory building in Mandalay. Abiy had fled the country immediately after the mighty Somal-Arab soldiers crossed the border and he now lives in a tent among bigots and connivers in Minnesota and Toronto. Jula? You may ask? I told you secrets about him before. He is a Tutsi and he was long gone to Rwanda with out firing a single shot. Your Ethiopia is gone for good. Eat your heart out, Ittu!!!!

[ittuabafarda]

This was not what this Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs said today. What it said was how Somalia's mighty armed forces intercepted the shipment of arms to Puntland. As was verified by Türkiye, Al-Qahirah and Piccolo the intercepted arms shipment from Ethiopia to Puntland included:
1) 265 updated versions of F16 fighter jets
2) 102 latest version of SU-45 fighter/bomber jets
3) 142 MI-45 gunboat helicopters
4) 619 long range air to surface and surface to surface missiles
5) 49 intercontinental ballistic missiles that have a target range of 15,000 miles
6) 327 latest version of M1A1 Abrams tanks
7) 562 APC's
20 million RPG's
9) 35 million AK-47 and M-16 fully automatic rifles.

I got the video and photos of the intercepted military weapons right here with me. I did not tell you the other similar interceptions heading to Galmudug and Jubaland. All these weapons were manufactured by Ethiopia inside Ethiopia under licenses from the original manufacturers. Hey Ethiopia! You are in deep creek now!!!

[ittuabafarda]

May The Almighty Our Creator Bring Peace For His Beloved Horn of African Children!!!

[Somaliman]

May The Almighty Our Creator Bring Peace For His Beloved Horn of African Children!!!

Typical ignorant emotional Galla. No matter which religion you convert into, you remain fuc'king pagan animals without any real belief in any religion.

You're in your 80s and claim to be Muslim, yet you scribble such an un-Islamic bullsh'it.

For your information, it's both un-Islamic and a sin for human beings to refer to themselves as being children of God/Allah, leave alone his beloved children.

وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖ بَلْ أَنتُم بَشَرٌۭ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ

The Jews and the Christians each say, “We are the children of Allah and His most beloved!” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Why then does He punish you for your sins? No! You are only humans like others of His Own making.

God/Allah considers humans and refers to them as servants and never children, leave alone his own children, which intentionally highlights his superiority over his creation.

[ittuabafarda]

While we are all understandably concentrated on what is going on in the old country, we are not paying attention on what is going on in the Middle East. Now the war is spreading involving Lebanon where there are tens of thousands of our daughters and sisters as domestic workers. It is reported that there are many of them in the terrorists held areas too. Let’s have them in our thoughts and prayers. Let’s try to help them in any way we can including diplomatically. Their situation could be dire and is very worrisome.

[ittuabafarda]

The concern about this shipment of multi grade weapons is understandable. The Horn of Africa is awash with all sorts of military hardware already. Egypt's proliferation of military grade weaponry to the region is not new. It goes back to the early 1960's; call it attention grabber or some kind of act of intimidating black folks. My question is what does the AU think about this? It is too obvious that Somaliland's citizens will never accept someone from Mogadishu to tell them how to run their 33 years old self-governance. The leaders of Ethiopia seem to be hell bent in acquiring a port come what may. What I just heard is they have already begun creating a corps of naval force starter with France's assistance. The officials camping out at Villa Mogadishu are equally committed to recreate the years between 1969 and 1978. Who is going to incarnate Siad Barre and who is going to be the Galmudug's own son Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is something to be left to anyone's imagination. Beside all this wiggling and machination, there is one possibility that has started depriving me of sleep. These connivers may be able to pitch the youth of Somalia against its contemporary in Ethiopia leading to another senseless and destructive bloodshed. If that happens I will be holding both PM Abiy and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud responsible for any loss of lives and property. They can move their jaws all day and all night long calling each other names but they should not even think about leading the current issues into stupid and senseless violence. Don't you dare, you two!!!! Don't you dare!!!!