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Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki – the Thorn in the Horn

Post by sarcasm » 20 Apr 2021, 08:26

The US and EU must join hands to stop genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The horrors of the hidden war in Tigray – an out-of-sight war from the world – has started to come to light.

From CNN’s ‘Massacre in the mountains’ to New York Times’ ‘Ethiopia’s War leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray region’ to Channel 4.com’s ‘The Horrors of the Hidden War’ stories of unimaginable human sufferings have emerged.

Los Angeles Times’ ‘In an out-of-sight war, a massacre comes to light,’Washington Post’s ‘People are starving,’ CNN’s ‘Women reveal rape being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia’ and other countless stories on such major international media outlets as BBC, Al Jazeera and France 24 have also revealed extremely disturbing stories of heinous crimes amounting to genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

First-hand accounts of survivors and victims’ testimonies, videos and satellite imagery have also vindicated the massacres of civilians, of mass killings, of beheadings, of extra-judicial killings, of indiscriminate shelling and aerial bombardments of densely populated areas, among other acts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. .

The most horrific weapons of war – mass starvation, of over 4.2 million people who need urgent humanitarian aid, and mass rape, of young girls and women, are also being used in the war on Tigray.

Arbitrary arrests, forced conscription, vandalism, arson and lootings of religious heritages, private and public properties have become ubiquitous.

After five months of official denial, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his handpicked Human Rights Commissioner admitted what the world has already known – war crimes.

These grim material facts of the war or actus reus, apparently reveal the underlying mens rea or intention of the perpetrators: to make as much civilian harm and humiliation as possible – to make the harming of innocent Tigrayans the end in itself and to raze Tigray to the ground

The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called it an ‘act of ethnic cleansing,’ while other diplomats and political analysts have called it ‘The Scorched Earth Policy.’ Others more appropriately, have referred to the atrocities which have allegedly been perpetrated by the tripartite allied forces of the Ethiopian Army, the Amhara Armed Forces and Eritrean troops as ethnic and cultural genocide,.

Addressing the illegitimate House of Peoples’ Representatives on March 23, 2021, PM Abiy admitted the presence of Eritrean troops and half-heartedly accepted the possibility of war crimes. But most importantly, the PM reaffirmed that Eritrean troops will stay in Tigray for an indefinite period of time, implicitly admitting the internationalization of the war and the inability of his government to handle the crisis. But above and beyond all these, the PM tells the world who sits in the driver’s seat of the ongoing war in Tigray – Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki.

Against this backdrop and the depravity and complete lack of humanity surrounding the war, it is a desideratum to raise the question: can we limit our lens to recent events when the atrocity demands a much wider focus and a very different approach? To this end, we need to uncover the archaeology of the mastermind behind the war – Isaias Afewerki. As such, we cannot understand the matter without a discussion on the complex politico-historical and socio-psychological factors that have shaped the Eritrea-Tigray ties, identity politics and the psychological effects of colonization.

The urgent questions that must be addressed quickly, however, are: can aid reach to the needy in the presence of foreign invading troops? Can an independent investigation on the alleged crimes of war be possible in the presence of both Eritrean and Amhara forces in Tigray? Why an urgent need for more Draconian measures, beyond mere economic sanctions on both governments, by the international community, especially by the US and EU?

Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea and Shattered Lives


Isaias Afewerki is to the Horn what Ares was to ancient Greece – both possessing such obnoxious aspects as brutality, warfare and carnage, among others, in abundance.

He is a shrewd politician who knows the nuts and bolts of the political physiognomy of the Horn and beyond.

His colossal role during the armed struggle for Eritrea’s independence from Ethiopia has long been surpassed by his contribution in shattering the Eritrean dream.

Isaias, along with hundreds of thousands of his comrades, helped Eritrea secure its independence in 1991, yet he, along with a few of his cronies, took away its dreams.

A once promising Eritrea has been betrayed.

Martin Plaut, the author of the book: ‘Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State,” writes: “Eritrea is a nation without freedom.”

Not only that, it is a country without a Constitution, opposition political parties and free press. It is a country that has never had an election since its independence in 1993. Its socio-economic performance is negative. It is a country without even a single university – Asmara University, a prestigious university pre-1991 Eritrea, has long been closed.

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Re: Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki – the Thorn in the Horn

Post by lil kogne » 20 Apr 2021, 08:50

Mr. Sarcastic, Rather Eritrea's Isias Afewerki thorn in the Junta Agame's A$$ should be the heading ! Poor Agames you should know by now that you have disturbed the hornet's nest and you would not escape the sting the wrath of the swarm rather. All the begging, false accusations and menkeblal ( rolling on the dirt) shall pass without any effect on your future that is you are and will be the most hated and alienated creatures in the horn of Africa and may be the entire world. Your Agame future is bleak better accept your rank as the lowest low of the society and continue on your safety net survival. Just pray it rains in Iowa and the farmers have bumper harvest every year for your Chigray land survival depends on the west farmers. What a feat ? what a curse ? what a society? what a shame of a clan? what a poster society for a third world who thrives on regressing instead of progressing, who thrives on begging instead of working .

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Re: Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki – the Thorn in the Horn

Post by ZEMEN » 20 Apr 2021, 09:39

lil kogne wrote:
20 Apr 2021, 08:50
Mr. Sarcastic, Rather Eritrea's Isias Afewerki thorn in the Junta Agame's A$$ should be the heading ! Poor Agames you should know by now that you have disturbed the hornet's nest and you would not escape the sting the wrath of the swarm rather. All the begging, false accusations and menkeblal ( rolling on the dirt) shall pass without any effect on your future that is you are and will be the most hated and alienated creatures in the horn of Africa and may be the entire world. Your Agame future is bleak better accept your rank as the lowest low of the society and continue on your safety net survival. Just pray it rains in Iowa and the farmers have bumper harvest every year for your Chigray land survival depends on the west farmers. What a feat ? what a curse ? what a society? what a shame of a clan? what a poster society for a third world who thrives on regressing instead of progressing, who thrives on begging instead of working .
Hahahahaha; well put, now let me ask you this, all i see and know is TPLF is gone once for good yet, the Tigryans are saying " Tigray will victor" and Tigray Tashenfalech" what is exactly do they mean? how and what are they wining? I am lost.

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Re: Eritrea’s Isaias Afewerki – the Thorn in the Horn

Post by lil kogne » 20 Apr 2021, 10:00

Zemen, It is like the shepherd saying " they took all my cows but i called them every kind of name in the book"

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