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Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Axumezana » 04 Nov 2021, 15:19

Elites of Tigray (prior to the war) proposed the following various strategies to keep or further enhance Tigray’s autonomy and build a prosperous Tigray
- An independent Tigray modelled after Israel (Tegadalai Mehari Yohannes, Mekelle University Lecturer)
- A de facto State (Dr. Mehari Taddele, A prominent Scholar)
- Confederation with Ethiopia (Professor Medhane Tadesse Lecturer)
- Democratized Strong Tigray as Part of Ethiopia (Tigray Prosperity Party members)
- Autonomous Tigray as part of Ethiopia/ If not possible Independent Tigray (Tegadalai Dr. General Teklebirhan)

In my view all the above options could be possible, but we need to identify the one that meets the aspirations of the Tigray people and is most feasible and strategically rewarding path without disintegrating Ethiopia. Generations of Tigrayans and all other Ethiopians have died and invested all their life for the territorial integrity and development of Ethiopia, and it is my strong conviction and advice to all key stakeholders including TPLF to work toward a new structure that maintains or expands the existing territory of Ethiopia.

The following are three possible paths Tigray may have to take for its future:

Option 1: Keep existing Federal Ethiopia as is with Tigray as one of the Federal states, but move the seat of the federal government to Mekelle immediately and to Axum within 5 years
This option does not meet the aspiration of those Tigrayans and Oromos that are determined to establish sovereign Tigray and Oromia states, but it is the low-risk path to sustain the territorial integrity of Ethiopia. More empowerment of the Federal states, improved democracy and, establishing a culture of zero tolerance and effective controlling system for corruption may help for this structure to be acceptable by the Ethiopian people.

Option 2: Establishment of a “Federated/Confederated Ethiopia” with Axum as a capital city.
- As a transition, keep existing Federal Ethiopia as is with Tigray one of the Federal states, but move the seat of the federal government to Mekelle immediately.
- Transform Ethiopia to hybrid Federated/Confederated structure within 5 years with its capital city in Axum as follows:
- By allowing the existing bigger federal states (e.g., Oromia, Amhara and Somalia) to be sovereign, after referendum as per the existing constitution, and willingly integrate them under one union (Confederated Ethiopia modeled after the European Union, to the extent it is relevant), establishing new Kimant and Agew federal states, and keep other existing federal states (Tigray as is, forming a hybrid of Federated/Confederated/ Ethiopia. Thinking only about the independence of Tigray and ignoring the rest of Ethiopia is same as throwing the baby with the bathwater and TPLF must lead and allocate the required resources for the formation of the new Ethiopia. The Confederated Ethiopia could progressively include willing countries in the Horn of Africa such as Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti.
- Thirty years ago, TPLF/EPRDF decided to govern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa, Menelik palace. That decision separated TPLF from its home base Tigray, marginalized Tigray from development and we all remember how that worked against TPLF during the Oromia riots. The physical separation of TPLF from its home base also made TPLF weak since it was not replenishing the energy it needed from the Tigray people. Based on the historical role Axum played as a corner stone of Ethiopia and knowing the fact that TPLF has to be always within the Tigray people to be effective in a sustainable manner, it is mandatory that the new Federated/Confederated Ethiopia that will be established under the leadership TPLF to have its head offices established in the historic city of Axum (This is similar to Brussels, the EU has no official Capital but Brussels hosts the official seats of various arms of the European Union). Addis Ababa must be a “Federal State” within the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia and continue as a political, diplomatic, and commercial center and metropolitan diversified city serving all the citizens of the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia in an equitable manner without any special claim by Oromos or Amharas. The capital city for the possible new sovereign Oromia (that may be established and confederated with Ethiopia) has to be located out of Addis Ababa.
o Tigray may not declare independence since it can indirectly assure its sovereignty from the Federal Ethiopia. However, Oromia, Amhara, Sidama and Somalia could be allowed to be independent states as per the constitution and willingly confederate with Ethiopia (de facto Tigray). Smaller regions such as Afar, Gambelia, Benishangul-Gumz, Welayta, other Southern people, Agew and Kimant could be part of the Federal States as part of the Hybrid Federal/Confederated Ethiopia anchored in Tigray.
o Tigray will ultimately become the political/democratic, cultural, economic and a technology center of the Horn of Africa within the next 20 to 30 years and the anchor and pillar of the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia. Tigray as the nucleus of the new Ethiopia will always directly or indirectly control the army and will have a MOSSAD like intelligence unit that safeguards Tigrayans and federal Ethiopia interests both in Tigray and elsewhere. The confederation could have a fully integrated & liberalized boundary, economy, monetary policy and common currency & passport and cross utilization and joint development of strategic infrastructure like electric power, multimodal transportation, education, etc. Since Oromos have dream of establishing a sovereign state, Tigray and Oromia could play the leading role in transforming Federal Ethiopia to Federated/Confederated Ethiopia.
Option 3: Independent Tigray with Axum as a capital city.
- If the above Options 1 and 2 are not possible, the fallback scenario is the establishment of an independent Tigray legally as per the existing constitution and get recognition by United Nations through the sponsorship of post–Isaias Eritrea or Ethiopia. Independent Tigray could establish of a confederation with Eritrea to build critical mass which could ultimately evolve to Confederated Ethiopia by integrating additional willing states in the Horn of Africa. This option will be more challenging to achieve as the international community and the United Nations may not support it as it affects the territorial integrity of the existing Ethiopia. A small land locked Tigray surrounded by genocidal neighbors may also not be secured and viable to realize its vision in a sustainable manner. All the investment and sacrifice in blood and sweat our ancestors invested in the present Ethiopia including the investment by TPLF and Tigrayans over the last three decades could also be wasted.

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Eripoblikan » 04 Nov 2021, 16:14

Axumezana wrote:
04 Nov 2021, 15:19
it is my strong conviction and advice to all key stakeholders including TPLF to work toward a new structure that maintains or expands the existing territory of Ethiopia.
So you parasitic leeches still have not grown balls to declare independence. Call us Eritreans if you need a second round of training in Sahel that may help you to act like real men.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Blueshift » 04 Nov 2021, 17:06

Zana man,
You are unrealistic. Option 1 with Addis Capital city is the only option where Tigrayans control 6% of power (proportionate power) in Ethiopia. Tigrayans will have a minority proportionate rate in Ethiopia. That is the only way Ethiopia can remain as a country. OLF would never become part of united Ethiopia. That is another big problem. This horn shi-t that ho-rn shyyt will never happen. :twisted: :lol: Stop getting ho-rny on this horn sh-yyyt concept. It is an excuse. Ethiopia is huge on its own. The smaller countries do not need a big daddy or a dictator who plays a psyche on the poor people of the horn. :lol: :lol:

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Axumezana » 04 Nov 2021, 18:20

Ascaris slaves you always looked for the disintegration of Ethiopia but that will not happen as far as Ethiopia is restructured buy the willingness of it's various ethnicities to Confederated/Federated Ethiopia. The only choice you have if you want to increase your economic opportunities is to be part of an economically integrated Ethiopia. Tigrayans are not foolish enough like you to throw the baby with the bath water!!

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Meleket » 05 Nov 2021, 04:29

Axumezana wrote:
04 Nov 2021, 15:19
it is my strong conviction and advice to all key stakeholders including TPLF to work toward a new structure that maintains or expands the existing territory of Ethiopia.
Meleket wrote:
09 Apr 2019, 11:03
Axumawi wrote:
08 Apr 2019, 17:10
... Axumawi iyita.. .. ..
“ኣኽሱም - ኣዱሊስ” (ዋዛ ምስ ቍምነገር - ‘ቅያ’ ኣዅሱማዊ በኣል ‘ካሮሳ’) :lol:

ሓደ ኣቦ ከምዚ ቢሎም ኣጻወቱና። ኮነ ያኢ ኣብ ኣኽሱም፡ ጦቢያን ኤርትራን ናብ ዉግእ ከየምርሑ ከለዉ 'ሕወሓት' ሓዊ ክትሽርጥጥ ተዕለብጠሉ ኣብ ዝነበረት እዋን፤ ከምዚ 'ጎረባብትካ ፍለጥ' :mrgreen: ወይ 'ዘቤታዊ ቱሪዝም' :lol: ዚበሃል፡ ታሪካዊያን ቦታታት እስከ ንብጻሕ ቢሎም፡ ምስ ዓርኮም ብሓባር ካብ ኣስመራ ናብ ኣኽሱም ከዱ። ሽዑዑ ታክሲ ኣብ ኣኽሱም ኣይነበራን እንታይ ደኣ ካሮሳ ኢየን ብብዝሒ ዝነበራ። ንታሪካዊ ‘ጎቦ ድራ’ ርእዮም፡ ኣማኢት ዓመታት ድሕሪ ብአል ከስከሰ፣ መጠራ፣ ኣስመራ፣ ኣዱሊስ ከምዝተደዅነት ንእትፍለጥ ዓባይ ኣኽሱም፣ ኣብ ውሽጣ ንዘሎ ጽሑፍ ግዕዝ ንዘይብሉ ትኹላት ሓወልቲ ክርእዩ ሃሰቡ’ሞ፤ ምስቲ ዓርኮም፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ብመኪና ስለምንታይ ብእግሪ ወይ ብ'ካሮሳ' ዘይንከይድ ተበሃሃሉ። ብካሮሳ ኪከዱ ተሰማሚዖም ድማ ሓደ ብኣል ካሮሳ ጸውዑ። ብኣል ካሮሳ’ዉን ምስ ፈረሱ ጎሰስ እናበለ ቀረቦም። ኩነታቱን ኩነታት ካሮሳኡን ክርእዩ ዘወርወር ቢሎም እንተተዓዘብዎ፡ ወዮ በኣል ካሮሳ ኣብ ክንዲ ‘ታርጋ’፡ ኣብ ዳሕረዋይ ክፋል ካሮሳኡ ከም 'ፓቴላ' ናይ ታክሲ፡ ካበይ ናበይ ከምዚኸይድ ዚሕብር ጽሑፍ ኣልጊቡላ ነበረ። እንተነበብዎ “ኣኽሱም - ኣዱሊስ” ይብል!ገሪምዎምዉን ዓርከይ፡ እታ ሕልሚ ምስፍሕፋሕ’ስ እንከ ካብ ፖለቲከኛታት ሕወሓት ክሳብ ሰብ ካሮሳን ሊስትሮን’ያ ተዘሪኣ ቢሎም፡ እናሰሓቑ ብእግሮም ከዱ ንብለኩም!!! ዓርኮም’ዉን እናሓጨጩ “እንታይ ድፍረቱ’ከ ኢዩ ‘ኣኽሱም- ዓድዋ’ ወይ ‘ኣኽሱም- ራማ’ ምባል’ዶ ኣይምሓሾን፧ ብሓደ ኣፊቱ ዶብ ሰጊሩ 'ኪጠጉግ' ዚሓልም” በሉ :mrgreen: ። ንሶም’ዉን እናክመስመሱ “ሕልሚ ምስፍሕፋሕ ኣመና ዘስገድግድ ኢዩ፣ ዘይንዕዘቦም ዘይንርእዮም ኢዩ ዝመስሎም፣ መሳኪን!” በሉ!!!!

ዓዒንቲ ኤርትራ ደኣ ጉልሕምሕም ይብላ ኣለዋ! ዓይኒ ሓሳዳ ይደፈን እምበር!
:mrgreen:

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Axumezana » 05 Nov 2021, 05:30

There is a strategic cost for every evil you committed !

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Meleket » 05 Nov 2021, 08:15

ዝኸፍኣ ርኽሰት ንዘይናትካ ምምናይን ዘይገንዘብካ ምድላዪን’ዩ። :mrgreen:

ሓቐይና ኣዅሱማዉያን ደቂ ጭወን ንርኽሰትን ርዅስ ኣተሓሳስባን ይፍንፍኑ። :lol:

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Axumezana » 07 Nov 2021, 01:30

The Confederated/Federated Ethiopia may include the ascari land as far as ascari pass through the Agazian therapy!

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Axumezana » 19 Aug 2022, 07:05

Axumezana wrote:
04 Nov 2021, 15:19
Elites of Tigray (prior to the war) proposed the following various strategies to keep or further enhance Tigray’s autonomy and build a prosperous Tigray
- An independent Tigray modelled after Israel (Tegadalai Mehari Yohannes, Mekelle University Lecturer)
- A de facto State (Dr. Mehari Taddele, A prominent Scholar)
- Confederation with Ethiopia (Professor Medhane Tadesse Lecturer)
- Democratized Strong Tigray as Part of Ethiopia (Tigray Prosperity Party members)
- Autonomous Tigray as part of Ethiopia/ If not possible Independent Tigray (Tegadalai Dr. General Teklebirhan)

In my view all the above options could be possible, but we need to identify the one that meets the aspirations of the Tigray people and is most feasible and strategically rewarding path without disintegrating Ethiopia. Generations of Tigrayans and all other Ethiopians have died and invested all their life for the territorial integrity and development of Ethiopia, and it is my strong conviction and advice to all key stakeholders including TPLF to work toward a new structure that maintains or expands the existing territory of Ethiopia.

The following are three possible paths Tigray may have to take for its future:

Option 1: Keep existing Federal Ethiopia as is with Tigray as one of the Federal states, but move the seat of the federal government to Mekelle immediately and to Axum within 5 years
This option does not meet the aspiration of those Tigrayans and Oromos that are determined to establish sovereign Tigray and Oromia states, but it is the low-risk path to sustain the territorial integrity of Ethiopia. More empowerment of the Federal states, improved democracy and, establishing a culture of zero tolerance and effective controlling system for corruption may help for this structure to be acceptable by the Ethiopian people.

Option 2: Establishment of a “Federated/Confederated Ethiopia” with Axum as a capital city.
- As a transition, keep existing Federal Ethiopia as is with Tigray one of the Federal states, but move the seat of the federal government to Mekelle immediately.
- Transform Ethiopia to hybrid Federated/Confederated structure within 5 years with its capital city in Axum as follows:
- By allowing the existing bigger federal states (e.g., Oromia, Amhara and Somalia) to be sovereign, after referendum as per the existing constitution, and willingly integrate them under one union (Confederated Ethiopia modeled after the European Union, to the extent it is relevant), establishing new Kimant and Agew federal states, and keep other existing federal states (Tigray as is, forming a hybrid of Federated/Confederated/ Ethiopia. Thinking only about the independence of Tigray and ignoring the rest of Ethiopia is same as throwing the baby with the bathwater and TPLF must lead and allocate the required resources for the formation of the new Ethiopia. The Confederated Ethiopia could progressively include willing countries in the Horn of Africa such as Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti.
- Thirty years ago, TPLF/EPRDF decided to govern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa, Menelik palace. That decision separated TPLF from its home base Tigray, marginalized Tigray from development and we all remember how that worked against TPLF during the Oromia riots. The physical separation of TPLF from its home base also made TPLF weak since it was not replenishing the energy it needed from the Tigray people. Based on the historical role Axum played as a corner stone of Ethiopia and knowing the fact that TPLF has to be always within the Tigray people to be effective in a sustainable manner, it is mandatory that the new Federated/Confederated Ethiopia that will be established under the leadership TPLF to have its head offices established in the historic city of Axum (This is similar to Brussels, the EU has no official Capital but Brussels hosts the official seats of various arms of the European Union). Addis Ababa must be a “Federal State” within the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia and continue as a political, diplomatic, and commercial center and metropolitan diversified city serving all the citizens of the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia in an equitable manner without any special claim by Oromos or Amharas. The capital city for the possible new sovereign Oromia (that may be established and confederated with Ethiopia) has to be located out of Addis Ababa.
o Tigray may not declare independence since it can indirectly assure its sovereignty from the Federal Ethiopia. However, Oromia, Amhara, Sidama and Somalia could be allowed to be independent states as per the constitution and willingly confederate with Ethiopia (de facto Tigray). Smaller regions such as Afar, Gambelia, Benishangul-Gumz, Welayta, other Southern people, Agew and Kimant could be part of the Federal States as part of the Hybrid Federal/Confederated Ethiopia anchored in Tigray.
o Tigray will ultimately become the political/democratic, cultural, economic and a technology center of the Horn of Africa within the next 20 to 30 years and the anchor and pillar of the Federated/Confederated Ethiopia. Tigray as the nucleus of the new Ethiopia will always directly or indirectly control the army and will have a MOSSAD like intelligence unit that safeguards Tigrayans and federal Ethiopia interests both in Tigray and elsewhere. The confederation could have a fully integrated & liberalized boundary, economy, monetary policy and common currency & passport and cross utilization and joint development of strategic infrastructure like electric power, multimodal transportation, education, etc. Since Oromos have dream of establishing a sovereign state, Tigray and Oromia could play the leading role in transforming Federal Ethiopia to Federated/Confederated Ethiopia.
Option 3: Independent Tigray with Axum as a capital city.
- If the above Options 1 and 2 are not possible, the fallback scenario is the establishment of an independent Tigray legally as per the existing constitution and get recognition by United Nations through the sponsorship of post–Isaias Eritrea or Ethiopia. Independent Tigray could establish of a confederation with Eritrea to build critical mass which could ultimately evolve to Confederated Ethiopia by integrating additional willing states in the Horn of Africa. This option will be more challenging to achieve as the international community and the United Nations may not support it as it affects the territorial integrity of the existing Ethiopia. A small land locked Tigray surrounded by genocidal neighbors may also not be secured and viable to realize its vision in a sustainable manner. All the investment and sacrifice in blood and sweat our ancestors invested in the present Ethiopia including the investment by TPLF and Tigrayans over the last three decades could also be wasted.

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Re: Shifting the Center of Gravity of Geopolitics and Economy of the Horn of Africa to Axum

Post by Meleket » 19 Aug 2022, 08:18

:mrgreen:
Meleket wrote:
05 Nov 2021, 04:29
Axumezana wrote:
04 Nov 2021, 15:19
it is my strong conviction and advice to all key stakeholders including TPLF to work toward a new structure that maintains or expands the existing territory of Ethiopia.
Meleket wrote:
09 Apr 2019, 11:03
Axumawi wrote:
08 Apr 2019, 17:10
... Axumawi iyita.. .. ..
“ኣኽሱም - ኣዱሊስ” (ዋዛ ምስ ቍምነገር - ‘ቅያ’ ኣዅሱማዊ በኣል ‘ካሮሳ’) :lol:

ሓደ ኣቦ ከምዚ ቢሎም ኣጻወቱና። ኮነ ያኢ ኣብ ኣኽሱም፡ ጦቢያን ኤርትራን ናብ ዉግእ ከየምርሑ ከለዉ 'ሕወሓት' ሓዊ ክትሽርጥጥ ተዕለብጠሉ ኣብ ዝነበረት እዋን፤ ከምዚ 'ጎረባብትካ ፍለጥ' :mrgreen: ወይ 'ዘቤታዊ ቱሪዝም' :lol: ዚበሃል፡ ታሪካዊያን ቦታታት እስከ ንብጻሕ ቢሎም፡ ምስ ዓርኮም ብሓባር ካብ ኣስመራ ናብ ኣኽሱም ከዱ። ሽዑዑ ታክሲ ኣብ ኣኽሱም ኣይነበራን እንታይ ደኣ ካሮሳ ኢየን ብብዝሒ ዝነበራ። ንታሪካዊ ‘ጎቦ ድራ’ ርእዮም፡ ኣማኢት ዓመታት ድሕሪ ብአል ከስከሰ፣ መጠራ፣ ኣስመራ፣ ኣዱሊስ ከምዝተደዅነት ንእትፍለጥ ዓባይ ኣኽሱም፣ ኣብ ውሽጣ ንዘሎ ጽሑፍ ግዕዝ ንዘይብሉ ትኹላት ሓወልቲ ክርእዩ ሃሰቡ’ሞ፤ ምስቲ ዓርኮም፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ብመኪና ስለምንታይ ብእግሪ ወይ ብ'ካሮሳ' ዘይንከይድ ተበሃሃሉ። ብካሮሳ ኪከዱ ተሰማሚዖም ድማ ሓደ ብኣል ካሮሳ ጸውዑ። ብኣል ካሮሳ’ዉን ምስ ፈረሱ ጎሰስ እናበለ ቀረቦም። ኩነታቱን ኩነታት ካሮሳኡን ክርእዩ ዘወርወር ቢሎም እንተተዓዘብዎ፡ ወዮ በኣል ካሮሳ ኣብ ክንዲ ‘ታርጋ’፡ ኣብ ዳሕረዋይ ክፋል ካሮሳኡ ከም 'ፓቴላ' ናይ ታክሲ፡ ካበይ ናበይ ከምዚኸይድ ዚሕብር ጽሑፍ ኣልጊቡላ ነበረ። እንተነበብዎ “ኣኽሱም - ኣዱሊስ” ይብል!ገሪምዎምዉን ዓርከይ፡ እታ ሕልሚ ምስፍሕፋሕ’ስ እንከ ካብ ፖለቲከኛታት ሕወሓት ክሳብ ሰብ ካሮሳን ሊስትሮን’ያ ተዘሪኣ ቢሎም፡ እናሰሓቑ ብእግሮም ከዱ ንብለኩም!!! ዓርኮም’ዉን እናሓጨጩ “እንታይ ድፍረቱ’ከ ኢዩ ‘ኣኽሱም- ዓድዋ’ ወይ ‘ኣኽሱም- ራማ’ ምባል’ዶ ኣይምሓሾን፧ ብሓደ ኣፊቱ ዶብ ሰጊሩ 'ኪጠጉግ' ዚሓልም” በሉ :mrgreen: ። ንሶም’ዉን እናክመስመሱ “ሕልሚ ምስፍሕፋሕ ኣመና ዘስገድግድ ኢዩ፣ ዘይንዕዘቦም ዘይንርእዮም ኢዩ ዝመስሎም፣ መሳኪን!” በሉ!!!!

ዓዒንቲ ኤርትራ ደኣ ጉልሕምሕም ይብላ ኣለዋ! ዓይኒ ሓሳዳ ይደፈን እምበር!
:mrgreen:

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