Is Abiy Ahmed the Most Dangerous Man in Africa?
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Just a bit of feedback, The TV sound effect is a little difficult to parse and distracting. It's a little harsh and tinny. I think a more subdued effect would be nice.
I agree
I.e - it's stupid
Agreed. You're definitely not the only one,.plenty of people have said this.
Given how far ahead these are recorded, however, it might take a while for this feedback to be implemented.
Counterpoint: I think it’s awesome
I concur
As a ethiopian, I appreciate how you tried to show the current ethiopian geopolitical issue but this is something that you can't understand
First, the ongoing civil war isn't his fault but rather because of where he came from as ethiopian people hate each other regarding of their birthplace and lineage.
Secondly, he is working for the interst of his country.
Overall the people who are saying 👏 to you claiming that they are ethiopian are just haters who don't only hates him but also his region( the region he came from). I really appreciate your work but you need to go deep down into the social and historical conflict between regions to understand more about the ongoing civil war.
Spoken like an Oromo clown🐷🐷
1:40 - Chapter 1 - Turning points
5:50 - Chapter 2 - Breaking point
11:00 - Chapter 3 - Ancient hatreds
16:30 - Chapter 4 - Pulling the trigger
21:15 - Chapter 5 - Once upon a time, in tigray
26:35 - Chapter 6 - Losing the peace
30:55 - Chapter 7 - Instability spreads
34:35 - Chapter 8 - The new northern front
38:15 - Chapter 9 - Everything collapsing, all at once
You wish
@@binyamkassahun136 He wish what?
@@bekureadera7578She/He meant "Thank you" not "You Wish" 😂
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I think there are more issues to covering Ethiopian issues. Abiye Ahmed story is the tip of the matter to be analyze about the complexity of our country, East Africa and in general the whole Africa.
Abiy Ahmed will be the first person to win two Nobel prizes. Prize in economics loading! Sometimes, war is forced upon. He had no choice! Long live Ethiopia ✌️🇪🇹🇪🇹✌️
Shout out to all my Ethiopians that are watching.
Rest in peace to those that passed away.
Millions bro.
Abiy is not Ethiopia's first Oromo primister Mengistu Hailemaryam is. I don't know why people are saying Abiy is the person.
Mengistu was never ever a prime minister. He had different prime minsters, the longest serving Fikre Selassie Wogderess. He was the president and commander in chief.
Mengistu wasn’t Oromo breh…
I really hope Ethiopia finds peace and freedom.
Hhhhhh Not all ethiopia only oromo and other younger state like afar dabub and others
I remember when I first heard of Ethiopia and Eritrea becoming allies back in 2018. I thought it was a major achievement. Then I was shocked when I heard about the Tigray War in 2020. Politicians like Abiy Ahmed are interesting, you really don't know how long their public image would last, when they go from modernizing reformers to... this.
Imagine Putin got the Nobel Prize in 2021 or Dubya did before Iraq
@@thematthew761TBH, Obama getting peace prize isn't any less funny than those two getting one, kind of telling how worthless the prize really is these day.
Thats why politics should be a slow conservative process where you keep the things that work, and slowly fix the things that dont issue by issue. People who promise huge societal reform, like Joe Biden, tend to resort to forcing it if they dont get their way. Hence his reliance on a corrupt DOJ and media, and his fascist union with big tech, pharma, and the military industrial complex. Slow incremental reform allowing for adjustmments are what i look for in politicians. Things that work for a long time work for a reason.
@@SamtheIrishexan Y'all really be throwing that word fascist around.
that prize has always been worthless. The gave the terrorist Arafat that prize in the 90s. Did they even consider his victims? @@Verpal
Ethiopia will disintegrate in to countries if the government is not careful. The army cannot keep fighting war after war, this will demoralize the army's moral.
Troops do as they are told, have you ever seen African fighters get tired and refuse to fight?
Not dissimilar to what happened in the Balkans :(
I hate what people do to one another 😢
Then an army of children will be forced and controlled by force and drugs to fight.@@ryansauchuk7290
@@ryansauchuk7290 there are a lot soldiers who refuse to fight and now imprisoned in Ethiopian. the only ones who is fighting are ethnic oromos who hate amharas and tigrayians b/c they enslaved them and conquered their lands
its the Oromos who migrated i the 14 century to Ethiopia and took all the land and wishes to expand further more.@@jewishnationalist
You don't need a whole episode as an Ethiopian i can tell you. YES and as sad as it is you will be making an episode of the realization. Simon if you're reading this THANKS for the honest assessment, but it HURTS SO BAD, words can't explain how much. This is the second reporting by you I have watched about Ethiopia, and I'm on the brink of tears. You have to understand for most of the people here POOR or RICH WEAK or STRONG ETHIOIPIA is our first and last LOVE.
Stay safe and lets hope everyone chooses to stay home for this one. May you and your people have peace ❤
I’m sorry about what’s happening in Ethiopia. Your country has such a beautiful culture and it’s shame that discord has led to this. I’m Nigerian, so I only wish for peace for my African brethren 🤍
why dont you do something about your corrupt leader
@@bahamut9930 like you’re doing something about Biden
why would I lol im not american. If you dont like a place leave. I left Zuma and moved to a place that got their shit together. the problem with africans is they are unfot to rule themselves by nature. Etheopia managed to not be colonised and its still a failed state. why cant a single african country get their crap together?@@UnDark1
Dear journalist,
Abiy is widely regarded as one of the best leaders in Africa. It is important to acknowledge that many of the problems we see today have deep roots that extend back to previous administrations. Abiy has taken on the immense responsibility of addressing these long-standing issues and working towards their resolution. While it is unrealistic to expect him to solve all problems immediately, he is committed to shouldering the burden and making significant strides towards positive change.
Abiy is evil dectator
Mr hater@@አንድአማራ
aye gemechu
I'm a proud Amhara, I second Gemechu. Abiy is a God send. The real problem is the EthioOrtho
Gemechis zemedish silehone newa
Abiy's achievements and leadership have gained international recognition. His Nobel Peace Prize win in 2019 not only highlighted his efforts but also shone a spotlight on Africa's potential for positive change.
😂😂😂😂 funny dude
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He has been paid to say that
Thank you, Simon, for your time and effort for all your episodes that spread economic and political awareness to everyone. You have made a difference
Nobel nomination? Educating us all for a more experienced and wise tomorrow.
👉This Is negative fake news and phony❗destructive is not constructive.
Thanks for amazingly precise description of current conflict in Ethiopia . It seems you are absolutely connected with Ethiopia.
I am an Ethiopian with 100% Interest following the situation from north America and you nailed it with absolute precision.
This video is epic!
@tedberd - I learned about just some of the complexities of Ethiopia's many ethnic groups and the ethnic hatreds of certain ethnic groups from a fellow Registered Nurse (Orthodox Christian) & it reminded me of the Balkans. I see Abiy going to war with Eritrea to at least get the southern port because they pay though the nose to get goods in through Djibouti. It's survival. I'd like to see Ethiopia develop more but Eritrea is kneecapping any chance of that. I don't favor starting wars but Eritrea is in the way (3.8 million persons) vs 145 million. I think by sometime this coming year. Eritrea is holding it's own people down and hindering Ethiopia. Prosperity could help alleviate ethnic tensions to a safer level I would hope.
Do you think the USA or some international body should've intervened or is this something for Ethiopians to solve independently?
@willjapheth8033 they had intervened initially. They were supporting TPLF advance to the capital. Not only that, when they overthrew the communist government of Mengistu Hailemariam, the US had supported the local militias as well. Otherwise there was no way that war would've been won. That being said, not everything warographics states here is true
@StoicS4m0r41 oh, I was more thinking of food aid intervention to prevent the famine, more so than actually picking a side militarily, but if we fully picked the Tygray side, they should've stopped the famine as well.
@FilthyAngryIrishPeasant
There’s no ethnic hatred in Ethiopia. To see this you have to backtrack the history of Ethiopia. Ethiopians target always was the regime. Mostly recently the regime created ethnic federalism to divide peoples unity against the regime. The new ethnic federalism give false hope that if a lead comes from such tribe it will empower that tribe but in reality that tribes life no different than any others. Prosperity party plays the same old tactics to stay in power, it has zero police’s or plan to change ethnic federalism. All it did was change former party names 4 or 5 times.
Despite your bias, your high journalistic style made me fall in love with Abiy. He is a hero who faced the most difficult challenges ever faced by any leader in Ethiopia, yet he is still trying to make the country prosperous. Of course, he is facing haters and propagandists like you. Rest assured, he will achieve his vision of making the country among developed nations.
hehe this is fake ,ethiopia currently is a hell for its citizen
I think we can learn a basic lesson here:
To right historic wrongs, violence will only perpetuate wrongs. Only peace and understanding can lead to truly healing these past wrong. Revenge will just perpetuate the cycle. Don't ask for land or money, ask to be treated the same.
You ever thought what would happen if you're the one offering peace and understanding, while the other side does not?
You'll get smoked buddy
Ethiopia can never have peace because it is a bunch of enemies locked into one country. Imagine locking France, Germany, and the UK into one country. That will not end up well for anyone.
Don't ask for land or money, ask to be treated the same. !
@@JoeyP946 Which is why it's important to come to an understanding.
Look it's never easy. It's always the classic cooperation Punnet Square. However, generally speaking, if you can negotiate up, do it. Like, if you are being mistreated but you convince the oppressor to go from a segregated society to just a racist society? Take that. Then start working on getting equal rights. Then, equal opportunity. It's annoying, it's slow, it sucks that you have to even do it... But it's the only long term way to solve the problem. Otherwise, you'll just perpetuate the cycle.
@@Isometrix116 You can not negotiate with minds like Hamas, they are the same as ISIS.
African stories are really interesting. Thanks from Nigeria. There’s a crazy story here too if you ever want to do that.
Who is here after him signing MOU with somaliland thus causing rift between ethiopia and somalia 😮
I’m here also for that
You explained everything that's happening right know in the country. For your knowledge those guys who crowded your comment box ,are Abiy Ahmed's cyber armies.
Says the actual bot
I really don't like the cutaways to the TV screen with the different sound.
Usually these multi ethnic disaster states in Africa are conveniently blamed by locals on colonialist Europeans but they cannot do that with Ethiopia which maintained its independence and is a state whose roots go back thousands of years as a multi ethnic empire.
Congratulations there is *one * country in Africa that managed to have issues without European imperialism, making it worse.
This isn’t the argument you seem to think it is buddy
@@blackwatertv7018 It 100% is as it shows you that with out European intervention Africa would be nothing but savage tribes ending each other endlessly.
@@blackwatertv7018yes continue to blame the white man. Look what it did for south africa
Ethiopian Habesha elite see themselves as Europeans not Africans. A bigger impediment to peace than colonialism. The horn of Africa is a cursed place.
To be fair to Ethiopians, The Derg never would have took power without Soviet support.
So they can still blame the russians
Ethiopia makes Yugoslavia's breakup look peaceful.
yeah, Ethiopian are too based
I hope they balkanize. It is clear that Ethiopia should have never existed.
why? it will only add more conflict to the region.@@lt2672
@@lt2672it has existed for a while. It will for a while longer.
@@lt2672 Hoping for that is a bit messed up
Those who oppose Ethiopia would view him as a threat, and therefore attempt to tarnish his character. However, he is a blessing to Ethiopia and has a strong passion for helping the underprivileged. It is impossible for someone like him, who works tirelessly day and night to make positive changes in the lives of the poor, to pose any form of danger.
may allah bless you
the way you explained about him
Found the deluded desperate idoor. @@bekatofik7423
@@orwellianyoutube8978found the heavy accent tea lover
@@hussainalharbi2448 Lol, weak
Can we stop with the TV edits across your channels, please? Not only is it annoying, but it's hard to hear what you're saying
What are TV edits?
@@brianloper6669 When it switches to Simon talking as if through an old TV
Abiy has been an advocate for African unity and integration, emphasizing the importance of collective action to address common challenges. He has actively engaged in regional organizations, such as the African Union, to promote cooperation among African nations.
Absolutely, this criticism seems unjustified and overly simplistic. The situation he's in is a classic 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' scenario. If he chooses not to fight, he's accused of passivity and letting his nation crumble. If he opts for confrontation, he's criticized for aggression. It's an impossible bind. In such complex situations, decisions are rarely black and white. There are layers of nuance and geopolitical dynamics at play that a simplistic hit piece won't capture. Real leadership often involves making the least bad choice from a set of difficult options, not the ideal choice from a set of good ones.
is there any other Ethiopia we don't know
Please stop doing the short segments of bad audio quality, it doesn't add anything, and it's very annoying and jarring
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That's just your opinion.
@@razorburn645you must be new to the internet. Welcome 😊
@@razorburn645yes it is my opinion, and I have a right to express my be opinion
@@benjaminmalisheski6494 Just as much as I have the right to call your opinion worthless.
Thank you for your excellent presentation. You have given me more context for these largely unknown conflicts. Please do cover more of these topics in the future.
Abiy's focus on expanding access to education, healthcare, and infrastructure has contributed to social development and improved living standards, highlighting the importance of investing in human capital across the continent.
It's over for oromos
and yet the UN can only talk about Israel non stop, the world is broken
Its because its a civil war like in sudan, congo and many other countries and under the UN, foreign countries don't have the right to interfere in a civil war only in a war between two state like kn isreal and Palestine or Ukraine and russia.
The UN is for matters between seperate nations.
What goes on inside a country not being the UN's business is something required for the UN to be able to exist and have people be part of. Same goes for its' powerlessness for that matter
@@mugiwara7347 palestine isn't a state. The UN also regularly gets involved in civil wars.
@andreasottohansen7338 palestine isn't a nation. I guess the UN should shut up despite that the UN does get involved in civil wars.
The right question is what the hell is the African Union doing. If they can't sort out this kind of situation.
Still hate the crap tv audio cuts.
It doesn't even make sense to do unless you're parodying a news report or something. They just do it for random sentences lol
Warographic media want to put a dark picture of Dr. Abiy's leadership skills and character, but for the whole of Africa abiy is a peace making and peace loving leader.
I bet Simon stuck his head in the freezer after doing this episode, just to cool his brain after delivering such an eloquent and extraordinarily detailed explanation of this countries troubles. 🤔
Wow...., a wonderfully presented narration of the entire political process of Ethiopia that has eventually brought the country to the brink of collaps. Once again thank you so much for such concise & comprehensive style of narration.
why is ethiopia even a country why can’t they just break up into smaller countries lol
that might happen in the future.
We can only hope that happens. It shouldn't be a nation as you can see. It's a cluster f**k.
why would you care?
Enjoy your immigrant crisis.
Smaller ethnic countries remain poor as internation companies rape them of their resources. Look at south sudan.
Yes, Aby Ahmed is evil❤❤
Yes! We’ve been crying our lungs out, doing peaceful demonstrations all over the world cities to no avail. World leaders were just providing lip services filled with “concerned”. Now we’ve almost 2,000,000 people dead -mostly civilians. I hope your voice will shed a light on this problem.
White lie
The Tigrayans are just getting a piece of their own medicine it looks like to me. They did the same and worse to other groups when they had the power.
@@orwellianyoutube8978 Wtf? What do you know about the people? I can tell you know nothing about them. They brought democracy and freedom with amazing economic growth according to UN, IMF and World Bank. We know where we were and we know where we are now as a country. Just because the current leader is a hater and uses propaganda, does not mean it was true. More than 90% of the people prefer the former leadership. So, please stop spreading misinformation and false narratives. It’s already been more than painful thing to what has happened to these people.
the tigrayan women and children didnt do anything, yet over hundreds of thousands died. it was merely those in power. @@orwellianyoutube8978
@orwellianyoutube8978 tigray literally looted the country for 3 decades straight and they act shocked when they got clapped.
As a half Tigrayan/Amahra I am disgusted at the endless hate!
The people don’t deserve this 🙏🏾
I've got friends and old co-workers from Ethiopia and Eritrea both--and seeing this hurts, because I know that my friends are here in the States and can't do anything but watch. :(
Abiy Ahmed Inspiring African Youth to Dream Big and Achieve
Surly hope not😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
stop with the tv cuts... please we're begging you
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Ye He yesew deme gelo yemaytekwe new yante mere
It is a great presentation except a few key points missed. Regional borders were demarcated by TPLF. This is an important fact that listeners should know. TPLF took that opportunity to grab lands of Welkait and Raya, which were originally Amhara territories, incorporating them into Tigray region. The present political system of Ethiopia was formed including the constitution by TPLF, and nothing has changed since the rulers have developed vested interests.
Exactly! I’m so happy welkait & raya is back to Amhara region
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No true stop spreading propaganda, That land was taken from the Tigrayan people by hailesilasie and was given back to the rightful owners when eprdf took power. Historically Tigrayans have been ethnicity cleansed from these areas time and time again but I think this will be the last time it’s the 21st century the land isn’t going anywhere and will be under Tigrayan forces very soon from my understanding.
@@Lunababay TPLF is finished, gone, adios!
@@ethiocsc8289 not true Tplf is not gone I just googled it. They are no longer in power in Ethiopia but still have a strong hold over the Tigray region. Makes sense
TV distortion...why ?
I was in the Tigray region in late 2018 and there was tons of tension there. Also got held at gun point a few times
Vacation or aid worker? Thanks if its the latter coming from a Tigrayan 🫡
A few times? Dang!
aid worker we were doing dental work in the area@@Tribuneoftheplebs
Abiy Ahmed Strengthening Ethiopia's Democracy and Rule of Law
Abiy Ahmed has been involved in diplomatic efforts beyond Ethiopia, mediating conflicts in the Horn of Africa region. He played a role in facilitating talks between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as attempting to mediate the Nile dam dispute between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt
What's your point ? I keep reading your comment over and over hopping I might have missed something useful in your post, how is what you wrote conducive to the issues or the reality of the Ethiopian people that is being discussed ? How is a foreign diplomatic effort part of this conversation at all ?!!! Have you seen what's happening to the everyday people in the country?! Have you been following who is causing all this mess in the country between the people and the regions ?!!! How is your comment about foreign diplomatic effort going to save the children, old people, pregnant women, farmers, innocent students, those that are not even with any political agenda, being delited, eliminated, hacked, in-personed, ... ?!!! Please tell me ? Why would you write something like that ?! What are you trying to educate people that do not have any idea about the Ethiopian reality on the ground ? How can you not feel the pain and agony of these people ?
Jesus Christ, this is just heartbreaking to watch 💔. Ethiopia will persevere.
ኢትዮጵያውያ ለዘላለም ትኑር::
ኢትዮጵያውያ ትቅደም::
No. It wont.
I love the compassion you are showing with the subject matter. Real shit! You are making sure it gets and stays in my head, on whats going on.
Thank you for creating this video and giving a voice to the Tigray, Amhara, and Oromo victims of the brutal and manipulative Ethiopian government under Abiy Ahmed and his regime. Genocide and famine have been used as mechanisms of war against these people. Women are raped, civilians are killed, and children are savagely murdered by the Ethiopian federal forces under Abiy Ahmed's command. This dehumanization of ethnic groups demands justice. The international community must act swiftly to hold him accountable for these atrocities. Justice is needed for peaceful opposition parties, journalists, and human rights activists who have been arrested or killed by this regime. The International Criminal Court should bring Abiy Ahmed to justice, setting an example for all African leaders.
The ICC is no place for us to solve our problems. The prosecutor of the ICC Karim Khan, told us what those international courthouses are for; and that’s for Africans& thugs like Putin.
Africans need to ween themselves off of the poisoned-chalice institutions like The Hague. They don’t represent us& never have they. We must seek to band together as Africans in order for us to solve the problems of our continent.
And if history is anything to go by, it’s clear that any& all foreign interference on the motherland has brought nothing but despair& destruction.
The Natives of Africa must learn& if we don’t, then we’ll most certainly perish.
Eritrea has always been an independent sovereign country for centuries. The Turkey Egypt Italy and the British have consequentially colonised Eritrea while Ethiopia was a free country that has not been colonised. Yet the UN decided on a federation agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia. But after a few years that treaty was obliterated by the Ethiopian emperor at that time and annexed Eritrea as an Ethiopian state. Ethiopia then started to colonise Eritrea by force.
Eritrea was the colonized part of Ethiopia later on which became a country.
Eritrea is a artificial creation of Italian colonialism. Italy established colonial Eritrea in 1890 and this entity has never existed as a sovereign state before 1993. The highlands was part of Ethiopia's realm since Zagwe period.
15:57 I feel like this is a good explanation or rather one of many good explanations on why The conflicts in Ethiopia don’t get much coverage everyone seems to be just genuinely awful to each other yet at the same time victims. :/
People generally care about what effects them, things that don't effect them won't come up.
Eritreans will always be ready to defend thier country and the territories award to Eritrea as per the final and binding Algers agreement of 2000. Eritrea is small but mighty. Abiy's Ethiopia should be careful before thinking of invading Eritrea as it will be the complete collapse of the nation of Ethiopia as we know it.
I'm sorry but if Ethiopians genuinely wanted to invade Eritrea they could but the people have no interest.
KOMAL, BARITCHO FASCHISIMO ITALIANO, BANDA YE BANDA LIJE, THE SONS OF MINILIK WILL FREE YOU FROM YOUR NEW SLAVE MASTERS, ETERNAL ETHIOPIA WILL ALWAYS GET IT'S SAVIORS 💚💛❤️💪👍👏
@@user-qy6tu9ip9v Yeah, that's what happened last lol
@@user-qy6tu9ip9vExactly. That is the difference. I am an Eritrean and I believe we all are humans with one being not better or lesser than the others. But we want to keep our sovereign rights more than you want to take a port. We want our sovereignty so badly that every single one of us is willing to die. That's why we Eritreans believe that this war if it happens it would be a war Abiy would lose. But it would be at a huge cost for all of us.
@@getnetasnake7290when u couldn’t achieve hagere Tigrai u became Ethiopian 😅
Abiy's role in ending the decades-long conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea brought much-needed peace to the Horn of Africa, setting an example for conflict resolution and fostering regional stability.
sir, you have presented it so well its unbelievably accurate any one who has a stack in this (Ethiopian) like myself seeing this wouldn't be happy but that's the fact you did an amazing summing it up in 43 minutes video
The world must again reward him with the world's highest prize for Nobel laureate warmongers which I wish could be found in Biden's office
Ironically, i got an ad from "This is Indian Country" during this. If only there was a country we could look to to see where endless grievance leads ...
The politics of Ethiopia is more complicated than any other nation on earth!
In Ethiopia, there are so many different people who happened to be living together.
The current Ethiopia was invented by special people who live in northern Ethiopia and Southern Ethiopia ( Gonder and Gurages)
Originally, Hebrews and the children of King Solomon. These people are literally dominant of Ethiopian politics. That stayed up to Haile Silasie( the lion of Yihuda)
Then that lion was destroyed by Amhara's Derg.
A military gang! They oppressed others! They convinced others cannot be leaders.
The Tigrayans who resides on the gate of Ethiopia, they saw themselves as left behind and Ethiopia is the idea of Amhara!
So they fought together with the now Eritrea against the Derg regime!
Russia Orthodox nation like the Amharas supported the Derg and Americans suppoted the EPRDF( Tigray and Eritrea).
After so many years of disastrous war, those who were supported by Americans won the war! That was so bad that the famine produced those scary images which becomes the image of Ethiopia by the rest of the world!
The boss of EPRDF called TPLF( Tigrayans) focused on dismantling the unity of Ethiopia by educating other ethnics groups to have their own language, flags, and restore their past captures in their own autonomy. Which became a serious problem for the unity of Ethiopia as all 85 ethnics groups see themselves as countries instead of part of a big country called Ethiopia! Because the boss of Tigrayans TPLF deliberately encouraged them to emphasise on what makes them different than what makes them united!
On top of that they even erected monuments that provoc others by teaching them as if the Amharas had practiced genocide against them! These things fuelled up hatrates against the Amharas!
Groups like OPLF and many others stood for revenge against Amharas!
However, with the TPLF there came a serious devisions! Between the separatist TPLF and those who wanted the unity of Ethiopia. TPLF created a party called EPRDF which are composed of all ethnics groups of Ethiopia to work for the interests of TPLF. Creating two or more parties from opposition parties and the TPLF's EPRDF. Now, those who saw the weaknesses of TPLF, namely the EPRDF of Oromo and Amharas together with the separatists OPLF( Oromo's people liberation from) together, they oversmarted the TPLF and took the power out of the hands of TPLF and EPRDF! After they won, TPLF's EPRDF, TPLF who felt betrayed, went back to Tigray and wage war against the new Abiy's Ethiopia. During the war against TPLF, Amharas, Oromos and even Eritrea United to defeat with combined forced. Because even if the TPLF stripped its federal government power, still leads the Ethiopian army! And the Ethiopian army were in Tigray by the time. That gave them the confidence to take back the federal government! They fought hard but they lost because of Abiy's smart moves.
Now after surrendering TPLF, Abiy started revealing what his party stands for. That disappointed everyone! Meanwhile, OPLF, started killing Amharas in the most ruthless ways, while the Abiy government doing nothing about it as the federal government leader. That makes the Amharans to doubt Abiy's prosperity party. On top of that Abiy demanding Amharas disarmament without resolving Amharas new and serious concerns! That drove the Amharas fano a militant defender of Amharas interest to wage war against what the Oromo's government!
The secret of Ethiopia is that the general public deeply United with Ethiopian national sentiments! But the leading groups, always uses some weakness and gossips of ethnics special interests; to mobilise them against the leading groups and after the gain power, they then show that they no longer interested in those special interests apart from they are now the new leaders of the wider Ethiopia and the new protectors of the interests of the wider Ethiopia. However, their trustees will be only their own ethnics groups!
That's how Ethiopian politics looks like when described honestly, and fairly!
The people are however, already mixed and they prefer unity over anything else!
Abiy however, looks he does care for the Ethiopians in general! His weakness as I can see is that he loves the power more than anything else!
The weakness of Amharas, is them wanting the culture of Ethiopia to be the culture of the entire Ethiopia!
The weakness of Tigrayans is that focusing on dismantling whatever was built by Amharas!
The weakness of Oromo is wanting the capital of Ethiopia to be Oromo's capital!
Them letting go their weakness help Ethiopia strengthen it's unity!
Wherever in the world, people are mixed, we cannot bring the past generations issues to define the future generations!
The past people may be different, but the current people are new and mixed people with new interests!
People are always innocent just to say the least!
Unity always works better than devisions!!!
Think togetherness, that is the future!!!
Your problem is my problem!
Your gain is my gain!
The Blessed 🙌
Thank you Simon for your genuine and unbiased explanation. Just showing the reality without taking sides.
Unbiased ! really, hahha. I think he stopped short of mentioning the sponsors of the video. It is blatantly biased that, why did he bother not to mentioning them (like most youtuber, like shaving creams, hair trimmers, dietary supplements), or I could say he is willingly ignorant of the real situation happening in the horn of Africa, which is a possibility (doubtful, still probability).
This was so well done, from someone who has watched other videos trying to get a grasp on what is happening in this conflict and left confused, this really simplified/explained it well! ❤
Abiy is a con artist that made his way to power on lies & being two face. He might have been love by many but now his true color has came out. His killer side of him has surfaced and he is not the person he claimed he was. And I strongly believe his Nobel prize need to be revoked. Now Fano will take the power back to bring peace for our beloved country. Victory for Fano. Then and only then divisiveness will be end once for all. 💚💛❤️
Fano ain't winning. Just accept reality. Fano have nobody else in Ethiopia who supports them besides Amhara.
rip meles zenawi he unified ethiopia with big economic 1$=20birr everything sheap
poeple are living without ethnicity and peace during 30 years
but from 2018 aby ahmed is the worst president killing innocent poeple and making ethiopian poor economic collapse 1$ =100 birr everything is expensivpoeple are dying with hungre nothing to eat and killing each other more than million ethiopian killed
@@Xenomorph-hb4zf And that’s all we need. You will see it. Talk is trash Fano is about action. 😂
Fano is just another Oneg and I was Onegawi. I no longer believe in tribal leadership because it doesn’t bring us anything except for people in power who will loot the rest of the population and turn us against each other.
Until we love each other not just blindly kill each other based on tribal lines we will keep bleeding into the future.
One love. Life is too short to push tribal violence.
Dr Abiy Ahmed is the best prime ministers of Ethiopia in history good leadership and good listener
He reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma/Myanmar. She was also the darling of the West, getting a Nobel Peace Prize. When she got into power years later she did nothing about the attacks on the Rohingyas. This caused some people to call for withdrawing her Nobel.
AS AN ETHIOPIAN, I ENDORSE RESCENDING HIS "PEACE NOBEL PRICE" ABIY AHMED ALI IS NOBEL PRICED HUMAN BLOODTHIRSTY GENOCIDER IN ETHIOPIA, EVEN, IMF'S DIRECTOR KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA REFUSED TO SHAKE ABIY AHMED ALI'S BLOODSTAINED HANDS 💚💛❤️🙏👍👏🇨🇬
to be fair it's not like she could have done much to oppose the military in that regard.
@@markdowding5737From her Wikipedia page: "In 2012, she told reporters she did not know if the Rohingya could be regarded as Burmese citizens"
It sounds like she did not care much about those people.
@@thehun1234 I am not saying she is completely out of fault. But her position within the Myanmar government was already as weak as it was and she might have felt that had she tried to do more to oppose the military this might have led them to topple her (as it happened anyway)
Very true
Love this content, biggups to Simon and the crew! 🥂
Well informed video, Thank you
Not satisfied with wars in his own country, now he wants one in Somalia as well.
Abiy's economic reforms aimed at liberalizing Ethiopia's economy, attracting foreign investment, and stimulating growth have the potential to serve as a model for other African nations seeking to drive economic development.
How come you came to know all these intricate details about the politics in Ethiopia! I'm Ethiopian and an Oromo by ethnicity. I learned a great deal of history from your video.
They know better zan us b/c they r z one who rule z world
Very well researched and presented, well done
Trying to paint a dark image on the government of Ethiopia. This is what former colonial era journalists try to discribe an extraordinary leader who works tirelessly to improve the lives of his people.
Either amharas rule Ethiopia or the country collapses. You choose.
Peace with Eritrea One of the most notable achievements of Abiy Ahmed's leadership was the peace agreement reached with Eritrea, ending a decades-long conflict. This development improved regional stability and opened opportunities for economic cooperation.
That was just the headlines and not practical.
Fantastic video. Had to watch twice to really understand it better. Its like something out of an epic fantasy or sci fi novel.
Doing a longer video on this topic was a good idea, as it gives much-needed context to a very complex topic.
❤GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹, THE LEADERS, THE DEFENSE FORCE AND THE PEOPLE ❤.
PM Abiy Ahmed is the most intelligent 👌 and humble leader. GOD bless him.
As an ethiopian living in ethiopia i would say this is like 95 percent accurate and thank you for explaining what is going on here to the world. but i think the 5 percent inaccuracy would be only because you tried to simplify very complex tensions and issues in to a 40 minute video but overall this is very accurate and this is our sad reality.
Thank you, Great Document.
I have no idea what you're saying.when you do the "TV jump-cut voice"
Dr. Abiy Ahmed is a once in a generation leader who works tirelessly to improve the lives of the people of Ethiopia
lol you are clown
That was a great breakdown of a hugely complicated (and shamefully underreported) subject. Must have taken ages to research and rehearse. Nice job.
The guy who really did his homework about Ethiopia🙏, sad but true😭
Hi Simon, an amazing episode.. Thank you for this magnificence 🙏
Abiy Ahmed Inspiring African Youth to Dream Big and Achieve.
Abiy Ahmed IS Killer
He is killer Archive on what
Guys this is a bot. Don't reply specially if you're in Ethiopia
This video has an explanation that can be the same for most of Africa. That's why pan africanism is not possible atleast not anytime soon
Abiy has been actively involved in mediating various regional conflicts and disputes. He played a crucial role in facilitating negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as in fostering dialogue between Somalia and Kenya.
No he didn’t. Sudan doesn’t even like him because he wanted to take their territory
as an Ethiopian this video honestly largely excludes Abiy's side of the story, i try to be as neutral as possible in forming my opinion as my country's currently in a very tricky situation and so i try not to skew too harshly to one side but you honestly need to consider that the man given the task of making a country more democratic while arguably the lack of democracy itself was what was preventing a major conflict such as the recent northern conflict from breaking out earlier. in hind sight its easy to point out the results of his decisions as nothing but obvious but in truth he was in a position of power where everyone even the Oromo mistrusted him as they saw him as a traitor that sided with the TPLF and at the moment believe it or not his decisions were viewed as sensible steps towards peace by almost every media outlet within the country. while the west mostly agrees that a peaceful Yugoslavia is the best outcome all that would do is turn a would be civil war into a normal war. while groups like the OLA and the TPLF are influencal in this stage they're very much the loud minority, the majority of Ethiopians simply want peace and would be happy to forgive and forget the sins of their ancestors but paranoid militant groups that run a heavily one sided rhetoric contribute nothing towards peace.
Well put
If that is how everyone feels then, How is he got followers,people that take order, just to rob & kill
A lot of biblical warnings are fulfilling. What you saying been going since the fall of mangestu, however now is wild cause it's time for the Dragon to come out.
He dont wanna wait, they already built the 3rd temple they only thing they need is the crucifixion cross.
They got AI they dont need a holymen to touch it no more...once they get it then the beast can use it to rise the dead, bla bla bla
...the war is on the resistance which is Amara tribe. From ancient time they been fighting...they the one with Trojan war, Alexander the great,rome, julia Cesar e.t.c
Protec ya land or if ya surrender no hope for black people all over the word.
Red, gold and green are the color of he covenant. That promise is tie to ethiopia, put the lion of juda back on the flag..grt rid of that devil star
No doubt that Abiy Ahmed is the most dangerous WAR LORD in Africa!
I’m shocked how accurate this was
Small, powerful men contain great evil
I could get used to long form warographics.
Ditto. Context matters.
Ahh and we continue to see ancient tribalism be the undermining of African nations. countries rich in natural resources, with relatively young populations capable of working throw their capability away in the name of tribal disputes instead of working as a cohesive entity.
happens throughout african nations and is largely the reason for so many rebelions, coups, and militias which plague the continent.
african nations have so much potential but they fail to live up to it.
THE 17 & 1800’s ISNT ANCIENT TIMES BUT I SEE WHAT U SAYING
It isn't about potential but about horrible lines drawn by Europeans on purpose to damage any prospects coming out of Africa. Enemies are stuck together because of internationally recognized borders. There can't be peace in Africa until the borders are redrawn in lots of places.
@@lt2672 Ethiopia existed before Europeans came and it was the only place that successfully resisted European conquest.
How can you blame Europeans on a video about the only place not colonized by the Europeans??
ITALY OCCUPIED ETHIOPIA FROM 1935-1941…HALLIE SELASSIE WENT TO ENGLAND
@@oriontigley5089Eritrea wasn't part of Ethiopia but Europeans gave them Eritrea to cause destabilization. The Eastern Somali region wasn't part of Ethiopia but Britain gave them that to cause wars between Somalia and Ethiopia. The Western Gumuz region is Sudanese territory but Britian gave Ethiopia that to cause problems with Sudan. I can go on and on.
Any African leader. who came and try to raise his nation is describe as dangerous man by Western madia and their reporter , we see these all the time . only good leaders are white European who never do no harm to anyone in the world . they are pure innocent angels
Correction : Among a number of errors in your detailing of the war, the most prominent was how the war started. It began following the preemptive strike by the Tplf insurgents upon the North command forces that secured the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia🔔🔔🔔. You keep confusing Fano with the Amhara special forces. Fano militia became active as a result of subsequent direct attacks on farming societies of Amhara background following the massacres by OLA, Tplf and others alike. The Amhara Special forces however were the allies that fought in Tigray war who have themselves been disbanded at this time.
I have friends in Ethiopia, almost everyone who once supported Abiy has turned against him. I firmly believe if a free and fair election was held, him and the prosperity party would be wiped from power
You nailed it 👍
Not only dangerous he is savage and merciless person on earth
Don't forget stupid!
It's interesting that Amharans blame every other ethnic groups for Ethiopian problems even though they controlled Ethiopia for over 100 years before the 90s & during that time there was so many atrocities & wars yet they act like angels 😅
All major groups seem not to be able to run the country properly
Says who? Never Ethiopia run ethnic apartheid system like Oromo and Tigray
Ethnic based violence was almost non-existent. Now it's rampant.
@@abrahamtafesse8454 they did kill people because of their ethnicity though true out history
Let's not forget the deliberate starvation of Tigrinians during the 80s
Oromo are not majority, Amhara are the majority in Ethiopia but they never ever believe ethnicity ideology but since the terrorist Tigray invaded Amhara and afar region destroyed based on their ethnicity. They start considering on amhraization period.
I agree. Oromo speakers are alot but ethnic oromo aren't. Eastern oromo are majority somalis that were oromized and today they are oromo speakers, oromo integrated many ethnic groups. There are amharic oromized bantu oromized etc etc
In the words of Norm MacDonald;
"this guy is a real jerk"
Asshoke
Thank you for covering this calamity that's up on Ethiopians.
The reality on the ground has been hidden from the world, Abiy Ahmed works hard to keep the outside world out of his affairs, but behind the sceen he is raining bullets with drones on innocent civilians because he can't see or find the freedom fighters. The freedom fighters ( FANO) have the ability to fight from key positions and they are also in an advantageous position, because they are familiar with the terrain.
FUNNY 😁
🇪🇹I am an Dr.Abiy Ahmed 100 % interest following the situation from north Amerca.
Thanks for amazingly precise description of current conflict in ethiopia🇪🇹
Wow Heroes 💪👉👏🇪🇹
Hell is going come too u house if mess with Eritrea
Great video but i think you missed one little thing. Abiy signed a peace deal with tigray because while tigray was losing they still had a powerful army and could fight from the mountains. Also giving too much power to the Amaras could be extremely dangerous.
There you go with the Amhara hatred. It's not about power for the Amhara people but mere existence. What this documentary fails to show is that how badly people were persecuted during the EPRDF regime