Ethiopia’s Ceasefire is Working (but there’s now another war)

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When Ethiopia agreed to a ceasefire earlier this year there was hope that it'd bring peace to the country. Now though, not only has war resumed, but there's also a second interethnic conflict in play - further damaging the countries stability
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[@bababababababa6124]

It’s a real shame because before this conflict Ethiopia was one of the fastest developing countries in the world. This has definitely shattered their progress

[@joaopk6263]

Sounds… convenient, how the war happened right on time…

[@mukesh2397]

@@joaopk6263 not everything is about conspiracy theories

[@bababababababa6124]

@Random Guy maybe, their government can be very untrustworthy, but the development happening in Ethiopia couldn’t go unnoticed. Addis Ababa and other cities look modern and life was improving, albeit slowly but surely Now that is all being reversed due to pointless conflict

[@Myanmartiger921]

@@bababababababa6124no one will come back for next 6 8 years. The entire region is also screwed between Somalia Sudan Eritrea.

[@bababababababa6124]

@@Myanmartiger921 yes for now East Africa has no hope unfortunately. Kenya and Rwanda are the only beacons of hope in that region

[@DallasMay]

For just a moment, I really thought you were about to say: "... Things we could never show you in this video. Things like decapitations and public beatings.... Which is why we set up a new streaming service called Nebula!"

[@-Faris-]

Same. Too many people do that nowadays

[@nekrodex4539]

I've grown up in Djibouti (the small neighboring country on the coast), my parents were doing development and humanitarian aid there... hearing from this conflict and seeing just how little attention it gets breaks my heart everyday. The history of East Africa is such a fascinating yet tragic one, so much potential and effort destroyed by pointless wars.

[@kurobeard9467]

If you're truly from Djibouti, you should be happy that it is breaking apart.

[@ogolow570]

@@kurobeard9467 Djiboutis economy relies on Ethiopia buying their goods so no he shouldn't be happy 💀

[@kurobeard9467]

@@ogolow570 It will make far more money when 4 or more countries (ethnic regions of collapsed Ethiopia) use it's ports. Imagine taxing a bunch of countries that will be desperate and will settle for higher rates of import and border taxes. The answer is clear for Djibouti.

[@nahomweldemichael9820]

@@kurobeard9467 Actually you're wrong. If ethiopia was not in a civil war. It would be growing economically, meaning importing and exporting more goods through djibouti. But now less goods will pass through djibouti(since due to the war the economy and foreign exchange of ethiopia hasn't been doing well) and ethiopia is looking at eritrea and somalia(somaliland) for their ports.

[@nahomweldemichael9820]

@@kurobeard9467 Also even if ethiopia broke into many nations, only 2 regions would use djibouti ports(afar and somali but somali would most likely use somaliland ports). And then as for the others they would use ports closer to them. For northern regions it would be eritrea and Sudan, and Southern regions would be Kenya. So I'm sure you can see that this would be very bad for djibouti

[@spicyonion736]

I'd like to warmly thank the tldr team for keeping us updated on ethiopia news, i've been researching on this conflict for a while now and i firstly stumbled upon your channel while searching news about the conflict. Please keep us informed about any news, you are offering voice to many people who don't have the possibility to speak up for themselves

[@fayzjibril8125]

you mean please keep us misinformed

[@antonkarpov9841]

@@fayzjibril8125 what misinformation do you see here?

[@novacgenene5689]

If you're really doing a research about this topic I suggest you find another source which is unbaised and show the full truth unlike tldr

[@zephaniahdejene1746]

as an Ethiopian id say you've got most of your facts right but i think that an important aspect of this conflict is being left out and its that things are much more complicated , the OLA isn't really representative of the oromo and neither are the TPLF a representative of tigrayans most people on both sides would be happy to just let things slide but due to these armed groups being backed up by political parties who are more concerned with power than the security of the people they allegedly represent the people.

[@stivenstivens]

I think its cool that you cover what's happening in Africa . Most media don't care because there is no money in it. Love your style TLDR :D

[@DaweSMF]

Most media dont care because most people dont care anymore. You are probably young, because we “collected bottlecaps for Africa“ right from 90s when we had revolution. It was “distance adoption“ - you chose kid from picture and donated money, it was collecting of bottlecaps - you collected bottlecaps from certain brands and they (supposedly) send money to some African charity. And so on and so on. I think its Africans time to take care of themselves, we hear only insults for it over here (locals will show probably more appriciation).

[@disfordumboo4411]

do you know any good resources for learning about african affairs and current events, preferably from african sources? i feel like i dont know nearly enough about anything going on in africa

[@Templeanyasi]

Sahara reporters js a good news channel based in the US that focuses on Africa

[@EverettBurger]

Thanks so much for continually reporting on the conflicts in Ethiopia

[@tompenningdevries6756]

Can you guys make a video about the unrest in Peru. All the airports exept lima are closed in the country. Its really messy there

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Short answer its due to a failed coup and the country is probably investigating who were responsable for it

[@CARL_093]

i just hope both sides end this bloody war for too long and peace makes its way through

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

It might escalate and drag on longer

[@jacopofolin6400]

@@GwainSagaFanChannel yes but he (and most of the people hopfully) Hope did not

[@burningphoenix6679]

This isn’t a “both sides” thing. Ethiopia is engaging in borderline genocide. Tigray should frankly secede.

[@evanwang5777]

@@burningphoenix6679 The TPLF started the conflict, to begin with. No side is innocent, there is no good or bad guy. The TPLF and ENDF have both committed atrocities against each other. Ethiopia starving the Tigray people is horrible, but that doesn't mean that they are the bad guys. The TPLF has also done horrible things. The world isn't black and white, everything is a shade of gray, and it is important to realize that BOTH SIDES have to work together to stop this war. Also, I don't think Tigray should secede. Tigray and its people are an important part of Ethiopia's history, with the Ge'ez, a language spoken by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, being most closely related to Tigrinya. The Aksumite Empire, the ancestor of Ethiopia, was centered around Tigray and it was the TPLF was the one to lead the rebellion against the Communist regime. This war started because Abiy wanted all four parties in the EPRDF, led by the TPLF and divided by ethnic groups, to together into one party that wasn't based on ethnicity, and the TPLF, being powerful in the EPRDF, then started this war to keep onto power. This war isn't really about the self-determination of the Tigray people, this war is about the TPLF exploiting ethnic divides in the country to try to hold on to power. Doesn't this justify the ENDF's actions, of course not, but it does show that the TPLF isn't innocent and that they are as responsible for their crimes as Ethiopia's government's action. This is a both sides thing.

[@IK_MK]

@@burningphoenix6679 That's like saying The Donbass should be independent from Ukraine and Ukraine is committing genocide by defending itself

[@seamusoneill99]

Some people have suggested that Balkanizing Ethiopia would be a bad idea...honestly, it should've been done long ago, when the country had a much smaller population, which would've reduced the loss of life any such partition would inevitably bring. Unlike some countries in Africa, the regions correspond pretty well to ethnic groups (with the exception of the Southwest, which is a catch-all region for the tiny tribes). Partition into separate states would probably be better in the long run, as it would prevent Ethiopia from having repeated civil wars which stunt its development. Unlike some parts of Africa, the main Ethiopian ethnic groups clearly have a strong sense of ethnonational identity. Some people have suggested that creating a bunch of new "tiny landlocked nations" in East Africa would be a terrible idea. But Ethiopia is much larger than people realize. The Amhara region alone is larger in area than England, and with a population of 32 million (91% Amhara), it is more populous than most European countries! Similarly, Tigray is similar in size to Belgium, and has a population of five million, equivalent to a smaller European country like Ireland. Oromia has 35 million people (slightly smaller than Poland) in 136,000 square miles (the same size as Germany). The eastern half of Oromia is Muslim, while the western half is mainly Christian, but even if you broke Oromia into two pieces, these would by no means be small countries. Balkanizing Ethiopia would in the long run create better conditions of peaceful economic development within the newly created ethnic nations by removing one of the central pillars of Ethiopia's instability, although there is no guarantee these new states would actually develop. The main issues with this plan are threefold: 1. The mass-casualty war that it would take to realistically achieve this, which would basically pit the Amhara against everyone else. 2. Ethnic enclaves, i.e. Addis Ababa is largely Amhara despite being deep within Oromo territory (city-state?) 3. The precedent this would set for the rest of Africa, since the Balkanization of Ethiopia would allow any large ethnic group in Africa to try and carve out its own state through war. Dismantling colonial borders might be better for the continent's growth and stability in the long run, but the bloodshed and loss of human life needed to bring this about would be truly horrifying -- the most apocalyptic series of conflicts since WWII. Ultimately, African peoples must choose their own future. The west should only intervene with humanitarian aid or to stop genocide, as we failed to do in Rwanda. Otherwise, it is not our place to tell them what they "should" do. That is up to and including redrawing the borders imposed on them by force in an earlier era.

[@kevincronk7981]

I'm currently researching for a paper on the civil war in Ethiopia, and I think it's important to mention the implications of Abiy Ahmed pursuing a more centralizing approach to government as opposed to more regional autonomy. In Ethiopia, that issue has become in many ways something like gun rights or abortion in the US, highly divisive and rach side being supported by particular groups. The Tigrayans and Oromo support decentralization, while the Amhara support centralization. So many Oromo see Abiy wanting to centralize the government as a betrayal and now see him as politically no different than an Amharan even though he is ethnically Oromo

[@maddogbasil]

It's a confusing political meandering Same stuff you see from the thr middle east The way we all see it of course is just the Americans playing politics with China China is close with ethiopia and Ethiopia wants to build the blue Nile Dam which Egypt would never allow. Egypt is a country supported by the west and the leader is a military dictator in the pocket of Israel and America They would never want see the political bubble they've created in the moddle east to be shattered by the ethiopians.

[@antonk.2748]

@@maddogbasil Interesting conspiracy theory but not everything in the world is connected or is the result of the "Jewish world conspiracy". Couldnt it also just be that Abiy Ahmed wanted to accelerate the economic development and regional integration of his country by increasing centralization which destabilized the delicate web of truces, alliances and animosities between different ethnic groups represented in Ethiopian politics? Ethiopia has always been an ethnically diverse and politically decentralized state where local ethnic minorities resisted centralization attempts by the government for centuries. He probably underestimated the other regional groups ability/willingness to put up a fight or overestimated his own ability to quell the rebellion either way the whole plan backfired spectacularly and now his country is in a far worse state than before.

[@maddogbasil]

@@antonk.2748 My bad I shouldn't have mentioned israel. I know theirs that whole thing with the jews that's still up in the air. Regardless America is still the largest power broker in the middle east ( even if it is waning slightly with other fights happening else where) It's not strange to see colour revolutions in this age. Their pretty common, we're watching it happen live right under our noses Myanmar, Ethiopia, arab spring, african dictators, communists uprisings, liberal revolutions. You know all the good stuff. Now I wouldn't have believed this so easily if what happened in khazakastan didn't make me take 2 steps back in shock, surprise, understanding and acknowledgement. Colored revolutions have been practiced to a T, their isn't third world nation on this earth the Americans can't over throw. We saw in khazakastan in 12 hours a group of untrained ordinary civilians, who had earlier been complaining about gas prices suddenly rising, all of a sudden breaking into a revolution. Think about it, ordinary civilians out gunned and pushed back the national guard of khazakastan and in several hours, satellite connections, Power outtage, airports suddenly closed down. The khazak president trapped in his house calling for russian aid. It was a textbook CL and a really fast and efficient one too. Again this is all up their on the internet just Google it if you don't believe me.

[@fargothbosmer2059]

Well said

[@natnaeltsigab1275]

Exactly! Perfectly summed it up

[@zizzlerizzle8707]

Thanks for doing this. Great video.

[@TheKraken5360]

Thanks for a great summary of an important, but little discussed subject!

[@itzsleazy6903]

Thanks for covering this

[@mangomauler2866]

Thank you for covering Ethiopia there isn’t much information on the subject. What are the sources you mostly use? Does your team have people who can read local news and report that or are you relying on something else?

[@s4pphi]

TLDR: there's a ceasefire in Ethiopia! Me: thank god, a ceasefire! Finally some good news in this war torn wo- TLDR: but now there's another war Me: oh.

[@haroeneissa790]

The title of the video already gave it away.

[@Gracefull-ok9lr]

The main problem is that, people don't know the fact that Ethiopia is an empire. Unless it is allowed to disintegrate, there won't be any lasting peace

[@MiamiMarkYT]

This is the nebula sale I’ve been holding out for! Looking forward to picking up a subscription!

[@ahmousmoon3972]

I would thank you young man if i know your Name but your info graph is amazing + fantastic .

[@criessmiles3620]

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 will be fine From west Africa 🦅

[@ulharr]

Thank you for keeping me up to speed

[@zaar93]

Welega is not a town, it's a province with the city Nekemte as capital.

[@mohamedabdukadir3271]

It is a huge win for the horn of Africa that the terrorist organization that was controlling Ethiopia the TPLF is out of power and has laid down its arms, indeed the war was catastrophic but on the other side ending the terrorist TPLF was important.

[@alexlehrersh9951]

TPLF are not terrorist. Te Etheopian army is a terrorist force

[@Mr-my8kx]

One terrorist for another one lol great.

[@metarus208]

sad to hear

[@HenryLeopoldIII]

I half expected them to say “avoiding genocide is a complex problem, you can practice your problem solving skills with Brilliant!”

[@Torres158]

It’s a shame. Etiopía 🇪🇹 is such a beautiful country

[@maxmudxareed1345]

It's even a country. It's colony created by Western countries.

[@amdetsion3256]

@@maxmudxareed1345 Ethiopia/Ze Etiyopia has been the name of the country since at least the time of King Ezana. You're confusing it with your country Somalia that was literally created by European colonists.

[@kyureevs]

@@amdetsion3256bro doesn't know that somalia has existed as long as Ethiopia it was just under a different name

[@amdetsion3256]

@@kyureevs It's not good to assume then comment out of sheer emotions.

[@ThePanEthiopian]

Fano isn't an abbreviation it's a stand for anhara warriors or youth

[@alehegntesfaye5235]

I'm Ethiopian, living in Ethiopia and this report is misleading. Some facts, 1. TPLF ruled Ethiopia with impunity for 27 years. Lost power with widespread protests in 2019 & it wanted to get back to it's former power or influence. So from 2019 it began to build it's own military and it conducted it's own unconstitutional election and declared it no longer accepts Fed Gov't and on nov - 2020, TPLF attacked Fed military base in tigray, killed hundreds of soliders and stole heavy weapons - and this war broke out. 2. In this war, Ethiopia Gov't did not intensionally blocked Aid to Tigray, Aid was not flowing as it should b/c the nature of war. And TPLF used the same famine tactic back in 1991 to topple Derg regime.

[@tauceti8060]

Is it also true that the TPLF were invited to join the prosperity party and refuse?

[@alehegntesfaye5235]

@@tauceti8060 Yes, TPLF refused to join PP.

[@Tmb1112]

Listen, “aid was not flowing as it should b/c the nature of the war,” isn’t a valid excuse for troops blocking aid, which happened. And neither is “well the TPLF did it too!” because it was terrible when they did it, and you calling it the “same tactic” suggests hat you accept that this was in fact a tactic the government used. I am in complete agreement that Tigray was overstepping, trying to get back their lost power, and entirely in the wrong. And sometimes in war, brutal steps are taken to defeat an enemy when you know that your side is correct… But it’s easier to pretend like your side did nothing wrong than to accept that even though the war was righteous, your side still made mistakes along the way. Millions of people starving to death, many of them children, is not justified because “if we let the supplies go through, they would have kept fighting,” which is the only real excuse for that kind of warfare. And it’s a smart war strategy. But it goes against all conventions of war. And so whether or not it was the smart thing militarily to do- in the modern world there are rules to warfare and when those rules are broken, people are going to call you out. Happens every time. Don’t get too upset by it, but don’t just deny it either and pretend like your side can do no wrong.

[@thomsen256]

Then what about Oromo? seems like its more complicated than the governments official story

[@alehegntesfaye5235]

@@Tmb1112 I did not say the Gov't did not or can not do wrong, infact military personal committed crimes that was laid out on the joint investigation (UN + Ethio Human right commission) but as this joint investigation revealed the Gov't did not intensionally block Aid flow. I think it is true that the Gov't did not block Aid to cause a famine in it's country, it is not in it's interest to do that morally, politically or for it's foreign relations. Infact When the Gov't "left" tigray, it left necessary Aids that is enough for 3 months & spent 100 billion birr in tigray in 8 months. So if the Gov't did not block Aid then what happened? 1. How TPLF fight for 2 yrs feeding it's thousands fighters with almost zero inner food capacity? As we have seen areas where TPLF occupied, there was Food stores with mass USAID & there are TPLF fighters caught with this Food Aids. Aid was being used by TPLF fighters in mass and TPLF fighters are in 100 thousands. 2. One problem is, in Tigray even before the war, many people where in safty net program. And TPLF has used this propoganda that the Gov't is holding Aid to cause famine to cause pressure on the Gov't.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

6:34 I don’t think it was “colonised”. I’m sure the Amhara were there prior to the late medieval immigration of the Oromo into Ethiopia.

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

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[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

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[@user-fi2fk2ei7o]

Whatever who f care about black african inter etnic conflict

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

@@user-fi2fk2ei7o yes

[@aradat9671]

@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 ikr the most one sided bs I ever seen lmao at this point I'm tired of this white snakes lobbyist paid by tplf and olf lol

[@k.m890]

Nice channel

[@tauceti8060]

Ethiopia's constitution does allow for these etnic regions to become independant countries in their own right and if a permanent peace solution cant be found among these etnicity they may have to be independant for the sake of peace

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

What makes you think going independent is going to solve the issues? They hate each other existence. Leaving Ethiopia isn't a magic button that solves everything. The ethnic groups will still border each other and they'll still kill each other.

[@1TheGoalLine]

Yeah, but we all now it's never going to happen.

[@Phaenes]

Splitting up isn’t going to stop the fighting. Especially since Oromia encapsulates Adis Ababa, the capital that is majority Amhara/Habesha. There’d be a whole war over who gets access to that city since it’s nowhere close to Amhara borders.

[@1TheGoalLine]

@@Phaenes btw I hope you do know why Amhara/Habesha are the majority in the city.

[@kurobeard9467]

That is th ebest case scenario but the international community would not allow it to happen. They stepped in after Ethiopia collapsed in 91 and they will step in again to keep that zombie state alive. It is the nigeria of east Africa.

[@RaharijaoDavid]

I would have never known about this if it wasnt for yall

[@AmanT241]

This is probably the best analysis i have seen from any western media thanks

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

It's because Oromos are cleansing their region of Amharas living in Oromo region. Amharas are fighting back against that.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Oromos are arguing Amharas have done the exact same thing in the Wollo region. Including the deaths of the Karrayyu Gada leaders last year

[@deusexaethera]

You need to make it clear that when Tigray held local elections without approval of the Federal government, it's because Tigray was sick of the President stalling the electoral process so he could stay in power longer. Tigray isn't a separatist region, it's trying to force the Federal government to follow its own laws.

[@saiyerreddu2669]

Nah it'd definitely deeper than that, let's not act like the TPLF hasn't been controlling the federal politics in Ethiopia for decades now. Obviously Abiy Ahmed definitely has some fault in this , however the deeper reasons behind the civil war definitely has its roots in the TPLF trying to regain its power that it lost to Abiy and his coalition.

[@sebjornsprauten1406]

Theres a caveat to that caveat; it was in the height of the corona pandemic. Having the whole population congregate was dangerous. The TPLF used that as a pretext, as they were already furious over his corruption crackdowns

[@tauceti8060]

I heard that the electoral process was postpone due to covid which is a pretty valid excuse.

[@danielalexandre89]

They aren't going to make that claim cause they are always bias towards politicians that favor the globalist agenda

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

So its more a fight for political power and which cultural group is the dominant one

[@Darium147]

Is sad to Hear that a country with such potential passes trough this

[@deepinthewoods8078]

Uffff... what a mess. The whole world should help to end this conflict...

[@kingace6186]

Wow. Great coverage. (0:35) Most people, even major political officials and journalists, seem to not be able to pinpoint the exact start of the "Tigray War". But TLDR correctly identified that the regional elections held by the Government of Tigray (which the Federal Government had put off for months) was that exact start. Fearing the TLPF would gain further legitimacy through the electoral process, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces mobilized an invasion force on the borders of Tigray Regional State a month before the war broke out.

[@lilyhk701]

Well, the federal government has to mobilise for yet another riot in one of their states. Pretty sure alot of towns in oromo states have defence troops ready everytime there is protest. Lol and tplf is not a saint, pretty sure the many years before that they have been rounding up protesters, having tortures cells, blocking internet access and freedom of speech, plus all those corruption scandals. Its amazing how everyone is painting them as victims these days.

[@BIGDZ8346]

Yemen? Although not sure what the situation is like now

[@kasper7203]

Africa.. So much potential squandered

[@datospora5770]

Great! I love your history knowledge about Oromo. I love you, too!

[@jason41a]

i had no idea there's a (civil war?) going on there at all...

[@ymeynot0405]

I completely disagree. The Ukraine war has resulted in food shortages across Africa & the middle east.

[@03.achyuthans39]

Everyone claiming that the various ethnic groups in Ethiopia should gain autonomy should first see how many ethnic groups Ethiopia has… there’s about 80 ethnicities of the NiloSaharan, Nilotic, Omotic and Afro Asiatic groups. And most of them are present in the south and south west with the rest of the regions having one ethnic group predominantly. There’s a reason substance farming died out. You can’t divy up land and allot it. Many tribes in the Southern region of Ethiopia have only 1 or 2 districts to themselves. No way that nation will be sustainable. The easiest way to solve this is to strengthen the federation. Maybe the Somalis want a greater Somalia but none of the other groups want to leave the nation even when that option is given. All the groups only want to retain power in the central government

[@rasta6713]

Yeah, honestly speaking if you’re not from Amhara, you can never understand.

[@nnqtr20]

yo

[@orboakin8074]

Truly tragic and I pray peace comes. But it's very interesting to know that the only African country that was not colonized is presently plagued by inter-ethnic conflicts, low national unity, poverty, drought and famine compared to some other African countries like my Nigeria which were colonized.

[@sealking3838]

Not the first time it collapsed.

[@kimemia_maina]

Would love to see more Africa content that isn't warfare. Like the ongoing summit in the US with 49 African Heads of State meeting with Joe Biden

[@Lepua2009]

Imagine bunch of tiny landlocked countries, no i don't see any future 😂. I'm glad that you covered the ongoing conflict b/n Amhara and Oromo, the federal government is sleeping as always, so we needed a coverage from an outsider.

[@louieuy7607]

If there was a great power or super power in Africa, you'd get more media coverage on topics like this

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

One might eventually pop up

[@seneca983]

Remember when TLDR said this war was "unwinnable" (for the Ethiopian federal government)?

[@A.D.540]

ethiopia and tplf both lost as both where force to peace deal by usa. what ethiopia want was to remove tplf which it failed.

[@MH-dl7bp]

Ethiopia has faced significant challenges in uniting its diverse population since its inception. Differences in origin, beliefs, and lifestyles have led to deep divisions among its people. With over 80 ethnic groups and more than 105 languages spoken across the country, achieving unity has proven difficult. Ethiopia has a troubled history of inequality, with certain groups, such as the Amhara and Tigray, holding power and mistreating others. Now, the majority of the ethnic groups advocate for a peaceful dissolution of Ethiopia, similar to the breakup of the Soviet Union. However, if this isn't realized, it could result in violent conflict and turmoil, akin to the tragedy witnessed in Yugoslavia.

[@McSlobo]

What is the role of foreign countries in this? Eritrea separated from Ethiopia, who did back that up. Egypt and Sudan are concerned about the dam. I've noticed Eritrea votes in favour of Russia in UN. Well, not that Ethiopia didn't have its own relations to Kremlin. Has there been a lot of mis-/disinformation around in Ethiopian social media? A few things to look at.

[@rloduwick]

I would have said Yemen

[@pawelzybulskij3367]

Watched bunch of videos on Ethiopian civil war, still can't figure out which side we should root for.

[@arthankitsheddidnglights]

There will always be two sides of war with their intentions Better stay neutral

[@bababababababa6124]

Both sides are contributing to this pointless conflict. It’s easy to root for Tigray, as they’re the ones being oppressed, but both sides have committed atrocities. You should support the innocent Ethiopians on BOTH sides that are being affected by the pointless conflict

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

None. You don't have to root for anyone in war. Look at Yemen, which party can you root for there when the choices are a Saudi-led loyalist bloc, an ethnonationalist coalition, and an Iran-backed Shia fundamentalist group?

[@dragonfire3727]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 south independance mouvement because Yemen réunification was a mistake

[@kurobeard9467]

The easiest thing to root for is the balkanization of Ethiopia. That will end the suffering in the region.

[@normanwei529]

Imagine if borders could be redrawn:/

[@hornerfarah2282]

If its Based on ethnicity the only country in the horn of Africa that would benefit from that would be Somalia

[@RealSavage7]

@@hornerfarah2282 No it would also benefit those fighting in ethiopia

[@hornerfarah2282]

@@RealSavage7 yes but it largely will benefits Somalia since 40% of their population lives outside Somalia

[@RealSavage7]

@@hornerfarah2282 Good

[@Slantir]

sup guys!

[@mikkellund1876]

My Brian has a hard time understanding all the fuckery that has happened over the last 3 years

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Covid made matters worse by generating more economic and social troubles and the current wars especially countries which play major role in global trade by providing energy or goods aint making it any better

[@user-vo9wd6tx6c]

How does Egypt fit into this? I know Egypt and Ethiopia have a major dispute over the Nile dam, is Egypt helping these separatists?

[@samyebeid4534]

The Ethiopian government has accused Egypt of stirring up instability on multiple occasions, but whether that's accurate or just a rally-around-the-flag stunt I can't say. But I guess it's a sensible assumption...

[@kurobeard9467]

No, Egypt is run by imbeciles that are sadly not taking advantage of this conflict. It would be the perfect time to cause Ethiopia's dissolution but Sisi is too dumb for the task and is investing in a new capital which will be destroyed due to famine caused by Ethiopia's dam.

[@thewldnass]

Ethiopia was one of the fastest developing countries in the world coincidence AN AFRICAN country is in war after trying to be better ? ps not the first time

[@BH-yk5cn]

The merchant of death will soon get involved.

[@MenwithHill]

Good news, bad news I see.

[@BionikleFG]

The way the current Ethiopian government is constructed really reminds me of the old articles of confederation. Just a loose confederacy of different states with immense autonomy which leads to conflict between the states.

[@Zeyede_Siyum]

That’s exactly is, but this one is worse because it’s based on ethnicity

[@BionikleFG]

@@Zeyede_Siyum I hope the country is able to unify and find peace. If any country in Africa has the ability to become powerful, it’s Ethiopia

[@Zeyede_Siyum]

@@BionikleFG thank you brother. Once we replace this federalist Gov’t with a unitary one it will get much better.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

What is special about Tigray? Tigray contains the core of the ancient Aksumite kingdom and the historic settlements of Aksum, the kingdom's capital

[@jarrodyuki7081]

1. reason and 2. human human relations

[@jarrodyuki7081]

every human nation organization and civilization..................

[@publicspeaker4009]

We will deal with other things after Ukraine, because Ukraine is literally more important because of what it can mean for the rest of the world. A war in Ethiopia will not spiral into a nuclear war, while a war in Ukraine could though unlikely.

[@publicspeaker4009]

Plus who wants Russia to get closer to Europe? Imagine how much worse that could make everything except gas. Which in it if itself bad.

[@calvinyahn2840]

For a brief moment, I was concerned that the videos about decapitations that you couldn't show here were part of the exclusive content on Nebula.

[@jciamretired9767]

Very informational and interesting video, sounds like the brutal war in Ethiopia is like a major gang war that the leaders of the gangs only care about power and money and not so much about people's sufferings :(

[@ShegaT]

No it's a proxy war waged against Ethiopia by the West aka USA.

[@seidhussein6960]

I guess you have missed the very source of the conflict. You also don't seem to have gathered the right data to help you make the correct analysis of the prevailing situation. I am not blaming you of any thing, but I am sure your contacts are those who skewed to one group. Or are those who have a special interest in the conflict, or are those who seek to benefit from the continuous conflict. But I sincerely appreciate your effort in bringing the issue up front.

[@nahomweldemichael9820]

Could you please elaborate on what was missed?

[@jondoe4624]

"More attention from the international community" I don't think that is needed. Africa needs Africans solutions for African problems. This is a situation for the AU to handle. They have stepped into multiple military conflicts in Africa and Africa fixing its own problems is what is best for Africa.

[@A.D.540]

africa and america. africa never fix it themseleve. in ethiopia it was ethiopia, au and america. africa for africa soluatino is joke. if africa was the soluation our people would have been in peace.

[@xaviercopeland2789]

The Oromo came after the Amhara, so how did the Amhara colonize somewhere they were they first?

[@thomsen256]

Amhara is one region, they ruled over the rest of the Ethiopian empire historically.

[@rosieroti4063]

its not who arrived when that matters, but only who succeeded in taking control.

[@1TheGoalLine]

no, where tf do you got that from? i hope you aren't talking about the "Oromo migrations"

[@ogolow570]

@@1TheGoalLine he is talking about that

[@1TheGoalLine]

@@ogolow570 then he needs to go back to school or read history. the oromo migrations were oromo who immigrant from one part of ethiopia to another part of ethiopia,

[@PickleSurpriseVEVO]

The graphics are getting sloppier and sloppier and it distracts from the rest of it. Maybe if you don’t have the time to do cool visual graphics don’t bother lmao

[@MabDarogan2]

Don't use American dates

[@buckempire1395]

ffs

[@rysplayz9208]

Where's Italy when you need them...? 🙄

[@inserisciunnome]

Im Sure Meloni Is VERY Interested in seeing these events unfold

[@Abravado]

Bring back the Monarchy... in a constitutional capacity that is...

[@blava3155]

Man who still care about ethnicity and ethnic superiority? for outsiders, all Ethipians are the same so it's sad that Ethiopians put some much weight behind their ethnic composition instead of their national one.

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

TPLF did this to Ethiopia after 1991. They put too much focus on ethnicity

[@003mohamud]

who cares about outsiders

[@TheKatiokung]

African Union not happy about the war

[@Drivelicense5025]

My Favorite African Country,Ethiopia

[@tesfayelemma9734]

What if I just try to explain the blockade of aid by Abiy! He is making a mockery out of the Tigray people. No one had done anything for two years during the war. He’s now making a mockery out of the world leaders since the Pretoria Peace Agreement!

[@imonbanerjee2997]

My question is: Who supplies the arms to the militants and how? I feel that the international community should address this as well.

[@rosieroti4063]

Very correct question. Usually we see people in these conflicts have barely enough to eat, but are armed to the chin in weapons and ammunition. Clearly there are resources pouring in which wants this conflict to continue. I suppose they decide that its easier and more economical to end hunger by starving the hungry and end the violence by killing the violent.

[@robelthewhale926]

"foreign aid' for Tigray and the OLA gets its weapons from the government itself.

[@mantea3481]

Ethiopia has militias, these militias have been established since the imperial period. There's your answer

[@ekesandras1481]

Since most of the weapons and ammunition is of Soviet origin it might get hard to get resupplies now, since both Russia and Ukraine (who were both exporting, mainly to Africa) need every bullet now themselves.

[@Zach-fc6wz]

This country needs to End!

[@camm8642]

no foreign intervention its an ethopian issue let them deal with it hopefully things work out for the good in the end.......

[@magnvss]

There is a reason all major European nations abandoned their tiny divergent languages (and dialects) and ethnics differences in favor of the construction of (artificial yet functional) national identities. French in France, German in Germany, Spanish in Spain, Italian in Italy are all mere regional languages chosen among the most prestige ones in those regions that became countries, plus the notion of a national identity that tried to integrate the something palatable to the whole country. This is also the reason (when more than one religion existed) that some of the countries became with the secularism to avoid religion tensions and even wars: this resulted in Humanism in Europe, as a philosophy to get along using some modified Christian template that didn’t express itself in religious manner. But this process took centuries and in some of those countries there is a comeback of regional claims and even independence: the root runs deep. Some nations solved the ethnic problem by choosing the language of their former colonizers as a bridge among ethnicities and to make it not seem like one had the upper hand over the others (unless, of course, there was such a big main one that it alone de facto overshadowed the little ones). So, Ethiopia should adopt this unity stance. The problem is where to begin as for some languages and ethnicities to yield, another have to come on top even if for the sake of unity and a country's national construction and identity. But it’s usually only when people get totally exhausted of war than ethnic pride is seen as a coin that is worthless.

[@Lucas_Antar]

This is why the African Union needs to redraw Africa. And let these drastically different cultures have their own nation and own voice.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Lol, Ethiopia is the one country that stayed independent and kept its borders.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@eljanrimsa5843 no it participated in the scramble for Africa and did some colonizing of its own

[@Lucas_Antar]

@@eljanrimsa5843 You clearly don’t know Ethiopian history or the fact that Ethiopian isnt even an ethnicity or the fact that Ethiopias borders were drawn by Europeans at the Cobden of Berlin while staying independent until Italy invaded in 1940. Don’t speak when you’re ignorant.

[@user-eq9xs5fz9u]

Q: is there a solution for a civil war? Ai: A civil war is a conflict between different factions or groups within a country or region. The causes of civil wars can be complex and varied, and as a result, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to ending a civil war. In general, efforts to end a civil war will need to address the underlying causes of the conflict and work to establish a peaceful resolution. This can involve mediation, negotiation, and other forms of conflict resolution. It may also be necessary to provide assistance to help rebuild and reconcile communities after the conflict ends.

[@bvraeqvete]

When you try to withhold Nile water from Egypt…

[@criessmiles3620]

What are u talking about ! Ethiopia 🇪🇹 as the proper source to the Nile needs a greater utilization of the river That’s it Stupid From west Africa 🦅

[@bababababababa6124]

That surely has nothing to do with this conflict

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

This has literally nothing to do with Egypt

[@deusexaethera]

As if Egypt is entitled to all of it.

[@dragasinbrankovic]

​@@deusexaethera and this right here is how wars start. If you want to make me amd a hundred million of my people starve we will kill you, regardless of entitlement. Not Egyptian btw.

[@swiggyhunter4682]

Isn't Abiy both Oromo and Amhara?

[@ludbwkx]

Mix, but his father is oromo, so most figured he would identify with that more

[@fayzjibril8125]

​@@ludbwkx so basically this videos premises are based on assumtion

[@Zeyede_Siyum]

He’s fully Oromo

[@kidusehilegebrial7191]

@@fayzjibril8125 no its a cultural thing in ethiopia you identify with you'r father ethncitiy

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@Zeyede_Siyum give proof

[@TravisSelassieSimbawafedha]

Restore the Solomonic Dynasty to he Ethiopian throne ... The Lion of Judah hath prevailed !!!

[@abdifatahmohamed5690]

We have seen former Yuslavia or soviet Union Abssinia or now so call ethiopia should fulening very soon God,willing-?

[@xaviere.7581]

Funny how the western media never covers this.

[@novacgenene5689]

And when they cover it they make sure people are misinformed and only know the truth they will benefit from

[@haroeneissa790]

It's a shame that the only african country that was never colonised is experiencing the same tribal seperatism as most other African countries.

[@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni]

It was actually colonised, in 1935 by Italy, for a number of years, then it was given independence in a treaty. And the reason for its tribal wars are partly due to colonisation, except that in this case, the support of European Christian countries for the Ethiopian empire made very superficial borders for thr Empire, and years later, now the chickens have come home to roost.

[@samsmotzzz2171]

@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni It was NOT colonized. They don't teach people in school that Italy only conquered about 40% of Ethiopia, including Addis Ababa, while the rest of the land went uncovered and inhabited by patriots and farmers. Italian colonial soldiers and police had no presence as every expedition resulted in them never returning. Just because the Italians half-assed their way to Addis means nothing regarding the colonization of people.

[@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni]

@@samsmotzzz2171 I wouldn't call having the capital city of your subjects under your control, imposing your system on them for years, also making them landlocked by removing the North of their territory and establishing a large Italian presence there "half-assing". Also, tell me something that is not true for 99% of colonies, their insignificant territory was left unoccupied.

[@samsmotzzz2171]

@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni That "insignificant territory" is the Western part of Ethiopia, where almost all the fertile land is. Mussolini WANTED Western Ethiopia the same way Britain used South Africa for cultivation and farming; however, the Italians could never get their hands on it. Systems were imposed in Addis, but an angry 17-year-old kid with a rifle was free to walk in Addis with the support of locals. Italian administration officials needed permission from the local Ras before they did anything because literally nobody (and even fascist sympathizers) actually liked them. There's nothing colonizing or subjugating about that. Occupation is what you're looking for.

[@FEAFC]

@@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni It wasn't colonized by Italy but by the Amhara. Menelik 2 even took part in the partion of Africa in the Berlin conference, and was given the Somali region and denied parts of Kenya. Italy's contact is barely colonization. Ethiopia is an empire just like any other.

[@lordgong4980]

I miss the Emperor

[@whoisabdalle8295]

Only Menelik ll the last great emperor the rest were trash

[@Zeyede_Siyum]

He was much better specially diplomatically

[@amdetsion3256]

@@whoisabdalle8295 loool. Nice joke.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Why do you miss him? You jusr heard him saying he colonized the Oromo

[@mindblower8774]

Modern day civil wars are really interesting

[@user-xj2wg6bx6r]

The same players in Rwanda are also as active in Ethiopia. USAID, UNICEF, UN, EU, WHO, Doctors without borders ... All Intel in the ground TpLF is CIA foot soldiers. Olf the oromo liberation movt run by TPLF and Tigrians. The global elite determined to balkanize Ethiopia. They finance and help Eritrea's independent movement.

[@eyobgenene795]

i fell like this guy works for CIA too.

[@mrfoameruk]

I don't think you went into why there was a problem before. Was it a land grab, just didn't like each other or an incident on the border that started it? Just as I typed that you gave a brief explanation.. Thanks.. Keep up the good work.

[@thomsen256]

Basically ethnic tension. Ethiopia was an empire so it was similar to Russia conquering its neighbors. Many ethnic groups are basically independent nations in some ways with totally different languages and cultures. Over different times different groups were in control of the empire but they havent had much history of true coalitions between different groups to rule, rather one usually dominates and eventually the others fight back.

[@stemill1569]

can the conflict be solved? probably not. The demands are clear. Centralism isn't working in a multi cultural state. But decentralism has a problem. It costs much more. I'm not sure what the food and credit givers are saying when the country is investing lots of money in reorganizing. That would be a topic you could go deeper into with. Could the country reform itself or would it need a civil war with missions of death to be allowed to reorganize? You showed criticism at the president for going more centralism. But why did he do that even when he comes from the minority that is about to start the next civil war because it feels ignored. Is the president just power hungry? Or is the president following intern allegiances to get the country to a better spcace? Or is the president following instructions from certain 3rd parties because the state has to be more "cost efficiently"?

[@kurobeard9467]

You nailed it in your second sentence. Ethiopians do not share the same vision of the future. They have had a civil war every decade for the last 100+ years. This is just another one on an extremely long list.

[@aradat9671]

The most one sided bs I ever seen I don't even know where to begin

[@abctv9507]

Poorly researched. What a shame!