How foreign meddling destabilizes the Horn of Africa - Exclusive w/ a Djiboutian dissident in hiding

While it’s not often in the news, the Horn of Africa is volatile and often the scene of violence and its countries are victims of international interventions and interference that has played a destabilizing role, from Djibouti and Eritrea to Somalia and Ethiopia. As western imperialism continues to prop up dictators while blocking any moves towards independence, the western-backed Gulf States are transforming the region into a battlefield against Iran and each other.
Why is this region subjected to so much meddling? How is the new Cold War between the US and China playing out on the ground? And why should Americans care? To help us understand these developments, Rania Khalek is joined by Djiboutian dissident in hiding Abdirahman Mohamed Ahmed, an expert on the Horn of Africa who is both from the region and has a strong leftist background.
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[@colibri1]

"China builds things, while the US just bombs things." That is so true. Thanks for this great interview.

[@henrirauhala4335]

True only so far. All capitalist countries try to expand their economic power by any means necessary, ultimately by military means. China is no exception. Besides, some things here just don't add up: I found no information about Eritrea kicking the Israeli military out (Eritrea doesn't recognize the state of Palestine).

[@dharmaz9195]

@@henrirauhala4335 who told you Eritrea does not support Palestinians you must have dreamt it after seeing this....

[@letstryitout2941]

@@dharmaz9195 the people support PALESTINE but the government doesn't interfere that matter

[@nurturingglobal2local473]

No, no China is using different tactics the same agenda, don't trust her, Africa is the cradle of civilization and the bread basket of the world, Africa doesn't need help from the International Ruling Elite, all Africa need is her people to wake up and practice unity and respect each other .

[@winstonyu1776]

@@nurturingglobal2local473 Really, if the bombing option is off the table, then it's your choice to build or not, you can just reject the build. If China is going to bomb you because that you reject their "agenda", then you are fine, right? That agenda looks quite safe to me.

[@ChrisWRR]

Great work! Real journalism is a rare treat

[@debralegorreta1375]

Loved this post! Learned a lot about places and issues no one ever talks about yet matter so much. Thank you both and stay safe.

[@rebecalucia8434]

“Globalize the culture of debt” well said my man. Great interview!

[@bundleofperceptions1397]

Rania Khalek is an incredible warrior for peace and justice -- mad props, as the kids used to say.

[@Yourismouter]

she is an incredible journalist, media critic, NGO critic, and broadcaster. very happy she has a home at Breakthrough News :)

[@abenezergetachew4322]

What you really said about Ethiopia is very True! Thank you for understanding whats happening !

[@suufisaliib404]

@abenezer getachew....I am Somali and I am sorry about what is happening in Ethiopia these days! As soon as the TPLF left power the country descended into chaos! TPLF secured the country for 25 years, making it the fastest-growing economy in Africa and the most secure and stable country in Africa, free from terrorism and violence! I am sorry for the mass killing and the genocide-like situation in the Tigray region. Aby Ahmed and his cronies are using the Ethiopian federal army, the Eritrean Shabia forces, and the Amhara and Oromo militias against the Tigrai people. This has to stop. This is war crime! I pray peace and love to return to Ethiopia! Ethiopia is a Holy Land! This kind of thing should not be happening in Ethiopia! This is very sad!

[@eteold]

@@suufisaliib404 Shut up agame. I recognize your deception. Pretending to be Somali but your actions are blatant.

[@suufisaliib404]

@@eteold You shut up, traitor! Xaggeed igu taqaannaa kaan ahay??? Ma cadowga Ethiopia ayaad tahay? Ethiopia ha noolaato! I am Somali, I love Ethiopia religiously, I see it as a Holy Land! The TPLF was the best government, it stabilized Ethiopia. No government is perfect, but Ethiopia was in a far better shape under the TPLF than any other government before it! Now Ethiopia is now imploding! You must be an enemy of Ethiopia! Are u celebrating now???

[@abenezergetachew4322]

@@suufisaliib404 Why is the West at odds with Dr Abiy? Dr Abiy refused to be a lapdog for the West like Meles Zenawi. He is a patriotic pan Africanist, hell bent on securing the unity,peace & prosperity of the the HOA. He went into Tigray to restore peace, law & order. he is not fighting the tigrians like you said Abiy love the people of tigray more than the TPLF does Trust me the whole western medias are doing their propaganda!

[@suufisaliib404]

@@abenezergetachew4322 I disagree, I think Aby is a new liberal, a CIA, EU and Saudi/Arab stooge who has no idea of what he is doing. Remember the West gave Aby their nobel price, bribing him. Melez was a nationalist and he was no fan of the West, depending more on China but only working with the US to fight the terrorists in Somalia. He died too early, some believe he was poisoned and murdered by the West for working with China. Aby should not have attacked Tigray using Ethiopia's enemies, that is grave mistake! I love Ethiopia religiously, It is my spiritual homeland, I am an Orthodox and pray to God Ethiopia is peaceful and loving again! I am shocked to see the brutality and murder that goes on among my Ethiopian brothers and sisters! May God bring peace and love back to Ethiopia!

[@felixrabe]

Wow - Some countries host military bases like other countries host embassies!

[@Kariakas]

Great, interview. Canada's hypocrisy drives me crazy also.

[@ThorusCrusius]

Canada acts as if it were the unofficial 51st federal state of the US. My country, Germany, and many others act as if they were vassals.

[@tymanung6382]

Seems like problems started + Harper?

[@Kariakas]

@@tymanung6382 From Harper on this isn't a Canadian PM that would have said no to the war in Iraq like Chretien did. That was probably the last bit of independence from US policy for Canada.

[@PapaShuffler]

Happy belated birthday, Rania! 🎂🎉

[@benabraham9995]

Great interview

[@unclefrancis5134]

Thank you Rania and BreakThrough News for this very informative podcast.

[@kaoc799]

Your Interviews are so educational, love your interviews!

[@yuema2078]

This is truly educational, such a small country and so many international players.

[@ivangoran4461]

Greetings from occupied Yugoslavia!

[@emdt_unlimited3421]

Thank you for talking about this!

[@Claudeparfaitgmailcom]

Hi Rania.. Great work and outstanding broadcasting. Please keep up the good work

[@Canada-1958]

CONGRATULATIONS for your interest in the region

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

The US military has 29 bases in Africa (AFRICOM) cutting across the entire continent. China has one military base abroad - in Somalia (the Horn of Africa). Pentagon Map Shows Network of 29 U.S. Bases in Africa (The Intercept).

[@Farhan917]

@Mandate Man African nations needs to kick out these foreign militaries out of the Continent.

[@AmboyChamblis]

29 to many bases costing the U.S. taxpayers, waste of money!

[@etcetera3282]

Nice to listen to Mr. "actually" man...I enjoyed his interview...quite informative and an eye opening.

[@tilapeace2074]

I never enjoyed any media like this one. God bless you both!!

[@susantekola4578]

Thank you

[@mariefrank3257]

Thank you guys I really appreciate it. At I know what the world is all about. Wowwwwww. Unbelievable.

[@Farhan917]

I was born in Djibouti and the Horn of Africa was a trading post for centuries.

[@realsomali8210]

But no one can deny the fact that horn of Africa is a victim of western imperialism as Abdirahman alluded to. Western powers should be forthright about helping the African people or leave Africa issues to Africans.

[@derejetilahun8696]

Very interesting enlightenment

[@somaligrup8873]

You just gained answers follower great reporting

[@donaldgrant5483]

It is so disrespectful to treat people the way you dont want to be treated

[@bethlihemalwab4029]

Good discussion

[@kedirmamo1922]

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[@Mardokai1988]

Thanks for the real news! I also would like to invite you to Eritrea 🇪🇷 because seeing is believing. After all to swim and watch someone swimming is to different.

[@gj3494]

Hi Rania, thank you so much for your always amezing presentation which was focused on the horn of Africa. Your media let the world know what is going on in Ethiopia, while other large media didn't say anything about the crime commited byTPLF in tigray taking under age children from their parent and sending them to the war which is international crime.

[@user-gy4lq1id1z]

Rania Khalek, great journalism. Keep up the good job. About mentioned something intriguing about Juba land. I like to know the individual name Abdu said a drug loard used to run juba land ? This is my third interview I watched. I wish I learned about you long time ago. Can you try to invite a guy name Jeff Pearce? Also, since a lot of people in horn of Africa just discovered you, I recommend you to put caption for your question to your question. Many people doesn't process English fast like natives English speakers.

[@debralegorreta1375]

The phone overheating! WTF?

[@alv4049]

He's probably in North-East Somalia- it can get pretty damn hot

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[@nurainiarsad7395]

To be perfectly accurate and fair, it’s not that western imperialism is against democracy. They are very pro democracy- for themselves. But democracy inherently introduces some instability since the citizens might change the government which might result in change of policies etc. This is fine for themselves but because they are also capitalists, especially the US, they don’t like this instability in countries they only consider as markets and origin of resources and not equal to themselves. So that’s why they like that Singapore has been governed by the same party since independence, they like that the Gulf is governed by monarchies, or if all the parties in the democracy mostly have the same pro west position, but dislike the democratic countries who might elect independent leaders - not because they are against democracy but because they like business stability more. The only time they’re suddenly pro democracy in such countries is if those countries are large, and being unified under a stable leadership could result in a great state that could threaten their dominance. Democracy in these states would allow them to interfere and play sides against other sides so they really really want democracy for these countries.

[@mak8511]

Thank you been a voice of voiceless who is genocide don’t have any political ideas for those innocent people of Ethiopian thank you 🙏🏽🇪🇹💚💛❤️

[@jan-olofjohansson9238]

The so called democracy is green. Spells money.

[@barinegashyo204]

His djibouti is a client state for the biggest bidder a vassle state not a sovergien nation

[@danielmengistu1080]

Yes, Israel is highly involved in ethio-egyptian conflict because Israel is already using the Nile water in negev desert as per the 1970s agreement with Anwar saadat to share the Nile water in return for peace with Israel. They call the canal they built under the Suez canal the el salam canal, which means the peace canal. Actually Israel coming stealthily to control the Nile.

[@Canada-1958]

For more information

[@williams.1980]

👍🏻

[@Canada-1958]

On Somalia and the Horn of Africa region (HOA)

[@nailati]

LOVE the channel, HATE that awful photo of Rania you're using in every thumbnail

[@realsomali8210]

The information provided by the guest as regards to the Alshabaab presence in only Jubaland state of Somalia and that Jubaland governor was born in Ethiopia is absurd. Alshabaab controls large swathes within Somalia which is why the government is asking for concerted effort in the fight against the group. The Jubaland governor was born in the present day Galmudug state in Southern Somalia. So, Its apparent that Abdirahman has superficial acquaintance with the region. He should understand every twists and turns as regards to the region's history.

[@DekaHana38]

I knew he was somali the moment he start talking.

[@JohnDoeX1966]

Somalia ha noolatoo! 🇸🇴

[@munirayussuf1032]

So true 😂😂😂😂.You can tell a Somali very easily by the way he speaks

[@zahraabdul9879]

I know you are in somalia the houses behind you are somali style

[@safaeleyeh4816]

He is from Djibouti and we are Somali that’s why it looks similar to Somalia houses

[@eriangelino7800]

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[@nolacking1007]

The patrodoller started in 71 haila salissa gov fell in 74 🤔

[@nonbigger6366]

1.45

[@AliHassan-hb1bn]

Foreign powers can't help any if we are not stupids.

[@mithocondriaaa9356]

Glad to know the italians have been pretty much pulled out of there. At least them

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

Ja Bood y

[@dr.tilahunbizuayehu6314]

Imperialism &pseudocapitalism will be collapsed forever!!!10Q Rania khalek!

[@yakusemizhu2201]

Turkey is a NATO member, who knows what is there agenda and they have a dispute with Egypt, and Israel was never in Eritrea but we can hear out your negative position about Israel but in the most what you saying you are correct

[@Nofal-jq6yq]

Kenya , sudan and South Sudan aren’t part of Horn of Africa

[@Nofal-jq6yq]

Horn of Africa is somali , Ethiopia ,Djibouti and Eritrea

[@barinegashyo204]

@@Nofal-jq6yq the easten part of sudan has ethnics groups only found in the horn

[@barinegashyo204]

South sudan has share ethnics with ethiopia so does kenya

[@AliHassan-hb1bn]

Down imperialista down Al-shabaab down wahabism.

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

Movie , better off on drugs

[@omarmohamed5120]

The gay he isn't in Somalia, Somalia flag its light blue(sky) his accent in quation!! Somalis don't afraid to tell where they are in Somalia

[@calioumarx4289]

I sound stupid for real and u understand English this men never claim somali citizens and say reason don't want tell location bcus dictator ismael omar who run somalia second this men is marry with childrens and highly educated stupid

[@alexomar7464]

Ethiopia needs Eritrea militarily to advance the Dictatorial ambitions of Abiyat (Abyi), TPLF and EPLF came to power same time, Eritrea went independent so far led by a Dictator without any constitution. This guy is fucked up. All 8 countries are fucked up, too tribal, religious as bad as Yemenis.

[@ThorusCrusius]

Your viewers are not all from the USA. Please don't be an exclusive club. You also have viewers from de facto US vassal states.

[@box5319]

But Ethiopia and Djibouti is stable not because of lack of external interference but rather due to its patriotic citizens unlike somalia whose citizens worship their clan warlords at the expenses of their country. Somalia is a failed state not just because of interference but also due to its lifeless citizen who lack ambition and nationalism

[@suufisaliib404]

Rania and the Somali brother, I love u! Keep it up! Hore u socda! I am a Somali fan! Pray for Ethiopia! It is a Holy Land and they are our cousins! I loved the TPLF! Rania, I follow your news briefings and analysis!

[@GeelMode252]

Did we watch the same show? The TPLF regime was worse than the previous regime. Also, the TPLF army used white phosphorus in Mogadishu in 2007 and killed over 100.000 civilians. And no! No Somali has any love for the TPLF! GTFOH with your TPLF propaganda!

[@eteold]

@@GeelMode252 He's TPLF ie tegaru. Pay attention to "I loved the TPLF". They always pretend to be Eritrean, Amhara, Oromo, Somali, etc. but they always betray themselves.

[@suufisaliib404]

Beast Mode The TPLF was not perfect, no party or government is. But the fact is that the TPLF secured Ethiopia, led it to be the fastest-growing economy in Africa consecutively for Ten years, protected Ethiopia from the islamic jihadist terrorists that are ravaging Ethiopia's neighbours like Somalia and Kenya and gave Ethiopia's ethnic groups the authority to rule themselves and their states. No other Ethiopian government did that in the long history of Ethiopia! I am Somali, I love Ethiopia, pray for it daily and wish to be successful and peaceful. Look at Ethiopia now after the TPLF! It has the biggest internally displaced people in Africa, has inter-ethnic violence and instability in all regions, Tens of thousands are dead and millions are displaced in Tigray alone, there is chaos, instability and tribal wars, the ruthless Eritrean dictator and his shabia savages are murdering, raping and pillaging Northern Ethiopia at will, is that what you are clapping for??? Tuug jaahila ayaad tahay!

[@suufisaliib404]

Exposing the Emperor Xoolo ayaad tahay, ey ah tuugyahow! Miyaad i taqaanaa kaan ahay??? The TPLF did a great job, Aby Ahmed and his neo-liberal cronies are useless, they will destroy Ethiopia. You must be an enemy of Ethiopia because you are clapping for its destruction!

[@abenezergetachew4322]

Oh you loved the TPLF! ok now i see!

[@alexomar7464]

There’s a positive change in Ethiopia? Also Eritrea, Ethiopia & Somalia are at the for front of Democracy? Who is this guy,? You are always free to hid my post, but this guy is not telling the truth, the whole truth.

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

The US military has 29 bases in Africa (AFRICOM) cutting across the entire continent. China has one military base abroad - in Somalia (the Horn of Africa). Pentagon Map Shows Network of 29 U.S. Bases in Africa