i know the history of Yugoslavia and as an Amhara from Ethiopia if we continue like this we will end up like you guys more bloodier i hope abiy give away his power to a civilian-led power and save the country but politicians in Africa don't like losing power
As an Ethiopian who is old enough to remember the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia, I hope and pray that my ethnic group would be as lucky as Slovenians and not like the Croats and Bosnians.The Bosnians had the worst of it because they had no means of defending themselves at the beginning. The ugly disintegration of Ethiopia is not a matter of if but when!
@@lizzyinthecut3617 I'm not. my point is that there are different circumstances to consider to determine whether a breakup of a state is a net benefit. namely the differences between russia on one hand and ethiopia and yugoslavia on the other hand include the capacity and desire of the russian state and the russian people for imperialist aggression, which make a continued existence of russia dangerous to many of its eurasian neighbours. this can not be reasonably expected to be solved by a mere overthrow of putin, or even the establishment of a liberal democracy - that sort of national reprogramming against supremacist ideology tends to require a major defeat and the forcible control of governance and education by the enemies of the former power structure, as in germany, japan, or rwanda. and that's not going to happen to russia. or, as far as nations can reform themselves, the russian people are not at all hopeful candidates for this, since the russian government and its ideology are aupported bx a majority of russians,.while the majority of the rest very thoroughly buy into the alternative government-promoted belief system that declares the people to have no power and thus no culpability for their country's actions, and to be fundamentally incapable of knowing what's true and what isn't. the major downside is that it is difficult to imagine a breakup of russia that would not yield catastrophic consequences in the transfer of control over russia's giant and widely distributed nuclear arsenal, which makes a breakup of russia quite unappealing. but the cost-benefit ratio still depends on the likelihood of a continued unified russia using those nukes - if the chance is sufficiently high, then the greater harm they could do with a unified arsenal would make the breakup option the less bad one. also, for the purpose of such considerations, russia achieving success with nuclear threats is to be considered a use of nuclear weapons. either way, nukes are a substantial difference to ethiopia and yugoslavia.
As an Ethiopian, I want to tell you something In Yugoslavia, everyone wanted to be free and independent, in Ethiopia nobody wants this, rather everyone wants to control the rest of the country, everyone wants to be the master, first it was the imperial amharas, a pause with communists, then EPRDF tigrians, and now many claim it's prosperity oromos, it's seems like it's like that, but it's debatable. What I want to say is, don't worry, Ethiopia won't disintegrate, but it'll keep eating itself like forever maybe
Ethiopia is an old idea like China or Persia, so I doubt it would fall apart but that doesn't mean that the different groups wouldn't go into a civil war to be the masters of that idea.
I sure hope so I know Ethiopia was not happy after losing Eritrea But if the national government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa can't seem to get the national identity of "Ethiopians" to persist and override the idea of the various "tribal identities" within it's borders well... Then it's going to be a difficult one for the nation of Ethiopia going forward
@@vitoanania6042Drawing the borders would be nearly impossible. And, what people fail to mention is that Ethiopians regularly mix with each other. Everyone agrees that they are Ethiopian first and their ethnic group second, only problem is nobody can agree who should hold power. It’s really complicated.
Some corrections: 1) DERG was not an Amhara government that starved its people, CIA declassified information shows that it was an Oromo dominated government led by an Oromo, Mengistu Hailemariam. 2) Amhara did not annex “Western Tigray” because they needed fertile land, Amhara is one of the most fertile regions with 80% of the Blue Nile originating from the region. TPLF annexed that land, which was named Welkait, 33 years ago from Amharas because they needed the fertile land and wanted a border with Sudan. They ethnically cleansed Amharas off that land and renamed it “Western Tigray” when they were in power for 27 years. And as you stated in the video they also killed 1600 Amharas in Mai Kadra at the start of the war 2 years ago. 3) Amharas did not ethnically cleanse Tigrayans from Welkait at the start of the war 2 years ago. But many of the Tigrayans that were settled there by TPLF when they were in power to demographically engineer the population did flee to Tigray when war started out of fear that they might face retaliation for the crimes TPLF had committed on Amharas for 33 years. 4) The main catalyst for the current war is the US government that sees TPLF as a loyal ally that protected US foreign policy interests in the region when they were in power for 27 years. The Pretoria “peace” agreement that was signed between the Ethiopian government and TPLF last November was not a peace deal but a US government sponsored war pact between TPLF and Abiy to go after Amharas so that Welkait or what they claim is “Western Tigray” is returned to TPLF and in exchange Abiy gets IMF and World Bank loans to save the economy. And once TPLF gets Welkait in their hands and have a border with Sudan, they would be supplied with enough weapons by the US to bring about regime change in Eritrea. At least that was the plan until Amharas and Fanos said not on our watch. Amharas have been facing genocide over the past 30 plus years and at a large scale since Abiy came to power. Now Amharas have risen up to remove Abiy and the US government is scrambling to save its failed Pretoria war pact.
Your story is an abject lie. Ethiopia follows ethnic federalism. Thus, those who settled on Wolqayit area are majority ethnic Tigres, which immediately warrantees the land be given to Tigray. If tplf wanted to change the regime in Eritrea, it would have done so when it was controlling the Ethiopian throne. Rather, Amhara are wanting western Tigray so that there could be a corridor to smuggle weapons from Eritrea and food and other commodities to Eritrea. Eritreans lifeline depends on Ethiopian economy. That's why they hate tplf with all their might. Because it fended them off exploiting Ethiopian economy. Now Eritrea has got a new chance to reattach its tentacles on the Ethiopian economy through the Wolqayit corridor. Amhara are rebelling on Abiy feeling confident that Eritrea will help them as long as they allow the latter to trade through Wolqayit.
He tried his best but he must get his FACTS right. He can continue finding the facts unbiased by Tribal idiots( which they look intellectual liers fake people)
@@phoenix0000Ethnic federalism is the source of the land disputes and constant mistrust and wars because in an event the country collapses every tribe wants to ensure corridors including TPLF. Only soultion for Ethiopia is the removal of Abiy and a transitional government that will facilitate unity and peace
fano is a historical term used in Ethiopian struggles against injustice and foreign invaders. It is mainly shown as a youth movement that has played a significant role in preserving the concept of Ethiopian nationhood. As a youth group, it has emerged from within the Amhara ethnic group and has features of reminiscent of classical political, religious, or even social movements that drive youthful frustrations into acts of agitation until they achieve a measure of reform. Traditionally, the Fano struggle had focused on fending off attacks against Ethiopia. In recent years, Fano has become a household name and a crucial movement tasked with saving the very existence of the Amhara population as well as the integrity of Ethiopia. In this, it differs from other similar youth movements in the country, whose aim is to dismember the Ethiopian state into ethnic components. Fano is made of a defiant and patriotic youth which is able to shoulder an Ethiopia that is arising from the ashes bequeathed to them. This revolutionary generation and movement has to be nurtured. Fano is not just an embodiment of the physical defiance but also an intellectual movement that abhors ethnic fascism, narrow nationalism, apartheid policies, internal colonialism and all forms of pseudo-legal acts of political corruption. Instead, it upholds a civic sense of public duty, patriotism and vision for the good of the entire country.
😢 The world we live in will try to make money off of them. Let’s hope the US and European countries don’t intervene. Only help with peace talks. For real I live here in America born and raised. They take everything from anyone. It’s the land of the devil for real. Corruption greed. At least your country is full of people who actually love it. They may not agree but they all have a different reason for wanting to do for it. Over here it is about money. There are few patriots truly. Many here don’t read any laws passed don’t vote with their brain. Just check a box to say they did. Those in power take all and then make war to take more.
@@ghostridder2052 Absolutely! Fano is an extremist group that believes and advocates for the dominance and supremacy of the minority ethnic Amharas at the expense of the other 110 million non Amharas!
As an Ethiopian, it really breaks my heart to see my country filled with ethnic violence. Ethiopia is fundamentally broken, it starts with the constitution and ethnic politics!
This is an excellent insight into the current Amahra crisis. 1) Amharas were betrayed in the disputed region issue under the guise of the Pretoria Accords. 2) The dissolution of the Amhara Special Forces was pushed through too early and rashly at the wrong time before the dispute with Tigray could be settled. 3) The continued massacre and expulsion of ethnic Amharas from Oromia and Benishangul are not seriously addressed to stop it. 4) The affair behind Addis Ababa and the city of Sheger is secretly aimed at tormenting ethnic Amhara and curbing Addis Ababa's expansion. The overwhelming majority of the people in Addis Ababa are ethnic Amharas. Despite this fact, the police in Addis Ababa are predominantly ethnic Oromo. 5) The Amhara's selective refusal to travel across the country and into Addis Ababa and the harassment of the already angered ethnic Amharas provoked them into rebellion.
@@bentutsibensamale7520 Training a regular police force is simple and not a big deal. But in a multi-ethnic and diverse city, police must be built based on this fact. During the EPRDF regime, the senior police posts were mainly occupied by TPLF, the rest were mixed. Today everything is in the hands of corrupt Oromos. The good and competent fellow Oromo citizens are expelled.
If things go how they have been going lately Ethiopia will become the next Yugoslavia. The Tigray region will be split into half Amhara and half Eritrean. There will become new countries and some regions will be wiped out such Tigray region. Addis Abeba will become the capital city of Amhara. By the way, I am from the Ogaden/Somali region. There will be new major ethnic conflicts for example there will be a war between Somalis and Oromos in Dire Dawa. I hope Amhara finishes abiye and his oromummaa agenda.
thank God now. Because it used to be embarrassing to say that I am Amhara. Even though we are in trouble I am very happy that FANO gave me the opportunity to call myself Amhara and be proud to be Amhara.
I love how this channel has evolved. Thank you for providing such level-headed insight into situations around the world otherwise ignored by Western media.
I am Amhara, first of all we need an equal treatment with other Ethiopians. If not we can't continue like this killed brutally everyday by the prosperity party led government. We'll continue untill we become free & free from any mistreatment in our country that we built by our blood. No joke!
Hey, Thank you for covering the current crisis in Amhara. I believe you got few important facts wrong but again thanks for giving it coverage. It is a serious issue but many aren't reporting about it.🙏🏽
As Amhara Ethiopian, The reason this conflict has escalated because of the utter failure of regional and federal government of answering Amharas people questions. 1, border issues with Tigray. The so called western Tigray was taken by tplf when they came to power 2, I can say in all regions of Ethiopia ,Amhara have been targeted and massacred just because they ethnic Amhara. This has been happening since TPLF came power and it scarleted since2018. 3. Amhara Regional Government must be dissolved. They are the most incompetent and corrupt people, rather than leading and representing their own people interests, they kiss ass of the federal e
tplf are ass for taking welkait but tigrayans have existed in welkait with amharas in peace before tplf was a thing soooo it really can't be returned "back" but get rid of the tplf and fano
@@yenenehw it’s not that simple. You have over 10M Amharas outside of the Amhara region. What are you going to do with them? What about Addis and other parts of Shewa such as Nazareth, Debre Zeyt?
@@theassassin9326 What 're you smoking ? I'm not Amhara but I understand their concerns.All they want is for those concerns to be addressed and solved.They 're the last ethnic groups in Ethiopia who want separation from the rest.what 're their main concerns? 1)The Wolkaite issue should get resolution 2)the targeting of Amharas in areas like Oromia(esp.Wollega) has to stop!! 3)there shouldn't be restriction of Amharas travel within their own country! 4)The inflation and degradation of social and economic conditions should be solved 5)The politicians should NOT try to interfere in religious matters !
I had been at Amhara for about five years. What a god gifted country, loving people, very progressing nation, very sad to see present conditions. Dear ethiopians discuss among your leaders get this nation back to normal
It’s very stupid. After the country stabilizes and removes its constitution it should be administered by zones(Awiraja) It will take a generation to fix the damage done by EPRDF/PP.
@@Sje8wwns928hello Bosnia 🇧🇦 love our Muslim brothers please let me tell you there is Somali region which borders Oromia that’s because Ethiopia annexed our land and genocided us we hope to gain independence after Ethiopia collapses 😂😂
thanks sir 🙏 According to the report,a total of 137,000 Amharas known to the family are imprisoned & suffering in Afar, Awash & Sidamo. Another 30,000 are being tortured in detention centers where their families do not know where they are. #AmharaMassArrest
Is there anything people from the international community do to help? I'm trying to spread word but most information is written in Ge'ez or spoken in Amharic which I don't understand. In my opinion we need more English language sources to spread the word around the world.
Most Oromos (who aren’t associated with the Prosperity Party) also want independent investigations. The OLA has been calling for independent investigations into the attacks on Amharas in Oromia for years. It’s the federal government that has refused to allow such investigations.
Amhara needs to be a republic. Let every other ethnic go their own way. Even European countries is based in ethnicities except Belgium which has ethnic tension and Switzerland. Others also want to be independent like Catalonia, Bask and Corsica etc. African artificial borders must go. Let Ethiopia be the first. Amhara power 💪
Not a good idea, too much of the land is disputed. Ironically, I think that the only region that can actually operate on it own is the Amhara region. Oromia, half the land almost doesn't belong to them, but to various other ethnic groups.
For example, I am not Amhara, I am Oromo, I am proud of my Oromo! However, I oppose the Ethiopian government's genocide against the Amhara people. Even children of Amhara descent were picked up in Addis Ababa and Oromia and put them in concentration camps. Before that ended, a cholera epidemic broke out in the concentration camp and the children were dying, so the international community should know this.
The DERG wasnt not an Amhara dominated regime. Wtf. Most of the victims of the red terror were Amharas, the famine was in Amhara region, and the leader was Oromo along with most of his clique. The last Amhara ruler was the Emperor!
@@Tribuneoftheplebs High ranking Amharas in the politburo were very few and even then they were self-hating ones who took Wallelign's outlook to heart.
@@warfaageeddi3128 His mother is Konso, and his father is Tulama oromo, so he is Oromo. Lies and empty bravery of thousands of years and even today, Fano is in your nightmares 😂
More than 26 Million people amharas live in the Amhara region only. More than 10 Million ethinic amharas live out side the Amhara region. More than 67% of the capital Addis Ababa's population is also ethinic Amhara. By the way Western Tigray was part of Amhara before 30 years. It was taken by PM Meles Zenawi as TPLF took power.
I am a veteran from the United States. I went to beautiful Ethiopia in 2019. I married and have a half Ethiopian half Caucasian son. I fear for my wife and son everyday. I am trying to get them here to USA but its taking forever. Ethiopia is my second home. I just want peace. I used to believe in Abiy. Now im shocked at his actions. Please pray for peace. Ethiopian people deserve so much better!
Yea I know people from Tigray, I feel for you, I have a similar issue different country but problem I have come to realize is the US is most of the problem. The TPLF was not what it was called and was a US puppet and wrecked the country
Don’t worry this all has been and will be, Ethiopians are resilient and peaceful in everyday social life but the political bodies aren’t up to par . That’s because Ethiopia was ruled by monarchy for so long, it is taking forever for the country’s modern politicians to come to terms with the federal system.
That’s bull crap. There are millions of Amharas living peacefully in Oromia region. Oromo students and teachers are killed and chased out of Amhara region. Yes there is Wellaga conflict where both poor Oromos and Amharas are affected by it but let’s not add more wood to the fire. Both Oromos and Amharas will never win as long as they dishonestly try to capture power.
@yabobayo5787 You can ignore it as much as you want but you can't escape the reality of the situation. The hatred shown toward amharas by oromos is far worse than the hatred shown to oromos by amharas. Amhara region literally has a Oromo special zone while the oromo region doesn't compensate its large minority populations. The massacres towards Amharas in the oromo region is far worse that what oromos face in the Amhara region.
@@user-qy6tu9ip9v we both have extremists but majority of the oromia region is against extremism, yes many have bitter feelings about Amhara and Ethiopia in general but most don't hate Amharas enough to kill or cheer for their killings, on the other hand the Amhara region is supporting Fano filled with and led by extremists.
Your research accurately captured most facts. However, I've identified two significant mistakes in this video: 1. The Amhara population is not just 27%. If there were a recent and more comprehensive census, the number could exceed 40%. 2. The Mikadra massacre was perpetrated by the TPLFs, and they killed hundreds of Amharas, not the other way around. This is a critical error. Please fact-check and refer to multiple international human rights organization reports. Let's avoid blaming the victims. The real culprits, TPLFS and OLF, are attempting to distort the truth, and it appears you may be falling into their trap.
@yunkixz Fano was called to assist only when the TPLFs approached Dessie . Before that, the fight was between the TPLFs and the military. Fano was nowhere near Mikadra and all the people who were killed were Amharas. The videos and interviews with the victims' families fully support what I am saying here. Fano is not guilty. The TPLFs are the genociders, and the group who committed this massacre are known and should be brought to justice.
@@MekidesAssefa ummm sorry but fano have been accused multiple times of doing the same stuff that the tplf does to the amharas, so fano is guilty of genocide and many other stuff just like the tplf
As far as I know Fano has never been in Tigray. They have only been defending themselves within the Amhara region. When you make such accusation, you should have justification. The people of Amhara have been asking for international investigation team to do independent investigation. Guess who doesn't want that and dissolved such a team organized by UN? The TPLF and Abiy. This itself should tell you who the criminals are.
As an Ethiopian i fear this is the last years of Ethiopia as a country. Everyone in ethiopia hates ethiopia and believe they are victims, which is very bad mindset. It is leading us to tribalism over nationalism. And everyone is fighting for independence. I don't know from who, but everyone is fighting for independence. It's not a good place to be.
Un believe unfair not just to the Fano, but the Ethiopian who really loves and cares about their country. Most of the gibberish he talk was what the west “whites” want in Ethiopia and Africa.
This channel is extremely well done. The writing is crisp and to the point. You do not pull any punches. I have been recommending it highly to everyone as a way of staying informed about the world. Thank you for this great service.
@@blackwatertv7018 it’s not even political it is about Historical fact. The Derg communist regime were not Amhara, they were Oromo. No other ethnic group in Ethiopia suffered under the Derg as much as Amhara did. And yet, despite all that he presented the Derg in the video as “Amhara”. What next, were the Nazi government Jews?
It's incredibly inaccurate to the point that it's even funny "derg was Amhara and it starved other ethnic groups"😂😂 what?? The Amharas were the ones starving they are Wollo Amharas they were relocated to wellega present day Oromia and Genocide is being committed on them now by the Oromo government calling them settlers...I think he got one sided extremely biased source of information a lot of things were dangerously wrong
This is much different from Yugoslavia. For one, Yugoslavia was legit a freshly minted country (and if I recall correctly it was the League of Nations that formed Yugoslavia out of pieces of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire) whereas in the case of Ethiopia it’s borders have expanded and contracted for thousands of years due to varying factors. Axum, the Ethiopian Empire, and the Adal and Ifat Sultanates have all attempted to bring the region under one banner. Something that Mussolini succeeded in doing, really sad when you think about it. As a result, much of the country has cultural overlap. This phenomena of potentially self inflicted balkanization really began with the Italian occupation and was later accelerated by the brutality of the Communist era and then later the ethnofascist TPLF era which went out of its way to emphasis tribe over nationality as a divide and rule tactic. It’s interesting how so many of their crimes have been swept under the rug once they left but many vulnerable groups had their land snatched from them. Truth is, when the Derg left the people didn’t have any say in what was going to happen next. It was all imposed upon them and no one cared because the Derg was so brutal. It feels like the same might be happening now but time will tell. While it’s difficult to present concrete evidence on this particular claim, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Egypt’s govt was behind a lot of the instability. Many Ethiopians can recall the leaked video of Mohammad Morsi and his cabinet discussing options on how to bring Ethiopia to heel over the GERD issue and one of the methods was influencing and financing separatist groups (they named the Oromo in particular) to help sow chaos and instability in the country. Egypt and Ethiopia have had hydro political tensions since the time of the Pharaohs. Overall, I think the biggest issue with this topic and the region as a whole is that there’s generally no honest dialogue. From the years of war vs Eritrea, to the Oromo question, to the very idea of what an Ethiopian is. No one is ready or willing to have a real discussion. Just a bunch of emotional and embarrassing shouting matches while other nations with less prestige and history pass us by. How anyone can have time to politic over ideological bullshit when everyone is starving is beyond me.
I would just like to correct you in that, ethnic groups that have existed here, were most former south Slavs, and have been here for a little more then a thousand years. Yugoslavia was a strange creation, but some basic, common roots always existed. Some countries were under Austria Hungary, most were under Ottoman empire, yet distinct orthodox christian, catholic christian and Muslim religious identities existed for centuries to millennia.. We also had common language for the most part, so in the era after WW2, it made sense to make a large federal republic and make sure that interests of your own people are being represented inside this bigger, mightier country, where we all respond to attacks from without as one. Like mini EU. When the war starts, every side embellishes the truth to an extent at best. At worst, it just portrays real or imagined "enemy" war crimes, which makes it harder and harder to get any sense of what objective truth is, what are the goals of each groups involved in the conflict and could there be long lasting peace and what is the bare minimum that each of the groups needs to stop the violence and get back to finding better, long lasting, diplomatic solutions..
I think you overestimate the effect Ethiopia's great age has on it's people, perhaps this fact holds sway over many Amhara and indeed probably some other Habeshas too, but the Oromo were never even part of Ethiopia until the early modern era, the Afar until the 1800s had only been part of Ethiopia in very ancient times and the Somalis were freshly added to it's borders in the late 19th century.
And also Ethiopia didn't exist at the time of the Pharoahs. The Pharoahs were somalis and the related to the people of punt who were also somalis. You are giving Ethiopia fake histories or making them seem like great nation when they have been slaves for somalis for centuries
Agree. However, there ought to be a diplomatic way to say that the Amharas and Tigrayans were the groups Ethiopia was primarily built from/around, and that the Oromo initially got in the mix as a kind of herder-people incursion into the farming-- and Christianity- oriented kingdom. In the 1600s they almost destroyed it. My impressions, anyhow, as a Westerner who studied a bit of Ethiopian history.
As an ignorant outsider, I’m a bit surprised that the success of Ethiopia to resist and ultimately defeat the attempted colonialism attack by fascist Italy in WWII didn’t create a unifying nationalism which could supplant the ethnic tribalism discussed here.
That was nearly a century ago, there's been a tidal wave of bloody, ethnic violence to wash away a unifying sentiment. this modern conflict is decades in the making
@addisseyoum3585 Show you that foreigners are the reason Ethiopia has been trying to tear it apart in a way foreign to anywhere outside Africa. A well as this conflict going on long before the conference of Berlin. Foreign powers aren't to blame tribal conflicts are to blame
This explains the crisis in Ethiopia from the beginning till now. The best detailed explanation I have ever seen... Other than guy saying the Omoro people instead of Oromo. Great documentary
The Ethiopian affairs is a time bomb,because the Amharans saying or believing historically they deserve more rights than every other ethnics. This will lead to disintegrate or collapse of the whole nation.what the Amharas are saying is leadership deserves to us which isn’t acceptable, they were led the country for centuries.the way they used to govern or lead not only unfair, but also far beyond they have been selling people like slaves,Land grab burguas and in unhumane govern. In general they’re rejecting any leadership except them, because they were beneficials & are lovers of the old empires which was nonsense no one will accept & worthy fight them.
Like your kind didn't literally think you were entitled the same thing and literally tried to take over the government not too long ago and mind you not also participate in feudalism?
1:25 - Chapter 1 - Blood on the streets 4:55 - Chapter 2 - Shifting alliances 9:40 - Chapter 3 - Once upon a time in tigray 14:30 - Chapter 4 - The next apocalypse 19:00 - Chapter 5 - The next yugoslavia ?
Or you want to save time or watch a specific part. 29 other people liked his comment, while only 1 likes yours (assuming it wasn’t you liking your own)
1:30 Gotta appreciate the firearms safety discipline of the guy on the far right. Safety on, finger straight and off the trigger, muzzle pointed in a safe direction. And even the other dudes in the photo look like their muzzles are pointed in a relatively safe direction. Kudos militia dudes, at least they’ve got that going for ‘em.
You are truely right! The inflation is skyrocketing and the citizens are becoming unable to buy their basic needs. And It will lead to the collapse of Ethiopia soon if things go on this way.
As an ethnic somali, it is ironic how the amharas always seem to play the victim card while it was them who orchestrated and started all this nonsense. They dominated the politics of ethiopia ever since its existance till the TPLF, a reign in which they too committed atrocities equal to and worse than what is happening to them. And now that the chickens have come home to roost, they are suddenly a marginalised group whom everyone is out to get? come on.
Ethiopians not just Amhara killed your ancestors trying to invade Ethiopia over & over! Get that through your thick skull! Name the atrocities! I bet you're happy innocent people are being targeted for their ethnicity too!
The Amhara genocide is an ongoing and systematic massacre of ethnic Amhara and Agew people in Ethiopia since 1990. Large-scale killings and grave human rights violations followed the implementation of the ethnic-federalist system in the country.
I appreciate your efforts and unbiased outlooks. There are facts, root causes, and insights you need to look in details and make another analysis in couple of weeks. Get your inputs from the comment sections, independent statistics and analyze it again. Awaiting another outsider look into the inside of our situation. Thanking you in advance!!!
Egypt certainly benefits from this chaos; building the Greater Ethiopian Rennaissance Dam(GERD) on their stretch of the Blue Nile is one of the few unifying factors in the country, at the cost of depriving Egypt and the Sudans of Nile waters to fill it up.
The main cause of the problem lies in the “Constitution “ of the government. Ethiopia is probably the ONLY country where the Federal States are divided based on ethnicity. This is the root cause of the problem, which created division and animosity among its people. This has been set up by Tigrayan and Oromo political groups which has always sought of independence from the rest of Ethiopia. Amharas were sidelined in this process, because they never had a group fighting for independence, but rather a unified Ethiopia. So, Amharas were defined as “unitary” by the Tigrayans and the Oromos, who deeply wants the division and ultimate disintegration of Ethiopia. Everyone can now see that the Fano militias of Amhara Region has put up the “Ethiopian “ flag when it started fighting this war, unlike the Tigrayans and Oromos who different flags. Amharas never asked for independence and in fact voiced against the ethnic based Federal System and Ethnically Constituted Regional Governments. One has to keep in mind that Aboy Ahmed got the full support of the Amharas when he came to power, just because he labeled himself as a “Unifier” of Ethiopia, even though he was an Oromo.. If ethnic politics were to abolish, Ethiopia will again be peaceful and unified. May God keep ALL Ethiopians safe and United !!!
The formation of regional states cannot be reversed. It is too late and would be a good reason for further tensions. We will see more new states coming in the future. But banning ethnic parties but supporting ideologically based national parties based on common values, as in the US or Western Europe, could offer Ethiopia the best possible chance.
When there were no ethnic states and a unified nation with the Amhara as the leaders you’ve murdered and subjugated others that’s why the ethnic regional states were created to do some kind of power sharing. But if u put 1 central government that government starts to get power hungry and ultimately starts to incarcerate any opposition then ultimately turns to violence and subjugation. That’s why Ethiopians don’t want a central government. The federal system is a better system for any state with different ethnicities
@@Hippobottomless That's false. Girmayhue Qudamawe Haile Selassie was half Oromo himself. During the monarchy anyone could participate in government as long as they were educated and wanted to serve their country. Not to mention Amharas were and still are just as poor if not poorer than other ethnicities. You're just looking for a scape goat.
no, ethiopias root problem started way back in the 19th century when they made deals with colonizers to give them their neighbors land ilagely in exchange for help against ntive somali raids who was fighting for freedom. u guys have to accept reality somali will never see himself as an ethiopian. to us u will always be the enemy to the west who sided with the foriegen european colonizers. u will always be the ones who commutied the genocide against us during menelik the bitchs time. and im pretty sure other ethniceties in ethiopia have the same mindset. ethiopia is doomed to fail and the only way it can truly protect its future is by go back to ur original abysinian borders
Two things I want to correct you. First of all, DERG wasn’t Amhara. It is a majority Oromo-controlled party. Unlike today’s political system, Derg wasn’t made up of ethno-nationalists. It was more like Ethiopian nationalists. The second one is that the place you call western Tigray was taken by force when TPLF came to power after massacring prominent Amharas in the area and relocating TPLF fighters to the area then forcing Tigray identity by forcefully impregnating Amhara women while killing Amhara men. Tigray identity was also forced in the education system and workplace. What Amharas are doing is that they are retaking their own land and reclaim their identity. Unlike other factions who are fighting in Ethiopia, Fano is fighting for equality, justice, and the right to live. The rest are doing power struggles while Fano is fighting for the safety of the people!
Amaharas are estaimated 40 million not 20 million .check your facts .in the last census made 2007 the Amaharas were 14 million and estimated 5 million Amaharas are counted as oromo and 60% Addis Ababa residents are Amaharas which makes 1.6 millions. The totoal were 24 milloon before 16 years ago.if we apply the poulation growth rate of 3% , average the Amaharas are close to 35 millon.This number does not inlcude the Amaharas who live in states other than oromia and Addis Ababa.
Warographics, your dedication to providing unbiased analysis of the current situation in Ethiopia is truly commendable. In a world filled with biased narratives and misinformation, your channel stands out as a beacon of objective reporting and analysis. We pray and do all our best that Ethiopia won't become the 21st Yugoslavia, and your efforts in shedding light on this matter are invaluable. Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for helping us all better understand the events unfolding in Ethiopia! 🌍👏 #EthiopiaAnalysis #UnbiasedReporting
Thanks for your reporting. Who are Fanos? Amhara Fanos are legendary freedom fighters that have occupied our Amhara consciousness in our songs and myth for more than a century. Fanos are not only the youth, it is all of us meaning Fano is part of Amharas being, engraved in our souls. It courses and surges through our veins like a current to compel and ignite our consciousness to stand for justice and freedom. As part of our community, Fanos are doctors, professors, teachers, lawyers, journalists, poets, writers, musicians, religious scholars, engineers, business men & women, farmers, students and social workers. Why do Amharas fighting: Fano is not only fighting against the consolidation of the forces there are existential threat that the Amharas have been facing in the last 5 years; just some of grave issues are state sponsored Genocide, state sponsored mass displacement. State sponsored extrajudicial killings, free movement…
Well Eritrea came into this war after the tplf fired lots rockets into different cities in Eritrea including the capital Asmara where the US ambassador testified of such event. You’ve probably said it on your other videos I’m sure
nothing to do with the past, humans have been at war with each other since humans have been around, theres a reason most countries arent ethnically mixed
It’s a shame that all of the warring for power and greed do so much harm to people who just want to peacefully live their lives. I worked with people from Somalia, Ethiopia, Liberia when I lived in Georgia many years ago. Lovely people and I always liked learning about culture. The guys were so funny but I learned quickly to ask the ladies for bits of language because the guys would tell you dirty words as a joke. Lol
Whatever goes around comes around. Ethiopian tried to divided Somalia for a long time, but no one knows what God's plan is. From Mogadishu we routen for you guys to keep the peace. Brother's no one gains anything from killing each other if they did we will be on top of the world. And now you guys know how I feels when your country is about to be divided. Be strong and good luck
I was one of the big supporters of Abiy Ahmed as he came to power. I was sure that he was going to solve all ethnic conflicts with his unifying "Medemer" concept. I was so naive and wrong to believe that.
Additional context: while Abiy initially freed political prisoners and welcomed back exiled political groups, he quickly and quietly undid this reform within a year of coming into power. For example, a large portion of the Oromo liberation army members who came back and disarmed were imprisoned, killed, and/or disappeared. In 2020 alone, the government troops went on a rampage through Oromia that left thousands of civilians dead and many many more imprisoned or disappeared. There were also a great deal of looting and burning down of homes by the government forces.
As you mentioned the actual truth why Fano involved in the Tigray war . Yes the government forces were not on a good shape to stop the invasion of tplf forces but the key point here is Fano involved when tplf invaded Amhara region and committed atrocities, raped Amhara women , conducted genocide in mikadra by selecting Amhara people
I grew up in #Ethiopia in the 1980's during the #Derg regime,...i also grew up in #Yugoslavia with my #Diplomat #Diplomatic parents,.. All shaky crisis everywhere ...
So biased, it is clear that you haven’t done your research thoroughly. Why don’t you interview individuals who are from Welkaite, Tesdros Terfe- who is from the region currently living in exile due to the massacre TPLF had committed in Welkaite. The issue in Welkaite goes back 40+ years , TPLF had killed many Amharas silently before they even come back to power because there plan has been to create a Tigrinya nation for that reason they coveted Welkaite. No matter what you say Welkaite, ‘’ west tigray’’ is AMHARA. Do your home work before embracing yourself with one sided information.
there is no one "main" cause of conflict. Resource scarcity, injustice miscommunication and of course the factors you list are all major causes. the nature of reality encourages both collective action and also agressive aquisition of resources. we are creaters evolved to excel in that context. thus whatever the proximate cause is the finite nature of resources gaurentees we will always find reasons to fight.
For as much of a shiny corporate mantra it is, "diversity is our strength" couldn't be further from the truth. Ethnic fault lines have been the cause of the majority of warfare for centuries. Even the United States, the shining city on a hill, has been dragged into a civil war over slavery of a racial minority, and they are still ravaged to this day by race riots. Marcus Garvey, a leading Jamaican Black ethno-nationalist, brought out far larger shows of popular support among American blacks than pluralists like MLKJ ever did. Europe has been a prime example, with ethnic hatred bringing about both world wars, Serbian nationalists assassinating a tolerant Austrian leader for the first, and the infamous ethno-nationalist Nazi party rising in Germany for the second, and with pretty much every European empire bringing conflict elsewhere with colonialism. Asia has constantly been in cycles of ethnic cleansing and rivalry for ages now, with China actively conducting a genocide in Xinjiang, and older instances of ethnic abuses by the Japanese, and Chinese empires stretching back centuries. There've been intense ethnic conflicts in the likes of Afghanistan as well, and in other parts of the middle east. There were strict caste systems in India, as well as racial castes across former Spanish empire in Latin America. Africa practically speaks for itself with this very video. Humanity is rampantly racist no matter where you look.
Don't forget political ideologies 2 of 3 of most horrific mass murders in last century were done by atheist groups in Soviet union and second in China. Even fascist were driven by crazy racial ideology. So even without clan and religion we will eat each other. Thankfully conflicts on average are going down
@Flight_of_Icarus This is true to an extent, but it's a bit more nuanced than that. As much as it is natural for humans to be tribalistic, it is also often natrual for them to mix with one another. Humans love sex as much as they like tribalism. These warfare are not always long lasting since usually there may reach a point where they've mixed with each other so much that their differences are only lessened. Many nations are a result of many groups mixing, being displaced, or even in some instances living in relative harmony. Many nations now, in a way, are and were built upon multicultural societies. By this, I simply mean the existence of multiple cultures within a space. They may become assimilated, absorbed or even exchange their cultures, but there is often a dominant culture. It's not always been pretty, but humans have always been diverse and have benefitted from trade from other groups and civilizations due to the transportation of ideas. Globalism has really changed how people migrate from place to place within a short period of time. While humans can be very tribalistic, we are also naturally very curious as well and interact with one another a lot. Many groups that exist now are often created by millions upon millions of years of this rather than being 'pure' in any way.
Many inaccuracies. For one, Amhara people didn’t flee to oromia to flee famine. “By 1986, according to Mulatu Wubne, the government had resettled more than 600,000 people. More than 250,000 went to Welega; about 150,000 settled in the Gambela area of Illubabor; and just over 100,000 went to Pawe, the largest planned resettlement in Gojjam and largely sustained by Italian financial support. In addition, another 78,000 went to Kaffa, Shewa, and western Begemder.” Look up the Derg resettlement plan. Simple research can be be done. They voluntary moved in the 2000’s. That’s why it’s key to get factual information from residents or not second hand information.
Thank you for covering the crisis in Amara region. Any is killing an innocent Amara people and the local Ethiopia media are not allowed to discuss even mention Amara genocide by Abiy Ahmed
The wellkite genocide was happened by tplf on amharas willkayit Amhara pupils . Please dig deeper on this subject on the ground. Amhara was the target of genocide by every corner off Ethiopia since tplf came to power all genocide happened in Ethiopia was on innocent Amara's people so before you say such things please investigate deeply! Thank you
According to UN and US reports Amhara Militia committed war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity which the later is the highest crime in the history. Amhara militia also committed crimes in Maicadra over Tigrayan civilians according to UN reports. Fano is a criminal group trying to take power and continue the land grabbing over other ethnic groups.
While the lack of coverage is shocking, once you realize the whole continent of Africa isn't at all being covered. I am not sure it's a bad thing. Since it there is coverage, it usually means that big powers are messing in. Usually also not out of some philanthropy, but due to possible economic interests.
Ethiopia is unsustainable it needs to be dissolved. Too many civil wars and millions have been killed in the last 50 years. A lot of people in Ethiopia refuse to call themselves Ethiopian and they don't even have a unifying language.
Now all fano fractions are come together and form one military force known as "Amhara popular front (APF). Imagine this forces have tanks and heavy artilary vehicles! They are like wagner! Dear journalist,Thanks for your unbiased news!!
Thank you for providing unbiased information to your audience. As their representatives clearly stated several times, Fano/Amharas are now fighting against the tribal totalitarian political system in Ethiopia. All Ethiopians and the international community should stand with Fano/Amharas to avoid the upcoming disintegration of that historical nation in East Africa!!!
@@merhabatube219 yes the historical enemies they are trying so many time to divided us but we defeated them in Adewa . Now he wish to be next Yugoslavia . One thing he didn’t understand we are. Ethiopian Then we become Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Excellent analysis. I hope you are wrong and the country continues intact, but based on my observation, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is the new Yugoslavia in the making. As you said, the Government can not win in Amhara like it did in the Tigray!
As an Ethiopian who spent years in university who was able to see the first hand level of deference between Ethiopians where there ethnicity has replaced nationality.....I see future not that much different from Yugoslavia....may God help Ethiopian solve it problems
Your assessment is to the point and well researched, except two fact you didn't mention. 1. Eritrea left Tigray after the war and their military moved to a town called Badme, where Ethiopia returned to Eritrea's control. 2. Wolqite was populated by Amhara (100%) before TPLF took power and Wolqite was never ever part of Tigray. After TPLF took power, TPLF made it part of Tigray.
Amhara region was created by Tigray welkait census pre 1991 300,000 Tigray 25000 Amhara. So even if it was under Begemeder bcs Haile Selassie annexed it, it was still occupied by Tigrayan. And Welkait as well as Welkdia, Lasta were part of Tigray before Haile Selassie the Tigrayphobe annexed it.
It's nice to hear the story told by someone not involved in it. Around the end is where my eyes filled in tears, not only do we have to face economic struggle, but if it's true we are the generation that killed our country. We all as Ethiopians should stop being defensive and face the music, shit is not looking good.
As a Croat, I just wish them peace because never should a nation deserve so much chaos, pain and death like Yugoslavia had
i know the history of Yugoslavia and as an Amhara from Ethiopia if we continue like this we will end up like you guys more bloodier i hope abiy give away his power to a civilian-led power and save the country but politicians in Africa don't like losing power
what about russia? 🙃
@@lizzyinthecut3617 the circumstances differ between countries.
As an Ethiopian who is old enough to remember the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia, I hope and pray that my ethnic group would be as lucky as Slovenians and not like the Croats and Bosnians.The Bosnians had the worst of it because they had no means of defending themselves at the beginning.
The ugly disintegration of Ethiopia is not a matter of if but when!
@@lizzyinthecut3617 I'm not. my point is that there are different circumstances to consider to determine whether a breakup of a state is a net benefit. namely the differences between russia on one hand and ethiopia and yugoslavia on the other hand include the capacity and desire of the russian state and the russian people for imperialist aggression, which make a continued existence of russia dangerous to many of its eurasian neighbours. this can not be reasonably expected to be solved by a mere overthrow of putin, or even the establishment of a liberal democracy - that sort of national reprogramming against supremacist ideology tends to require a major defeat and the forcible control of governance and education by the enemies of the former power structure, as in germany, japan, or rwanda. and that's not going to happen to russia. or, as far as nations can reform themselves, the russian people are not at all hopeful candidates for this, since the russian government and its ideology are aupported bx a majority of russians,.while the majority of the rest very thoroughly buy into the alternative government-promoted belief system that declares the people to have no power and thus no culpability for their country's actions, and to be fundamentally incapable of knowing what's true and what isn't.
the major downside is that it is difficult to imagine a breakup of russia that would not yield catastrophic consequences in the transfer of control over russia's giant and widely distributed nuclear arsenal, which makes a breakup of russia quite unappealing. but the cost-benefit ratio still depends on the likelihood of a continued unified russia using those nukes - if the chance is sufficiently high, then the greater harm they could do with a unified arsenal would make the breakup option the less bad one. also, for the purpose of such considerations, russia achieving success with nuclear threats is to be considered a use of nuclear weapons. either way, nukes are a substantial difference to ethiopia and yugoslavia.
As an Ethiopian, I want to tell you something
In Yugoslavia, everyone wanted to be free and independent, in Ethiopia nobody wants this, rather everyone wants to control the rest of the country, everyone wants to be the master, first it was the imperial amharas, a pause with communists, then EPRDF tigrians, and now many claim it's prosperity oromos, it's seems like it's like that, but it's debatable.
What I want to say is, don't worry, Ethiopia won't disintegrate, but it'll keep eating itself like forever maybe
Close analysis but everything has limits in this world.
Ethiopia is an old idea like China or Persia, so I doubt it would fall apart but that doesn't mean that the different groups wouldn't go into a civil war to be the masters of that idea.
I sure hope so I know Ethiopia was not happy after losing Eritrea
But if the national government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa can't seem to get the national identity of "Ethiopians" to persist and override the idea of the various "tribal identities" within it's borders well...
Then it's going to be a difficult one for the nation of Ethiopia going forward
what's even the point of staying together then, being so costly. just split already.
@@vitoanania6042Drawing the borders would be nearly impossible. And, what people fail to mention is that Ethiopians regularly mix with each other. Everyone agrees that they are Ethiopian first and their ethnic group second, only problem is nobody can agree who should hold power. It’s really complicated.
Some corrections:
1) DERG was not an Amhara government that starved its people, CIA declassified information shows that it was an Oromo dominated government led by an Oromo, Mengistu Hailemariam.
2) Amhara did not annex “Western Tigray” because they needed fertile land, Amhara is one of the most fertile regions with 80% of the Blue Nile originating from the region. TPLF annexed that land, which was named Welkait, 33 years ago from Amharas because they needed the fertile land and wanted a border with Sudan. They ethnically cleansed Amharas off that land and renamed it “Western Tigray” when they were in power for 27 years. And as you stated in the video they also killed 1600 Amharas in Mai Kadra at the start of the war 2 years ago.
3) Amharas did not ethnically cleanse Tigrayans from Welkait at the start of the war 2 years ago. But many of the Tigrayans that were settled there by TPLF when they were in power to demographically engineer the population did flee to Tigray when war started out of fear that they might face retaliation for the crimes TPLF had committed on Amharas for 33 years.
4) The main catalyst for the current war is the US government that sees TPLF as a loyal ally that protected US foreign policy interests in the region when they were in power for 27 years. The Pretoria “peace” agreement that was signed between the Ethiopian government and TPLF last November was not a peace deal but a US government sponsored war pact between TPLF and Abiy to go after Amharas so that Welkait or what they claim is “Western Tigray” is returned to TPLF and in exchange Abiy gets IMF and World Bank loans to save the economy. And once TPLF gets Welkait in their hands and have a border with Sudan, they would be supplied with enough weapons by the US to bring about regime change in Eritrea. At least that was the plan until Amharas and Fanos said not on our watch. Amharas have been facing genocide over the past 30 plus years and at a large scale since Abiy came to power. Now Amharas have risen up to remove Abiy and the US government is scrambling to save its failed Pretoria war pact.
Your story is an abject lie. Ethiopia follows ethnic federalism. Thus, those who settled on Wolqayit area are majority ethnic Tigres, which immediately warrantees the land be given to Tigray. If tplf wanted to change the regime in Eritrea, it would have done so when it was controlling the Ethiopian throne. Rather, Amhara are wanting western Tigray so that there could be a corridor to smuggle weapons from Eritrea and food and other commodities to Eritrea. Eritreans lifeline depends on Ethiopian economy. That's why they hate tplf with all their might. Because it fended them off exploiting Ethiopian economy. Now Eritrea has got a new chance to reattach its tentacles on the Ethiopian economy through the Wolqayit corridor. Amhara are rebelling on Abiy feeling confident that Eritrea will help them as long as they allow the latter to trade through Wolqayit.
Correct!
He tried his best but he must get his FACTS right. He can continue finding the facts unbiased by Tribal idiots( which they look intellectual liers fake people)
Well done!
@@phoenix0000Ethnic federalism is the source of the land disputes and constant mistrust and wars because in an event the country collapses every tribe wants to ensure corridors including TPLF. Only soultion for Ethiopia is the removal of Abiy and a transitional government that will facilitate unity and peace
I'm from the occupied Somali region in Ethiopia. We want to break away and rejoin Somalia. We are not Ethiopian.
What's there to rejoin? I am really curious.
@@027498 Regardless, we are Somali. We want to be with our people. Somalia is also rebuilding and has been prospering lately.
@@poetryaddict1 That's fair and I do hope you guys restore justice and peace in Somalia.
Prospering 😄😄@@poetryaddict1
go there like refuge
fano is a historical term used in Ethiopian struggles against injustice and foreign invaders. It is mainly shown as a youth movement that has played a significant role in preserving the concept of Ethiopian nationhood. As a youth group, it has emerged from within the Amhara ethnic group and has features of reminiscent of classical political, religious, or even social movements that drive youthful frustrations into acts of agitation until they achieve a measure of reform. Traditionally, the Fano struggle had focused on fending off attacks against Ethiopia. In recent years, Fano has become a household name and a crucial movement tasked with saving the very existence of the Amhara population as well as the integrity of Ethiopia. In this, it differs from other similar youth movements in the country, whose aim is to dismember the Ethiopian state into ethnic components. Fano is made of a defiant and patriotic youth which is able to shoulder an Ethiopia that is arising from the ashes bequeathed to them. This revolutionary generation and movement has to be nurtured. Fano is not just an embodiment of the physical defiance but also an intellectual movement that abhors ethnic fascism, narrow nationalism, apartheid policies, internal colonialism and all forms of pseudo-legal acts of political corruption. Instead, it upholds a civic sense of public duty, patriotism and vision for the good of the entire country.
Very well explained!
😢 The world we live in will try to make money off of them. Let’s hope the US and European countries don’t intervene. Only help with peace talks. For real I live here in America born and raised. They take everything from anyone. It’s the land of the devil for real. Corruption greed. At least your country is full of people who actually love it. They may not agree but they all have a different reason for wanting to do for it. Over here it is about money. There are few patriots truly. Many here don’t read any laws passed don’t vote with their brain. Just check a box to say they did. Those in power take all and then make war to take more.
Pure lie
You just start using fano term after Tigran. War
@@ghostridder2052 What a nature? You guys seem very comfortable to live with your ignorance!
@@ghostridder2052
Absolutely!
Fano is an extremist group that believes and advocates for the dominance and supremacy of the minority ethnic Amharas at the expense of the other 110 million non Amharas!
As an Ethiopian, it really breaks my heart to see my country filled with ethnic violence. Ethiopia is fundamentally broken, it starts with the constitution and ethnic politics!
It starts with chauvinism of fascist neftegna.
እናትህ:ነፍጥ:ትብላ
@@nebyu2692 It actually started after the fall of the monarchy by the communists.
@@nebyu2692 no such thing as fascist Neftegna
And a new battles front has begun 😪
Seriously can't you learn anything from this video. You are starting a hate speech here.
This is an excellent insight into the current Amahra crisis.
1) Amharas were betrayed in the disputed region issue under the guise of the Pretoria Accords.
2) The dissolution of the Amhara Special Forces was pushed through too early and rashly at the wrong time before the dispute with Tigray could be settled.
3) The continued massacre and expulsion of ethnic Amharas from Oromia and Benishangul are not seriously addressed to stop it.
4) The affair behind Addis Ababa and the city of Sheger is secretly aimed at tormenting ethnic Amhara and curbing Addis Ababa's expansion. The overwhelming majority of the people in Addis Ababa are ethnic Amharas. Despite this fact, the police in Addis Ababa are predominantly ethnic Oromo.
5) The Amhara's selective refusal to travel across the country and into Addis Ababa and the harassment of the already angered ethnic Amharas provoked them into rebellion.
And pre 2018 police was tigreans?how did it happen to train oromo to replace tigrean?
well put.
@@bentutsibensamale7520 Training a regular police force is simple and not a big deal. But in a multi-ethnic and diverse city, police must be built based on this fact. During the EPRDF regime, the senior police posts were mainly occupied by TPLF, the rest were mixed. Today everything is in the hands of corrupt Oromos. The good and competent fellow Oromo citizens are expelled.
If things go how they have been going lately Ethiopia will become the next Yugoslavia. The Tigray region will be split into half Amhara and half Eritrean. There will become new countries and some regions will be wiped out such Tigray region. Addis Abeba will become the capital city of Amhara. By the way, I am from the Ogaden/Somali region. There will be new major ethnic conflicts for example there will be a war between Somalis and Oromos in Dire Dawa. I hope Amhara finishes abiye and his oromummaa agenda.
Well noted thank you.
The Somali state or region will probably breakaway first and reunite with Somalia 🇸🇴
Its our time to rise again ❤💯
Inshallah
thank God now. Because it used to be embarrassing to say that I am Amhara. Even though we are in trouble I am very happy that FANO gave me the opportunity to call myself Amhara and be proud to be Amhara.
You're proud now that millions will die congra🎉
That means you been stupid. We never been embarrassing to be a proud Amhara Ethiopian.
No need to tell western media,, only Africa Union
@@merhabatube219The African Union is Useless.
Do Amharas want to be a country?
I love how this channel has evolved. Thank you for providing such level-headed insight into situations around the world otherwise ignored by Western media.
I am Amhara, first of all we need an equal treatment with other Ethiopians. If not we can't continue like this killed brutally everyday by the prosperity party led government. We'll continue untill we become free & free from any mistreatment in our country that we built by our blood. No joke!
@@yenenehw You sound like a narrow-minded tribalist.We all should pray for peace and unity of our people.
Go ahead mate we Somali has been facing similar problem self determination is the only sanctuary.
Bye actually Ethiopia without Amhara is the best Ethiopia ever !!!! Short memories
@mahadljama4578 All you have to do is go back to somaali, and your problem will be solved. As simple as that 👌
This is AMhara Genocid attacked by oromo extremists .Where is the world drive.google.com/file/d/1ibKYQLws7lBWG0OaSdBelReT_eWK3g-5/view?usp=sharing
Hey, Thank you for covering the current crisis in Amhara. I believe you got few important facts wrong but again thanks for giving it coverage. It is a serious issue but many aren't reporting about it.🙏🏽
This is AMhara Genocid attacked by oromo extremists .Where is the world drive.google.com/file/d/1ibKYQLws7lBWG0OaSdBelReT_eWK3g-5/view?usp=sharing
As Amhara Ethiopian, The reason this conflict has escalated because of the utter failure of regional and federal government of answering Amharas people questions.
1, border issues with Tigray. The so called western Tigray was taken by tplf when they came to power
2, I can say in all regions of Ethiopia ,Amhara have been targeted and massacred just because they ethnic Amhara. This has been happening since TPLF came power and it scarleted since2018.
3. Amhara Regional Government must be dissolved. They are the most incompetent and corrupt people, rather than leading and representing their own people interests, they kiss ass of the federal e
Why not separate from Ethiopia? Although Amhara founded the country. I think it will be good
True
tplf are ass for taking welkait but tigrayans have existed in welkait with amharas in peace before tplf was a thing soooo it really can't be returned "back" but get rid of the tplf and fano
@@yenenehw it’s not that simple. You have over 10M Amharas outside of the Amhara region. What are you going to do with them? What about Addis and other parts of Shewa such as Nazareth, Debre Zeyt?
@@theassassin9326 What 're you smoking ?
I'm not Amhara but I understand their concerns.All they want is for those concerns to be addressed and solved.They 're the last ethnic groups in Ethiopia who want separation from the rest.what 're their main concerns?
1)The Wolkaite issue should get resolution
2)the targeting of Amharas in areas like Oromia(esp.Wollega) has to stop!!
3)there shouldn't be restriction of Amharas travel within their own country!
4)The inflation and degradation of social and economic conditions should be solved
5)The politicians should NOT try to interfere in religious matters !
GREAT SOMALIA IS COMING BACK,I CAN'T WAIT THIS TIME,INSHA ALLAH.
InshaaAllah
Insha Allah with the help of Allah
@@poorindiansanddogsarenotal1276what's up with your surname.
What a joke.. Somalis still despise each other on the basis of clans..
On your dream
I had been at Amhara for about five years. What a god gifted country, loving people, very progressing nation, very sad to see present conditions. Dear ethiopians discuss among your leaders get this nation back to normal
That map gave me chills. The geographic distribution of the Oromia and the Sidama ethnic group even looks like Bosnia.
Hello from Bosnia👋👋
Glad I have, as a Yankee, Tracy Ann Jacobson as ambassador because.. eesh 🤷🏼♀️
@@Sje8wwns928Hello❤
It’s very stupid. After the country stabilizes and removes its constitution it should be administered by zones(Awiraja) It will take a generation to fix the damage done by EPRDF/PP.
@@Sje8wwns928hello Bosnia 🇧🇦 love our Muslim brothers please let me tell you there is Somali region which borders Oromia that’s because Ethiopia annexed our land and genocided us we hope to gain independence after Ethiopia collapses 😂😂
thanks sir 🙏
According to the report,a total of 137,000 Amharas known to the family are imprisoned & suffering in Afar, Awash & Sidamo.
Another 30,000 are being tortured in detention centers where their families do not know where they are.
#AmharaMassArrest
You terrible lier, just speak lie after another lie and aga lie, jesus you guys are just, so arrogant and too much exadurated
@Dave FYI ...make your phone work you can find all of Elemetary,high school and preparatory school are being place for detention.
@@dawitkassa3131who said they are jailed in the same prison? Watch your language.
Is there anything people from the international community do to help? I'm trying to spread word but most information is written in Ge'ez or spoken in Amharic which I don't understand. In my opinion we need more English language sources to spread the word around the world.
oh god many even believed you?
The Amhara genocide must be independently investigated by international and national human rights commissions.😢😢
AMHARA are the genociders
Most Oromos (who aren’t associated with the Prosperity Party) also want independent investigations. The OLA has been calling for independent investigations into the attacks on Amharas in Oromia for years. It’s the federal government that has refused to allow such investigations.
100% agreed
There is no Amhara genocide 😂😂😂😂
@@ayantuinthenow Fano are the attackers
Amhara needs to be a republic.
Let every other ethnic go their own way.
Even European countries is based in ethnicities except Belgium which has ethnic tension and Switzerland.
Others also want to be independent like Catalonia, Bask and Corsica etc.
African artificial borders must go. Let Ethiopia be the first.
Amhara power 💪
Not a good idea, too much of the land is disputed. Ironically, I think that the only region that can actually operate on it own is the Amhara region. Oromia, half the land almost doesn't belong to them, but to various other ethnic groups.
For example, I am not Amhara, I am Oromo, I am proud of my Oromo! However, I oppose the Ethiopian government's genocide against the Amhara people. Even children of Amhara descent were picked up in Addis Ababa and Oromia and put them in concentration camps. Before that ended, a cholera epidemic broke out in the concentration camp and the children were dying, so the international community should know this.
The DERG wasnt not an Amhara dominated regime. Wtf. Most of the victims of the red terror were Amharas, the famine was in Amhara region, and the leader was Oromo along with most of his clique. The last Amhara ruler was the Emperor!
Yep! I stop watching the video after he said that dumb thing. I wonder where he got it from.
Derg was comprised of educated communist amharas and oromos. It was both
@@Tribuneoftheplebs High ranking Amharas in the politburo were very few and even then they were self-hating ones who took Wallelign's outlook to heart.
Mengistu is from southern nations and amhara were at the center of power,lies and empty bravery is an amharic trait😄
@@warfaageeddi3128 His mother is Konso, and his father is Tulama oromo, so he is Oromo.
Lies and empty bravery of thousands of years and even today, Fano is in your nightmares 😂
More than 26 Million people amharas live in the Amhara region only. More than 10 Million ethinic amharas live out side the Amhara region. More than 67% of the capital Addis Ababa's population is also ethinic Amhara.
By the way Western Tigray was part of Amhara before 30 years. It was taken by PM Meles Zenawi as TPLF took power.
Addis belongs to the Oromos
@@Abdurahman1_even Oromia Region is not Part of Oromo people. You know that
😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀you wish @@tomwie3253
@@Abdurahman1_እነ ሁሉ ኬኛ
@@Abdurahman1_ADDIS BELONG TO AMHARAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As from Ethiopia Amhara, your analysis is partially correct but hopefully, we don't want to see what happened to Yugoslavia happen to Ethiopia.
I stopped watching this video after he labelled the Derg as “Amhara” 🤦🏾♂️
@@theassassin9326 I know bro ignore them derg was oromo but labeled as amhara
maybe he somehow got it mixed up with the ethiopian monarchy? idk bro that was the most stupid mistake ive seen in his vids
@@hawkeyes7588 he is falling to the Tigrayans/TPLF and Oromo propaganda.
@@theassassin9326amhara propaganda is no better fano olf tplf are all fascists and raging xenophobes u all need to wake up
I am a veteran from the United States. I went to beautiful Ethiopia in 2019. I married and have a half Ethiopian half Caucasian son. I fear for my wife and son everyday. I am trying to get them here to USA but its taking forever. Ethiopia is my second home. I just want peace. I used to believe in Abiy. Now im shocked at his actions. Please pray for peace. Ethiopian people deserve so much better!
Ethiopians ARE Caucasians you pretentious git
Thank you for your service.
I hope you are able to get your wife and child home with you safe and sound very soon. Thank you for your service sir.
Yea I know people from Tigray, I feel for you, I have a similar issue different country but problem I have come to realize is the US is most of the problem. The TPLF was not what it was called and was a US puppet and wrecked the country
Don’t worry this all has been and will be, Ethiopians are resilient and peaceful in everyday social life but the political bodies aren’t up to par . That’s because Ethiopia was ruled by monarchy for so long, it is taking forever for the country’s modern politicians to come to terms with the federal system.
Derg is not ethnic Amhara, it's ethnic Oromo even during emperor Hailesilasie the political approach of Amhara is not ethnic based
OROMO Region IS simply the masscer Center of Amhara Ethnic. Where IS the international Community ❓ WHO Stands for human Right?
That’s bull crap. There are millions of Amharas living peacefully in Oromia region. Oromo students and teachers are killed and chased out of Amhara region. Yes there is Wellaga conflict where both poor Oromos and Amharas are affected by it but let’s not add more wood to the fire. Both Oromos and Amharas will never win as long as they dishonestly try to capture power.
They don't care about your imagination and delusions, your propoganda works on Amhara only
@yabobayo5787 You can ignore it as much as you want but you can't escape the reality of the situation. The hatred shown toward amharas by oromos is far worse than the hatred shown to oromos by amharas. Amhara region literally has a Oromo special zone while the oromo region doesn't compensate its large minority populations. The massacres towards Amharas in the oromo region is far worse that what oromos face in the Amhara region.
@@user-qy6tu9ip9v we both have extremists but majority of the oromia region is against extremism, yes many have bitter feelings about Amhara and Ethiopia in general but most don't hate Amharas enough to kill or cheer for their killings, on the other hand the Amhara region is supporting Fano filled with and led by extremists.
Really well done. Thank you Simon and *_everyone_* involved. ☮
It wasnt.
This is AMhara Genocid attacked by oromo extremists .Where is the world drive.google.com/file/d/1ibKYQLws7lBWG0OaSdBelReT_eWK3g-5/view?usp=sharing
Your research accurately captured most facts. However, I've identified two significant mistakes in this video:
1. The Amhara population is not just 27%. If there were a recent and more comprehensive census, the number could exceed 40%.
2. The Mikadra massacre was perpetrated by the TPLFs, and they killed hundreds of Amharas, not the other way around. This is a critical error. Please fact-check and refer to multiple international human rights organization reports. Let's avoid blaming the victims. The real culprits, TPLFS and OLF, are attempting to distort the truth, and it appears you may be falling into their trap.
fano are also guilty let's not forget that
@yunkixz Fano was called to assist only when the TPLFs approached Dessie . Before that, the fight was between the TPLFs and the military. Fano was nowhere near Mikadra and all the people who were killed were Amharas. The videos and interviews with the victims' families fully support what I am saying here. Fano is not guilty. The TPLFs are the genociders, and the group who committed this massacre are known and should be brought to justice.
@@MekidesAssefa ummm sorry but fano have been accused multiple times of doing the same stuff that the tplf does to the amharas, so fano is guilty of genocide and many other stuff just like the tplf
As far as I know Fano has never been in Tigray. They have only been defending themselves within the Amhara region. When you make such accusation, you should have justification. The people of Amhara have been asking for international investigation team to do independent investigation. Guess who doesn't want that and dissolved such a team organized by UN? The TPLF and Abiy. This itself should tell you who the criminals are.
@@yunkixz Not true
I'm an ethiopian and I'm very sad because this conflict is happening 😪😪😪😪😪😔
As an Ethiopian i fear this is the last years of Ethiopia as a country. Everyone in ethiopia hates ethiopia and believe they are victims, which is very bad mindset. It is leading us to tribalism over nationalism. And everyone is fighting for independence. I don't know from who, but everyone is fighting for independence. It's not a good place to be.
as agaw tigrayan i cant wait for indepandent make it fast. no need to be with amhara
@@A.D.540LMFAO. Tigray is never getting independence. Eritrea will bring Tigray to permanent end. You are massive threat to Eritrea.
Extremely unfair accusations against the FANO there has never been a single incident where FANO burned down crops 😂😂 what the hell man?
Amateur journalism at it best
True!!
fano are brutal murderers stop lying
Un believe unfair not just to the Fano, but the Ethiopian who really loves and cares about their country. Most of the gibberish he talk was what the west “whites” want in Ethiopia and Africa.
@@alg2675They can't stand being exposed
This channel is extremely well done. The writing is crisp and to the point. You do not pull any punches. I have been recommending it highly to everyone as a way of staying informed about the world. Thank you for this great service.
He made quite some mistakes in the video
@@theassassin9326
I mean, I’m sure there’s mispronunciations sure but disagreeing with your political bias, isn’t exactly a mistake.
@@blackwatertv7018 it’s not even political it is about Historical fact. The Derg communist regime were not Amhara, they were Oromo. No other ethnic group in Ethiopia suffered under the Derg as much as Amhara did. And yet, despite all that he presented the Derg in the video as “Amhara”. What next, were the Nazi government Jews?
It's incredibly inaccurate to the point that it's even funny "derg was Amhara and it starved other ethnic groups"😂😂 what?? The Amharas were the ones starving they are Wollo Amharas they were relocated to wellega present day Oromia and Genocide is being committed on them now by the Oromo government calling them settlers...I think he got one sided extremely biased source of information a lot of things were dangerously wrong
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This is much different from Yugoslavia. For one, Yugoslavia was legit a freshly minted country (and if I recall correctly it was the League of Nations that formed Yugoslavia out of pieces of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire) whereas in the case of Ethiopia it’s borders have expanded and contracted for thousands of years due to varying factors. Axum, the Ethiopian Empire, and the Adal and Ifat Sultanates have all attempted to bring the region under one banner. Something that Mussolini succeeded in doing, really sad when you think about it.
As a result, much of the country has cultural overlap. This phenomena of potentially self inflicted balkanization really began with the Italian occupation and was later accelerated by the brutality of the Communist era and then later the ethnofascist TPLF era which went out of its way to emphasis tribe over nationality as a divide and rule tactic. It’s interesting how so many of their crimes have been swept under the rug once they left but many vulnerable groups had their land snatched from them. Truth is, when the Derg left the people didn’t have any say in what was going to happen next. It was all imposed upon them and no one cared because the Derg was so brutal. It feels like the same might be happening now but time will tell.
While it’s difficult to present concrete evidence on this particular claim, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Egypt’s govt was behind a lot of the instability. Many Ethiopians can recall the leaked video of Mohammad Morsi and his cabinet discussing options on how to bring Ethiopia to heel over the GERD issue and one of the methods was influencing and financing separatist groups (they named the Oromo in particular) to help sow chaos and instability in the country. Egypt and Ethiopia have had hydro political tensions since the time of the Pharaohs.
Overall, I think the biggest issue with this topic and the region as a whole is that there’s generally no honest dialogue. From the years of war vs Eritrea, to the Oromo question, to the very idea of what an Ethiopian is. No one is ready or willing to have a real discussion. Just a bunch of emotional and embarrassing shouting matches while other nations with less prestige and history pass us by. How anyone can have time to politic over ideological bullshit when everyone is starving is beyond me.
Well you like it or not under the BRICS banner Ethiopians and Egyptians will gangbang together 😂
I would just like to correct you in that, ethnic groups that have existed here, were most former south Slavs, and have been here for a little more then a thousand years. Yugoslavia was a strange creation, but some basic, common roots always existed. Some countries were under Austria Hungary, most were under Ottoman empire, yet distinct orthodox christian, catholic christian and Muslim religious identities existed for centuries to millennia.. We also had common language for the most part, so in the era after WW2, it made sense to make a large federal republic and make sure that interests of your own people are being represented inside this bigger, mightier country, where we all respond to attacks from without as one. Like mini EU.
When the war starts, every side embellishes the truth to an extent at best. At worst, it just portrays real or imagined "enemy" war crimes, which makes it harder and harder to get any sense of what objective truth is, what are the goals of each groups involved in the conflict and could there be long lasting peace and what is the bare minimum that each of the groups needs to stop the violence and get back to finding better, long lasting, diplomatic solutions..
I think you overestimate the effect Ethiopia's great age has on it's people, perhaps this fact holds sway over many Amhara and indeed probably some other Habeshas too, but the Oromo were never even part of Ethiopia until the early modern era, the Afar until the 1800s had only been part of Ethiopia in very ancient times and the Somalis were freshly added to it's borders in the late 19th century.
Adal and if ifat are somali empires you dummy 😂
And also Ethiopia didn't exist at the time of the Pharoahs. The Pharoahs were somalis and the related to the people of punt who were also somalis. You are giving Ethiopia fake histories or making them seem like great nation when they have been slaves for somalis for centuries
Ethiopia is active yugoslavia. It just hasn't been declared yet.
It's a matter of time Ethiopia will break into different small countries
Thank you, Simon. Great work. Learned a lot from this video and your work on Haiti.
Agree. However, there ought to be a diplomatic way to say that the Amharas and Tigrayans were the groups Ethiopia was primarily built from/around, and that the Oromo initially got in the mix as a kind of herder-people incursion into the farming-- and Christianity- oriented kingdom. In the 1600s they almost destroyed it. My impressions, anyhow, as a Westerner who studied a bit of Ethiopian history.
As an ignorant outsider, I’m a bit surprised that the success of Ethiopia to resist and ultimately defeat the attempted colonialism attack by fascist Italy in WWII didn’t create a unifying nationalism which could supplant the ethnic tribalism discussed here.
That was nearly a century ago, there's been a tidal wave of bloody, ethnic violence to wash away a unifying sentiment. this modern conflict is decades in the making
You know who's responsible for this but Ethiopia 🇪🇹 will survive as usual inside out side 👹 enemy of our uinte will vanish.
@addisseyoum3585 your trying to imply its because of foreigners? Due you don't seem to know Ethiopia do you?
@@Denozo88 just wait and time will show us .
@addisseyoum3585 Show you that foreigners are the reason Ethiopia has been trying to tear it apart in a way foreign to anywhere outside Africa. A well as this conflict going on long before the conference of Berlin. Foreign powers aren't to blame tribal conflicts are to blame
This explains the crisis in Ethiopia from the beginning till now. The best detailed explanation I have ever seen... Other than guy saying the Omoro people instead of Oromo. Great documentary
Put Kim Jung Un in charge, he'll straighten this ethnic BS out
I hope this beautiful and old country survive and be united forever
The proplem is a unit yuo have know thath
The Ethiopian affairs is a time bomb,because the Amharans saying or believing historically they deserve more rights than every other ethnics. This will lead to disintegrate or collapse of the whole nation.what the Amharas are saying is leadership deserves to us which isn’t acceptable, they were led the country for centuries.the way they used to govern or lead not only unfair, but also far beyond they have been selling people like slaves,Land grab burguas and in unhumane govern. In general they’re rejecting any leadership except them, because they were beneficials & are lovers of the old empires which was nonsense no one will accept & worthy fight them.
I expect trash insights like this from an agame.
Like your kind didn't literally think you were entitled the same thing and literally tried to take over the government not too long ago and mind you not also participate in feudalism?
There IS No West Tigray , its origional Name ist Wolkait Where TPlF anexed to Tigray from Amhara , when TPlF took Power in 1991
Kush✊🏾Axumite Empire✊🏾 Solomonic Dynasty ✊🏾 TPLF 👍🏾
“prosperity junk” 🤦🏾♂️
Same as how Haile Selassie annexed it from tigray and named it Bege Midir
@@BumbleBee77777axumite empire was eritrean and tigrayan
There was also no Amhara region before , it’s the creation of Meles Zenawi
I hope this crisis is resolved peacefully.
1:25 - Chapter 1 - Blood on the streets
4:55 - Chapter 2 - Shifting alliances
9:40 - Chapter 3 - Once upon a time in tigray
14:30 - Chapter 4 - The next apocalypse
19:00 - Chapter 5 - The next yugoslavia ?
Why would anyone care? You watch the whole thing if you are interested, no?
Or you want to save time or watch a specific part. 29 other people liked his comment, while only 1 likes yours (assuming it wasn’t you liking your own)
@@pittsfieldbeast I know it already had 17 toktok ppl with 0 timespan liking it b4 I wrote the comment 😋
Question how did Abi Ahmed won the war in Tigray ?
That’s very true what’s going on in Ethiopia! Thank you for honest & really correct information
1:30 Gotta appreciate the firearms safety discipline of the guy on the far right. Safety on, finger straight and off the trigger, muzzle pointed in a safe direction. And even the other dudes in the photo look like their muzzles are pointed in a relatively safe direction.
Kudos militia dudes, at least they’ve got that going for ‘em.
2:10 unlike the guy with the green scarf just right of center in this frame. Finger obviously resting on the trigger.
You are truely right! The inflation is skyrocketing and the citizens are becoming unable to buy their basic needs. And It will lead to the collapse of Ethiopia soon if things go on this way.
By the will of Allah, Ethiopia will fall
As an ethnic somali, it is ironic how the amharas always seem to play the victim card while it was them who orchestrated and started all this nonsense. They dominated the politics of ethiopia ever since its existance till the TPLF, a reign in which they too committed atrocities equal to and worse than what is happening to them. And now that the chickens have come home to roost, they are suddenly a marginalised group whom everyone is out to get? come on.
Ethiopians not just Amhara killed your ancestors trying to invade Ethiopia over & over! Get that through your thick skull! Name the atrocities! I bet you're happy innocent people are being targeted for their ethnicity too!
Non because Somalia Always wins @@disisaz
The Amhara genocide is an ongoing and systematic massacre of ethnic Amhara and Agew people in Ethiopia since 1990. Large-scale killings and grave human rights violations followed the implementation of the ethnic-federalist system in the country.
I appreciate your efforts and unbiased outlooks. There are facts, root causes, and insights you need to look in details and make another analysis in couple of weeks. Get your inputs from the comment sections, independent statistics and analyze it again. Awaiting another outsider look into the inside of our situation. Thanking you in advance!!!
YUGOSLAVIA MENTIONED LET'S GOOOOOO🎉🎉🎉
Civil war and Africa.. Name a more iconic duo (I'll wait).
The question is, how does it get fixed without thousands dying? Sad and worse, I'm really learning about this now.
Civil war and USA
usa has only had 1 civil war tho so nah@@--enyo--
USA and dying at school 😊
Europe and World Wars😊
Thank you for providing unbiased and reliable information to the whole world.
Do u currently reside in Ethiopia?
Egypt: “Hey don’t look at me it’s not like I did this!”
They may have a hand, but realistically the situation was a ticking bomb by itself
Egypt certainly benefits from this chaos; building the Greater Ethiopian Rennaissance Dam(GERD) on their stretch of the Blue Nile is one of the few unifying factors in the country, at the cost of depriving Egypt and the Sudans of Nile waters to fill it up.
It is all Abiys fault!!
The main cause of the problem lies in the “Constitution “ of the government. Ethiopia is probably the ONLY country where the Federal States are divided based on ethnicity. This is the root cause of the problem, which created division and animosity among its people. This has been set up by Tigrayan and Oromo political groups which has always sought of independence from the rest of Ethiopia. Amharas were sidelined in this process, because they never had a group fighting for independence, but rather a unified Ethiopia. So, Amharas were defined as “unitary” by the Tigrayans and the Oromos, who deeply wants the division and ultimate disintegration of Ethiopia. Everyone can now see that the Fano militias of Amhara Region has put up the “Ethiopian “ flag when it started fighting this war, unlike the Tigrayans and Oromos who different flags. Amharas never asked for independence and in fact voiced against the ethnic based Federal System and Ethnically Constituted Regional Governments. One has to keep in mind that Aboy Ahmed got the full support of the Amharas when he came to power, just because he labeled himself as a “Unifier” of Ethiopia, even though he was an Oromo.. If ethnic politics were to abolish, Ethiopia will again be peaceful and unified. May God keep ALL Ethiopians safe and United !!!
The formation of regional states cannot be reversed. It is too late and would be a good reason for further tensions. We will see more new states coming in the future. But banning ethnic parties but supporting ideologically based national parties based on common values, as in the US or Western Europe, could offer Ethiopia the best possible chance.
When there were no ethnic states and a unified nation with the Amhara as the leaders you’ve murdered and subjugated others that’s why the ethnic regional states were created to do some kind of power sharing. But if u put 1 central government that government starts to get power hungry and ultimately starts to incarcerate any opposition then ultimately turns to violence and subjugation. That’s why Ethiopians don’t want a central government. The federal system is a better system for any state with different ethnicities
@@Hippobottomless That's false. Girmayhue Qudamawe Haile Selassie was half Oromo himself. During the monarchy anyone could participate in government as long as they were educated and wanted to serve their country. Not to mention Amharas were and still are just as poor if not poorer than other ethnicities. You're just looking for a scape goat.
no, ethiopias root problem started way back in the 19th century when they made deals with colonizers to give them their neighbors land ilagely in exchange for help against ntive somali raids who was fighting for freedom. u guys have to accept reality somali will never see himself as an ethiopian. to us u will always be the enemy to the west who sided with the foriegen european colonizers. u will always be the ones who commutied the genocide against us during menelik the bitchs time. and im pretty sure other ethniceties in ethiopia have the same mindset. ethiopia is doomed to fail and the only way it can truly protect its future is by go back to ur original abysinian borders
@@BW-fz5kf heile selasei was a dog owned by the european colonizers
The people of Ethiopia want to live together in peace, it is the so called elits who are the problem.
Best and unbaised information!!! ❤ it and thank you
Two things I want to correct you. First of all, DERG wasn’t Amhara. It is a majority Oromo-controlled party. Unlike today’s political system, Derg wasn’t made up of ethno-nationalists. It was more like Ethiopian nationalists. The second one is that the place you call western Tigray was taken by force when TPLF came to power after massacring prominent Amharas in the area and relocating TPLF fighters to the area then forcing Tigray identity by forcefully impregnating Amhara women while killing Amhara men. Tigray identity was also forced in the education system and workplace. What Amharas are doing is that they are retaking their own land and reclaim their identity. Unlike other factions who are fighting in Ethiopia, Fano is fighting for equality, justice, and the right to live. The rest are doing power struggles while Fano is fighting for the safety of the people!
Your profile picture… you can’t correct others when you have such a disturbing map
Amaharas are estaimated 40 million not 20 million .check your facts .in the last census made 2007 the Amaharas were 14 million and estimated 5 million Amaharas are counted as oromo and 60% Addis Ababa residents are Amaharas which makes 1.6 millions. The totoal were 24 milloon before 16 years ago.if we apply the poulation growth rate of 3% , average the Amaharas are close to 35 millon.This number does not inlcude the Amaharas who live in states other than oromia and Addis Ababa.
Thank you. Lots of my relatives in Arsi weren’t counted. Half of Arsi is ethnic Amhara.
😂😂😂😂 there is no Amhara tribe. Oromo is 70 million
That’s the fact!!
@@chicofresh4396you’ve heard the truth on the above statement 😂
You’re absolutely correct that’s what the biggest hurdle for Oromo extremist
Warographics, your dedication to providing unbiased analysis of the current situation in Ethiopia is truly commendable. In a world filled with biased narratives and misinformation, your channel stands out as a beacon of objective reporting and analysis. We pray and do all our best that Ethiopia won't become the 21st Yugoslavia, and your efforts in shedding light on this matter are invaluable. Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for helping us all better understand the events unfolding in Ethiopia! 🌍👏 #EthiopiaAnalysis #UnbiasedReporting
Thanks for your reporting. Who are Fanos?
Amhara Fanos are legendary freedom fighters that have occupied our Amhara consciousness in our songs and myth for more than a century. Fanos are not only the youth, it is all of us meaning Fano is part of Amharas being, engraved in our souls. It courses and surges through our veins like a current to compel and ignite our consciousness to stand for justice and freedom. As part of our community, Fanos are doctors, professors, teachers, lawyers, journalists, poets, writers, musicians, religious scholars, engineers, business men & women, farmers, students and social workers.
Why do Amharas fighting:
Fano is not only fighting against the consolidation of the forces there are existential threat that the Amharas have been facing in the last 5 years; just some of grave issues are state sponsored Genocide, state sponsored mass displacement. State sponsored extrajudicial killings, free movement…
Great video! Thanks
Thank you for sharing and supporting
Tigray people took Amhara land forcibly 30 years ago and now the land is returned to the main owner of the Amhara people.
both ethnic groups lived there so it's both tigray and amhara land brah chill
Amhara act so innocent when your people brutally kill every Ethinicity in Ethiopia
U making it worst for the people of Amahar and Tigray live them alone the people are innocent
Well Eritrea came into this war after the tplf fired lots rockets into different cities in Eritrea including the capital Asmara where the US ambassador testified of such event. You’ve probably said it on your other videos I’m sure
Never mind after I watched your entire video you definitely are paid by the tplf to make this crap documentary
The injustices and mistakes of the past, coming back to haunt us all...
nothing to do with the past, humans have been at war with each other since humans have been around, theres a reason most countries arent ethnically mixed
just wow as a ethiopian you made it as close as to the truth. even I was surprised. may God give us peac
It’s a shame that all of the warring for power and greed do so much harm to people who just want to peacefully live their lives. I worked with people from Somalia, Ethiopia, Liberia when I lived in Georgia many years ago. Lovely people and I always liked learning about culture. The guys were so funny but I learned quickly to ask the ladies for bits of language because the guys would tell you dirty words as a joke. Lol
where are you from?🥸
It’s painful to see my country breaking apart because of bad government and ethnic politics I hope the world Learn from this
Let us hope not…
What kind of cryptic comment is this?
How many channels does this guy have? Different content on all of them. Awesome
I wish he would show us one day the most likely huge team behind all this awesome content.
Whatever goes around comes around. Ethiopian tried to divided Somalia for a long time, but no one knows what God's plan is. From Mogadishu we routen for you guys to keep the peace. Brother's no one gains anything from killing each other if they did we will be on top of the world. And now you guys know how I feels when your country is about to be divided. Be strong and good luck
I was one of the big supporters of Abiy Ahmed as he came to power. I was sure that he was going to solve all ethnic conflicts with his unifying "Medemer" concept. I was so naive and wrong to believe that.
Additional context: while Abiy initially freed political prisoners and welcomed back exiled political groups, he quickly and quietly undid this reform within a year of coming into power. For example, a large portion of the Oromo liberation army members who came back and disarmed were imprisoned, killed, and/or disappeared.
In 2020 alone, the government troops went on a rampage through Oromia that left thousands of civilians dead and many many more imprisoned or disappeared. There were also a great deal of looting and burning down of homes by the government forces.
As you mentioned the actual truth why Fano involved in the Tigray war . Yes the government forces were not on a good shape to stop the invasion of tplf forces but the key point here is Fano involved when tplf invaded Amhara region and committed atrocities, raped Amhara women , conducted genocide in mikadra by selecting Amhara people
I grew up in #Ethiopia in the 1980's during the #Derg regime,...i also grew up in #Yugoslavia with my #Diplomat #Diplomatic parents,..
All shaky crisis everywhere ...
merci beaucoup War graphic for your analysis.
Thank you, Simon Whistler !
So biased, it is clear that you haven’t done your research thoroughly. Why don’t you interview individuals who are from Welkaite, Tesdros Terfe- who is from the region currently living in exile due to the massacre TPLF had committed in Welkaite. The issue in Welkaite goes back 40+ years , TPLF had killed many Amharas silently before they even come back to power because there plan has been to create a Tigrinya nation for that reason they coveted Welkaite. No matter what you say Welkaite, ‘’ west tigray’’ is AMHARA. Do your home work before embracing yourself with one sided information.
Very well explained good job and God save the poor Ethiopian people
Tribalism, clan loyalty, or cult like belief in a religion will always be the main cause of confluct.
You're wrong, resources are the main reason for conflicts. In Ethiopia, resources are both land and human, so everyone try to exploit the other
there is no one "main" cause of conflict. Resource scarcity, injustice miscommunication and of course the factors you list are all major causes. the nature of reality encourages both collective action and also agressive aquisition of resources. we are creaters evolved to excel in that context. thus whatever the proximate cause is the finite nature of resources gaurentees we will always find reasons to fight.
For as much of a shiny corporate mantra it is, "diversity is our strength" couldn't be further from the truth. Ethnic fault lines have been the cause of the majority of warfare for centuries. Even the United States, the shining city on a hill, has been dragged into a civil war over slavery of a racial minority, and they are still ravaged to this day by race riots. Marcus Garvey, a leading Jamaican Black ethno-nationalist, brought out far larger shows of popular support among American blacks than pluralists like MLKJ ever did. Europe has been a prime example, with ethnic hatred bringing about both world wars, Serbian nationalists assassinating a tolerant Austrian leader for the first, and the infamous ethno-nationalist Nazi party rising in Germany for the second, and with pretty much every European empire bringing conflict elsewhere with colonialism. Asia has constantly been in cycles of ethnic cleansing and rivalry for ages now, with China actively conducting a genocide in Xinjiang, and older instances of ethnic abuses by the Japanese, and Chinese empires stretching back centuries. There've been intense ethnic conflicts in the likes of Afghanistan as well, and in other parts of the middle east. There were strict caste systems in India, as well as racial castes across former Spanish empire in Latin America. Africa practically speaks for itself with this very video.
Humanity is rampantly racist no matter where you look.
Don't forget political ideologies 2 of 3 of most horrific mass murders in last century were done by atheist groups in Soviet union and second in China. Even fascist were driven by crazy racial ideology. So even without clan and religion we will eat each other. Thankfully conflicts on average are going down
@Flight_of_Icarus This is true to an extent, but it's a bit more nuanced than that.
As much as it is natural for humans to be tribalistic, it is also often natrual for them to mix with one another. Humans love sex as much as they like tribalism. These warfare are not always long lasting since usually there may reach a point where they've mixed with each other so much that their differences are only lessened. Many nations are a result of many groups mixing, being displaced, or even in some instances living in relative harmony. Many nations now, in a way, are and were built upon multicultural societies. By this, I simply mean the existence of multiple cultures within a space. They may become assimilated, absorbed or even exchange their cultures, but there is often a dominant culture.
It's not always been pretty, but humans have always been diverse and have benefitted from trade from other groups and civilizations due to the transportation of ideas.
Globalism has really changed how people migrate from place to place within a short period of time.
While humans can be very tribalistic, we are also naturally very curious as well and interact with one another a lot. Many groups that exist now are often created by millions upon millions of years of this rather than being 'pure' in any way.
Many inaccuracies. For one, Amhara people didn’t flee to oromia to flee famine. “By 1986, according to Mulatu Wubne, the government had resettled more than 600,000 people. More than 250,000 went to Welega; about 150,000 settled in the Gambela area of Illubabor; and just over 100,000 went to Pawe, the largest planned resettlement in Gojjam and largely sustained by Italian financial support. In addition, another 78,000 went to Kaffa, Shewa, and western Begemder.” Look up the Derg resettlement plan.
Simple research can be be done. They voluntary moved in the 2000’s. That’s why it’s key to get factual information from residents or not second hand information.
Ethiopia will not be the next YUGOSLAVIA ,this is a stupid notion.
Thank you for covering the crisis in Amara region. Any is killing an innocent Amara people and the local Ethiopia media are not allowed to discuss even mention Amara genocide by Abiy Ahmed
The wellkite genocide was happened by tplf on amharas willkayit Amhara pupils . Please dig deeper on this subject on the ground. Amhara was the target of genocide by every corner off Ethiopia since tplf came to power all genocide happened in Ethiopia was on innocent Amara's people so before you say such things please investigate deeply! Thank you
According to UN and US reports Amhara Militia committed war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity which the later is the highest crime in the history. Amhara militia also committed crimes in Maicadra over Tigrayan civilians according to UN reports. Fano is a criminal group trying to take power and continue the land grabbing over other ethnic groups.
Horrifying.. and basically ignored in western media.. fingers crossed Ethiopia can patch things up and have a bright future.
While the lack of coverage is shocking, once you realize the whole continent of Africa isn't at all being covered. I am not sure it's a bad thing. Since it there is coverage, it usually means that big powers are messing in. Usually also not out of some philanthropy, but due to possible economic interests.
Ethiopia is unsustainable it needs to be dissolved. Too many civil wars and millions have been killed in the last 50 years. A lot of people in Ethiopia refuse to call themselves Ethiopian and they don't even have a unifying language.
Wow wow wooow what an amazing video, so detailed and researched great video
Thank you so much Really well done 🎉
Now all fano fractions are come together and form one military force known as "Amhara popular front (APF).
Imagine this forces have tanks and heavy artilary vehicles! They are like wagner!
Dear journalist,Thanks for your unbiased news!!
Thank you for providing unbiased information to your audience. As their representatives clearly stated several times, Fano/Amharas are now fighting against the tribal totalitarian political system in Ethiopia. All Ethiopians and the international community should stand with Fano/Amharas to avoid the upcoming disintegration of that historical nation in East Africa!!!
End of the day will be in peace Then shame to our dividers the western
@@merhabatube219 yes the historical enemies they are trying so many time to divided us but we defeated them in Adewa . Now he wish to be next Yugoslavia . One thing he didn’t understand we are. Ethiopian Then we become Ethiopia 🇪🇹
@@getahunabdisa3927yes that's good never divide.
Excellent analysis. I hope you are wrong and the country continues intact, but based on my observation, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is the new Yugoslavia in the making. As you said, the Government can not win in Amhara like it did in the Tigray!
Fano is not a group of unemployed man.
Good and truthful views thanks,
The Derg were not Amhara, they were oromo. And you have other mistakes in your video. Please don’t speak on matters which you are clueless about
Mengestu has never he said he is "Oromo." Mengestu is Amhara through and through.
@@wediofla3230no there’s a video of his son speaking about where his mom and dad are from/what ethnic group. He said mengistu is kolso and Oromo
@@TT-yh8eb2234His brother too.
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As an Ethiopian who spent years in university who was able to see the first hand level of deference between Ethiopians where there ethnicity has replaced nationality.....I see future not that much different from Yugoslavia....may God help Ethiopian solve it problems
If ethiopia be came like yuguslavia is thats batter than know
Ironically, theft of Ogaden by the British during the colonial era partially played a role in political instability in Ethiopia.
Yep now it's coming home
Your assessment is to the point and well researched, except two fact you didn't mention. 1. Eritrea left Tigray after the war and their military moved to a town called Badme, where Ethiopia returned to Eritrea's control. 2. Wolqite was populated by Amhara (100%) before TPLF took power and Wolqite was never ever part of Tigray. After TPLF took power, TPLF made it part of Tigray.
Amhara region was created by Tigray welkait census pre 1991 300,000 Tigray 25000 Amhara. So even if it was under Begemeder bcs Haile Selassie annexed it, it was still occupied by Tigrayan. And Welkait as well as Welkdia, Lasta were part of Tigray before Haile Selassie the Tigrayphobe annexed it.
@@logify4220look at a map before haile selassie, even under italian occupation welkait was part of amhara
It's nice to hear the story told by someone not involved in it. Around the end is where my eyes filled in tears, not only do we have to face economic struggle, but if it's true we are the generation that killed our country. We all as Ethiopians should stop being defensive and face the music, shit is not looking good.
Omg 😮 you narrations is right on point. Truth matters thank you 🙏
Amahra fano peoples fronts 😊😊 yes sir
Even if we are in very serious problem, Ethiopia will never failed or collapsed. Because of Ethiopia people have strong Bond...
lol okay