Ethiopia Threatens its Red Sea Neighbours: What Next?

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Last month, in a state-televised documentary, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed argued that Red Sea was Ethiopia's "natural boundary," and that they needed a port on the Sea to break out of their geographical prison. In this video, we explore why Ethiopia cares so much about a port on the sea, and whether this could start yet another war.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Ethiopia's Port Problem Explained
03:55 - Why Abiy Wants One
06:17 - What Happens Next
07:20 - Sponsored Content

[@bababababababa6124]

I think Abiy is a perfect example of why the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t taken seriously anymore Edit: someone in the comments here said it should only be awarded to people after they pass away, and I couldn’t agree more 😂

[@tompickel]

Think Yasser Arafat..

[@idontexist1681]

Even kissinger received that prize

[@realwolfingen8896]

they could just give the prize to people without any power to start a war, would make it far more serious. /s

[@bababababababa6124]

@@realwolfingen8896or they should just stop it altogether, it’s a meaningless award at this point and literally nobody cares anymore

[@eldrago19]

​@@idontexist1681"political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize." - Tim Lehrer

[@LoganBerry1017]

God, I remember thinking in 2019 that Abiy was leading his country down a stable and more prosperous route. Its just depressing at this point

[@mars8185]

​@@ellieodisho9257you will not be saying that if you are from this region

[@lif6737]

Ethiopia was the jewel of Africa, a rising power that seemed set to be an African leader on the world stage, and yet in a few short years it feels like all that promise has been dashed.

[@VerdeMorte]

His tombstone will read: *"FOOL"*

[@SuperCrow02]

It's insane they were ever allowed by previous governments to become landlocked in the first place. If Eritrea wasn't cozying up to China I'd have a lot more sympathy.

[@mars8185]

@@SuperCrow02 lol wake up to reality lil bro americas time of domination is over

[@et_matrix]

I am Ethiopian. Listen my Eritrean brothers and sisters, don't expect us to fight. Almost 90% of the Ethiopian people are tried of the ruling government. If war broke out, i dunno from which ethnic group he is going to recruit soldiers. We are not going to fight with you. Let the Oromo people fight. We, Ethiopians are tired of wars. Peace for both us. Eri ❤ Ethio

[@StopTheLiess]

Abiy is both Oromo and Amhara. Don't try to exclude yourself from the issue as if Abiy isn't speaking for your kind

[@Axiom61]

@@StopTheLiess Well if he is Amhara then good thing that we are excluding ourselves, because he did it himself when he killed millions of Amhara civilians and Tigray civilians.

[@NabeelMohamed497]

First of all, Galla is an offensive term. Secondly, why would Oromo be the only ones recruited when for hundreds of years been oppressed and Abiy's treatment of them wasn't much different. When it comes to annexing foreign lands or taking land outside of Ethiopia, it is generally supported by Amhara nationalists. No wonder why Amharas dream of taking Shewa, Western Tigray, Al Qadarif (in Sudan), Metekel, Wollo and others.

[@Axiom61]

@@NabeelMohamed497 I won't complex this for you because from your profile you are a little child. But here you go. " why would Oromo be the only ones recruited " , because the only one who supports Abiy's crazy ideas are Oromos. You said " Abiy's treatment of them wasn't much different " , How so ? Isn't 99% of the government military from Oromo and 96% of the Traffic police and 20% or 30% something employees of every government office Oromo, Isn't people from Oromo getting other political and governing policies which are different from other Ethnicities. Right not you can be from any Ethnic group in Ethiopia and you can be beaten to death by someone who is Oromo and know one is going to even ask you. So why are you guys acting like a victim. You said " Oromos have been being oppressed for hundred of years " if that's so shouldn't they be the ones understanding the outcome and the pain of being oppressed better than anybody else, then why are they oppressing anybody and everybody. I think you should read a lot deeper, all those areas you mentioned have a lot of history and Oromos are not better too, because they have killed and displaced other Ethnicities during their migration. At the end of the day “if you see yourself as a victim, you will become your own oppressor” .

[@NabeelMohamed497]

@@Axiom61 Oromo don't support Abiy Ahmed. Where are you getting this information from? I found information from Research Gate that around 31.4% of the entire Ethiopian Police is Oromo. Amharas are also supportive of Abiy. Many opposition leaders who are Oromo are still in lack of freedom. You are telling me Oromos would choose a govt who has continually been oppressing them? Get your facts right. You can't even bring the sources where you got 99% of Ethiopian military and stuff. I need the sources and I gave you mine.

[@raghedanan3959]

Somalia is not a messy as you said but improving fast lately. Greetings from Mogadishu….👍👍👍🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴❤️❤️❤️

[@Mizar4]

Haa

[@razackchrist5096]

It is.

[@daviroza4700]

@@razackchrist5096 like ur mom

[@Ciilow24]

A clan or tribe can't protect themselves from a country that has millions of people Like Ethiopia and Kenya who can fight for it. We need to understand we (Somalians) need to come together as a nation that's the best option to protect our country. I'm talking to all of you, out there lan-dheere and lan-gab we are all xoolo wlh. War Qabiil wax mataro.

[@lollius88]

​@@Ciilow24 30 years and nothing has been done, do you really think things will change now, with a puppet president Hassan Sheikh, who cannot step out of Xamar because of Shabab?? Somalia is a failed state, and will stay that way until something drastic is done.

[@khathecleric]

Noble Peace prize winners sure have an awkward relationship with war

[@questionmaker5666]

Most not all, Martin Luther King Jr. started no wars.

[@Talisguy]

@@questionmaker5666 Not all, but any Nobel peace prize winners starting wars is noteworthy, never mind so many.

[@Controlled_Opposition]

Which is quite ironic because Albert Nobel started the price to disassociate himself from his invention(dynamite) which cause many deaths due to its use in warfare

[@questionmaker5666]

@@Controlled_Opposition True, the Nobel prizes for the sciences, medicine, and similar do go to the right people.

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

It's like Forbes and crime. They are weirdly connected.

[@blackwatertv7018]

If I had a nickel for every time the Ethiopian government waged a full scale war while the entire planet was distracted by some other horrific thing I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

[@kolawaleojomo6817]

Twice... For now

[@zjpdarkblaze]

if i had a nickel everytime this channel say "war is unlikely" and then war starts anayway, i would be a millionaire

[@Yanzdorloph]

reminds me of how they only hastly started buildingn that Dam on the source of the Nile when Egypt was in civil war, they couldn't dare when Egypt was at peace. they've always been an opportunistic bunch

[@Ethioutforlunch]

Bruh Our government is doing this to us because we are turning against this whole corrupt system and they're just trying to distract us but realistically we already knew the trap from the start

[@a.a.6789]

​​​​@@Yanzdorloph Egypt didn't have a civil war, they built it cause sisi was so desperate for recognition after the coup that he signed on it and asked Abiy to pinky promise he won't fill it or something, I guess in that sense they are opportunistic (I'm not sure what Morsi's stance on it were but I'm guessing anti-dam) but the blame lies on sisi, and he's selling everything in the country to gulf and other states after giving islands to s*di and continuously buying arms to please his masters, military rule is a crime... So yeah, the dam is going to be a disaster but it's on sisi and his goons and wouldn't have happened if those democratically elected (🤢) weak subhuman civilians (🤮) remained in power.

[@MohamedAli-rd7rn]

You are absolutely nailing everything as it is. Thanks for sharing this amazing information

[@bit7389]

Saying Abiy winning the Nobel Peace Prize is "somewhat ironic" is probably the understatement of the millenium.

[@erbalumkan369]

Just like with obama's nobel prize.

[@mareksicinski3726]

meg

[@bit7389]

@@erbalumkan369 admittedly Obama did nothing to deserve the Nobel, but he never waged war against his own population either, as Abyi was doing first in Tigray and is now doing in Amhara. There is a world of a difference here.

[@rogink]

@@bit7389 Like it or not the US is the world's policeman. Telling Assad using chemical weapons was 'a red line' then doing nothing about isn't much different.

[@bit7389]

@@rogink Ehm, I am not defending Obama. I am trying to get across that Abyi is a megalomaniac who doesn't shy away from slaughtering his own people. There is way more to this than just threatening the neighbour states. A good policeman would be urgently needed in the region. I have my doubts the US is up to the job though, regardless of who is president.

[@m.s.e.4192]

As an Eritrean watching this from abroad this news fills me with despair. We have had enough of wars. And i think this port issue is sth that could easily be solved through cooperation. I think this is just what poor leaders do, create a war to unite their divided people instead of addressing the real issues in their country and solving their internal divisons the healthy way. I don't think ethiopia will win this war if started, but it will be at an unimaginable and unnecessary human cost on both sides.

[@DoofyGilmore1299]

How is the last situation in Eritrea? (I hope I didint spell it wrong)

[@Triple_Alliance]

Eritrea is probably better off under ethiopia than its current north korea like dictatorship

[@easy_tesfaye]

This news is totally wrong. Please stop listening and believing people who wants to spark a conflict between our nation. I am Ethiopian living in Addis Ababa. I have been following this story attentively. Dr. Abiy never talked about a war or a conflict with Eritrea. He said "we should always try to get an access to the redsea through negotiation. However, if we fail to achieve that, maybe in the future our children will". And he proceeded to list all the possible negotiation deals Ethiopia can offer which would be even more lucrative for Eritrea. Every Ethiopian (with the exception of some people) knows how important Eritreans are to us. And we also know that how an armed conflict with Eritrea devastated our country. Don't be alarmed by the words of a few treacherous Ethiopian and Eritrean activists and politicians who wants to propagate their anti-peace propaganda. The presenter and producers of this video should try to be diligent and truthful in their news coverage. This whole video is totally 100000% false.

[@Findgod222]

⁠@@DoofyGilmore1299 not that good. Eritrea is pretty stable but that’s only because we’re ruled by an authoritarian dictator. Ethiopia on the other hand is embroiled in ethnic wars left and right with 100s of thousands having died over these past couple of years. Ironically, Somalia is the only country that seems to be improving.

[@DoofyGilmore1299]

@@Findgod222 last sentence explains how bad the situations is in the region

[@daviroza4700]

If they even think of Djibouti and Somalia they better wake up and apologize

[@jareersmoker1721]

💯they know better brother

[@mouktarhoussein3892]

War is sometimes a matter of vital importance to a country except here for Ethiopia in this situation. If Ethiopia attempts to wage war against Somaliland, it will cause its military and strategic destruction, but also its division, since the Somali region in Ethiopia will not wait to declare its independence.

[@kamal-hassan]

As Somali, if Ethiopia attempts to go war with Somalia 🇸🇴, well then the consequences will be unbearable. It’s an excuse for us to liberate our Somali Region occupied by Ethiopia.

[@___Truth___]

Exactly, they believe that taking Somalia will be simple, even during the weakest that Somalia was in the civil war America couldn't even establish control. Clans have stockpiled weapons since the civil war has died down, attacking Somalia is the best way to create unity, because most major Somali Clans will be targeted, and defending each other to defend our own land has always been the worst thing invaders can do. Like America did in 1990's & like Ethiopia has always tried to do throughout it's history.

[@fahrenheitdibb2017]

Somalia is not even a functioning state, I do not see how they will be able to counter a full-scale invasion by Ethiopia. Even if all clans somehow banded together.

[@ahmedmohamed-gx9xe]

​@@fahrenheitdibb2017Ethiopia isn't a modern country but relies mass forces so if you have determination and know local geography then you can easily defeat anyone.

[@mrprince5934]

lmao they tried invading us in 2006 our lowest point and we pushed back ethiopias force alone. ethiopia is struggling with like 4 rebelion right now and they have the audacity to try to start a war with 3 nations.

[@mrprince5934]

@@fahrenheitdibb2017 remember the invasion of ethiopia in 2006?

[@AmirSatt]

" *SECURE THE HORN OF AFRICA* " focus complete

[@scarletcrusade77]

*start research on 'RED SEA PORT OR WAR' Ultimatum*

[@Archduke_Astatos]

"Eritrea rejects our demands!" (DECISION) They well know the alternative!

[@relaxedsack1263]

playing as new africa in victoria 3 right now, was actually just evading future ethopia

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

Only Eritrea Somalia and Djibouti are Horn of Africa

[@visuali235]

Keep on dreaming colonialists Horn of Africa arent your usual African and are the bravest

[@dulio12385]

It'd be so easy for Ethiopia to just support Somaliland's independence in exchange for a strip to land leading toward the Red Sea.

[@skp8748]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@skp8748]

😂 what right to independence do they have are you crazy

[@KingAgniKai]

That breaks international law.

[@skp8748]

😂 30% of Ethiopian land is Somali... Ethiopia could never. Somaliland is a federal STATE within Somalia

[@skp8748]

​@@f1ufno Somaliland is in civil war not Somalia... Are you dumb?

[@abcd-fs7zf]

Ethopia: we need a sea by force Egypt: lets arm eriteria 😂

[@daviroza4700]

@@jytvreal and meet the United States third division with navy and air support also china France and Italy have bases in Somalia to combat piracy and terrorism so welcome to hell

[@visuali235]

@@jytvrealgood luck cause Somalia is Ethiopias nightmare

[@perla5465]

@@jytvreal 🇸🇴>🇪🇹. War=bad

[@am4793]

How is Ethiopia's lack of a port anybody else's problem? Ethiopia should live within its means.

[@ceejay1476]

Because the moment the port access gets totally removed, ethiopians will starve. It's that simple. You can complain about it, but in the end, if Ethiopians stand to die because of not having port access, they will inevitably prefer to go to war than dying.

[@am4793]

@@ceejay1476 Ethiopia can hire access to a port no problem. What they are kicking off about is about an existential vulnerability on routes to ports they already have. This entire issue has Israel's finger prints on it. So far Israel has got Ethiopia to stop the Nile waters from reaching Egypt to cripple them. No I suspect Israel is using Ethiopia to provoke a war with Somalia on a land grab war.

[@saalaxdheere457]

@@am4793 I'm afraid you must be day dreaming.Israel is not interested in making enemies in Africa. I think there maybe people who are just interested in opening a way out from the on going discussion.

[@am4793]

@@saalaxdheere457 too late, the whole of East Africa is aware of Israel's black only prisons, the forced sterilisation of Jewish Ethiopian women, the deportation of children born to black workers and the routine antiblack rallies in Israel. KZbin has videos of grotesque protests against black people for existing in Israel. They know.

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

@@am4793 Ethiopia wants a port from Eritrea not Somalia. They are talking about taking Assab from Eritrea.

[@Archduke_Astatos]

Was not expecting Ethiopia to pull a civ 6 on its neighbors.

[@jhonywalker1168]

Never say never😂

[@jytvreal]

@@jhonywalker1168 you'll have to pry it off our dead bodies

[@chunkykong1976]

The US, China and other powerful countries will never let ethiopia take djibouti since they all have military bases there

[@BrightWendigo]

They don’t need to, Djibouti already allows access, it just isn’t big enough

[@reshuram4353]

Ethiopia is not targeting Djibouti, they're going after Eritrea

[@bababababababa6124]

@@reshuram4353they would be foolish to even try anything on Djibouti

[@OmertaCTG]

foolish things happens all the time when it comes to war@@bababababababa6124

[@AnimaRandom]

@@bababababababa6124 truly, its gonna be operation desert sandstorm part 2: the unholy alliance

[@Mizt_Sim]

Thank you for this video, super interesting and informative

[@jytvreal]

Somalia Eritrea Djibouti will ensure this never happens

[@perla5465]

🇸🇴 🇪🇷 🇩🇯 🌊 💪

[@MOBXOJ]

Their only bet is Somaliland, Djibouti has foreign military bases in it and Eritrea is a literal military state.

[@Mick_Unfiltered]

That was my first thought when learning about this too, it only makes sense, Somaliland is also unrecognised so no one will come to defend it, and Somalia is just too weak of a state to enforce their claim over somaliland.

[@charlibravo371]

​@@Mick_Unfilteredclearly shows how little you know about Somali people and the politics of tbe region. 30% of Ethiopia is inhabited by Somali people and they are the third largest ethnicity and second kargest region in Ethiopia. Djibouti is also 65% somali, and the somali region in Ethiopia borders another region that connects the rest of Ethiopia to it's only sea route. In summary Ethiopia has much more to loose by trying to strong arm a somali port.

[@charlibravo371]

​@@Mick_Unfilteredi also forget to mention that the kenya defence minister and minuster of national security are Somali. Ethiopia trying to invade somaliland will mean it's also in a fight with Djibouti, Eritrea, and possibly egypt as well. Not particularly a smart idea. The tigrayans in Ethiopia would also not align themselves with the federal government that was just trying to eliminate them either and would strike back and very likely reach the capital while the Ethiopian army is bogged down on multiple fronts.

[@Myanmartiger921]

@@charlibravo371depends on help either side recieved if someones like france comes on one side somalia will be steam rolled somalia cant even feed itself

[@charlibravo371]

@@Myanmartiger921 haha, you would need more help then the French to achieve this. You'd be better asking the Italians to help because they actually conquered Ethiopia while the French struggled with Djibouti (formerly French Somaliland).

[@ahmetkarl1229]

“Quick. All major arms exporters and military powers who can intervene are distracted. Lets have all the wars we’ve all been planning!” Thats how I imagine the world.

[@Adam-326]

Yup. Hence why there needed to be a global police.

[@MasterGhostf]

There will be more wars, the only global system is collapsing. India and China are pressuring for more influence, and while they are trying to exert more influence from Europe and US, a lot of minor powers will be exerting their influence as attention is moved away. Ukraine and Gaza are just the beginning.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

​@@Adam-326 Answerable to whom though?

[@centercannothold]

Boys it gonna be a doosie.

[@jhonywalker1168]

good for Ethiopia since it have better economical power than its neighbors

[@Aannay_Maru]

Good summary I give thanks

[@messaylee9482]

Well presented

[@rjelruiz5867]

Certified Horn of Africa moment.

[@berkt_9622]

I think Abiy is a perfect example of why the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t taken seriously anymore

[@sebjornsprauten1406]

He ended a decades long war, then recieved the peace prize. Then, the Tigrayans seceeded from the government in a childish tantrum, and held their own people hostage as meat shields against their own government. There are far, far worse examples of poor nobel prize recipients.

[@getugebretsadik9876]

What about Obama?

[@shadowlord1418]

​@@sebjornsprauten1406you mean forght for their freedom

[@sebjornsprauten1406]

@@shadowlord1418 the TPLF didnt fight for their freedom, they were fighting to keep their supremacy over the nations resources and positions of power. And yet it was their people, not them, who paid the ultimate price.

[@ninab.4540]

​@@sebjornsprauten1406Reminds me of Hamas but unlike Hamas they don't have good PR

[@nextinstitute7824]

Very clear video!

[@mileshenderson7092]

It’s crazy that wars are fought over ports and China has received ports from multiple African countries through debt diplomacy…

[@clifforddurbin5168]

This isn't for access which ETH already has or it couldn't trade with the world. The issue is ownership. Chinese are given access not ownership. Even UK doesn't own Hong Kong - It's through agreement.

[@samanth.]

😂😂😂

[@topcesc]

Name one. Oh that's right it never actually happened

[@Prororo]

Debt diplomacy in China is made up by the west

[@bp6475]

​@@topcescNamibia port is run by China. Zambia's airport is too

[@babylon6078]

For those who Doesn’t know us ! our Area code is 291 the number 2 for our two Religions , the 9 for our beautiful Tribes and the last digit number 1 stands for One Nation. Proud Eritrean. 🇪🇷Eru🇪🇷

[@neverlookback1244]

Love from Somalia 🇸🇴❤️🇪🇷

[@Ethiopiannigus]

🤪🤪🤪 we are coming 💚💛❤️💪🏾

[@easadesad3227]

​@@Ethiopiannigushell ya

[@wizzyare2988]

​@AviatBo dog please swap to Somali come and get some cold milk 🥛

[@Land_of_Punt]

Abiy is after Zelia in northwestern Somalia or somaliland region. As a Somali from Awdal I welcome this nothing will unite Somalis quicker than Ethiopia coming for more Somali lands. Thank you Abiy

[@anezlyrics7154]

Hhhh, waxay iila muuqataa inaadan fahansaneyn cidda kuuu fican somali iyo Ethiopian markey long term noqoto, arrinta Somalia waa wax in yar kusoo dhamanaya dib looga heshiin karro, lkn ma fahansan tahay hadad Ethiopian gacanta u gasho gumeysigaad ku jiri doontid, siyaasaduhu wey isbadalan lkn dhiiga iyo wada dhalashadu isma badaleyso, Ethiopia manta oo ey dan kaa leedahay markaad adiga oon waxba ka faaideyn hoos fariisatid berri danteeda markey gaarto la heyste baad noqoneysa, mana garanaayo waxa hadalkan kaa yeersiyey laga yaabaa inadan somaliba aheyn

[@Axiom61]

As an Ethiopian we don't need your port or your war. Stop assuming

[@AzzamDigale]

​@Queen_Of_Sheba4411 you guys we know each other there is no need explanation please go to ereteria and look ports african people don't respect Laws that's why we can't trust each other

[@___Truth___]

@@Axiom61 Yet over 500 years of history shows how much of a lie this is. Ethiopia has a history of trying to control Somali ports, it's never suceeded, but generations of Abysinnian rulers have pushed to control it, even Haile Salessie tried to have a stake in Northern Somalia before independence, the most he got was unfortunately the Somali Region that is currently in Ethiopia.

[@Axiom61]

@@___Truth___ 500 years of history is not today. I can tell you that more than 90 percent of Ethiopians don't want your port including me. Every Somali commenting here are saying we will go to war blah blah. Ya'll think war is the answer to everything. There is always diplomacy into interacting with one another maybe ya'll grasp that. Plus I can assure you that the Somali port is no use for Ethiopia.

[@WakgariBaja]

Very nice analysis but too short Thanks 🎉

[@albashir7140]

That was brilliant ❤

[@danielbickford3458]

What better way to distract from an internal conflict than to go after something external.

[@sriharshacv7760]

For some reason I feel bad for countries that are landlocked.

[@alexandru5369]

Yeah as someone from a landlocked country it really does hurt economic development as sea is the king for trade always has been always will be.

[@anderson2718]

As a Zambian I can tell you it isn't nice

[@theoneblock7107]

⁠@@alexandru5369which country? it really depends on the geographic location

[@hasinabegum1038]

DO YOU feel bad for Switzerland and Austria

[@trevorbiltmore2422]

@@hasinabegum1038No because they can use rivers that go through allies

[@Mitrandhir]

Threatening Egypt with nile river dam. And invasion of Somalia and Eritrea, wow

[@Acc-ep9rb]

"You will hear wars and rumors of wars.."

[@user10u7]

As an Ethiopian, I can tell you that Abiy doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he won in 2019. Life has been worse since he took power and the county is extremely divided

[@easadesad3227]

and you do not deserve to be called an Ethiopian

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

Ethiopia already occupies Somali regional state I’m from that regional state and we will fight for our independence our land and people will never be Ethiopian we must fight for independence no sea port or negotiations with Ethiopia until Somali people gain freedom and unity then maybe we can be friends and have open amidst trade runny economy and share the sea port but Ethiopia is goal is annex all of Somali inhabitted territories in Africa and that is such a dangerous evil plan and one that breaks international law

[@kevincronk7981]

Ethiopia already imports and exports its goods through djibouti as if it were their own port, and it's super secure basically every major military has a base there so they don't need to worry about anyone messing with their cargo. Edit: I should've watched the video before commenting, as Ben said in the video, Ethiopia's main concern with relying on Djibouti for their trade is that they have basically just 1 road connection to Djibouti, and an enemy could cut that road off. It's interesting that it's just a road, I've studied a decent bit of Ethiopian history (for a white guy in the US), and I recall there at one point being a Djibouti-Addis Ababa railroad and it was quite a big deal. I guess it must've gotten old eventually or something, or maybe damaged in the Italian occuptation during ww2 or something. Another edit: I looked up the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad and apparently the one I was thinking of was built by the French and finished in 1917, but it slowly fell into disrepair and at this point it's almost entirely ceased operations (going off of the wikipedia article which appears to have only been updated in 2018, so by now it may have fully ceased operations) and it was replaced by a new one built by the Ethiopian and Djiboutian governments who mostly contracted 2 Chinese state owned companies to build them, and as of when the wikipedia article had been updated in 2018 it was still having some issues and not transporting that much freight, maybe by now it is but it said the old railroad was outcompeted by road traffic so maybe the road is still used more than the railroad.

[@realpolitics527]

Ethiopia doesn't want to pay $1.5 billion/ year in port fees

[@kevincronk7981]

@realpolitics527 tbh I have no clue if that's a fair price, but I do know everything costs money, including operating a port. If they owned their own port it wouldn't suddenly be free, they'd just be skipping the middle man. And the entire country of djibouti is basically just a glorified port, so any money they get is more or less gonna end up going into said port.

[@Ethioutforlunch]

Yeah but we pay too much money for our unstable economic situation(I'm talking about the overrise of life expenses)

[@boony7544]

One road connects to the port. An enemy would target the road, not the port, and disrupt their trade. Relying on Djibouti also makes Ethiopia vulnerable to Western states who have bases in the area and influence over Djibouti.

[@kevincronk7981]

@boony7544 good point about the road, I wrote that comment before watching the video, after the video brought that up I do now get the problem. But as far as influence from western nations with bases in Djibouti, I believe Russia and/or China have bases there as well as the US, UK, and I think France, so there's not really any one block of countries with dominance over the area from the military bases. And all of the bases are there primarily to protect trade, so other than the very notable caveat that they have basically only 1 connection to djibouti, their trade through it is very safe, whether from pirates, foreign powers, or just about anything. Edit: I looked up what countries have bases in Djibouti, and it's the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy, while Germany and Spain have troops hosted in the French base

[@dewaard3301]

The fact that he's posturing makes me think he's very much open to diplomacy. If he was planning to just invade, he would just do it.

[@StopTheLiess]

he knows he cant win

[@HusseinDoha]

@@StopTheLiess Nobody wants to take Somalia, it’s a failed state. I’m Somali and Ethiopia deserves a sea access. It should come between Djibouti and Eritrea. A tiny shoreline so the country can have it own port. Again, as a Somali, I laugh when I hear Somalis though-talking about defending the biggest failed state in history. Same with Eritreans. When Ethiopian economy grows, we all benefit. They have excellent airlines, new fabulous infrastructure (GERD dam), and legions of foreign educators are helping their universities. Let’s focus on growing rather than empty nationalist rhetoric to hide failures.

[@StopTheLiess]

I don't believe you're a Somali from Somalia. Ethiopia doesn't have access because they sold out Djibouti with Menelik and tried with Eritrea but it didn't go as planned, they won their own independence from Ethiopia. No one benefits in Ethiopia from the economy growing and never have. @@HusseinDoha

[@davidharcot220]

Good job👍

[@tunisian_stats]

We are definitely in the fourth turning of the history block

[@jhonywalker1168]

finally Ethiopia is going to join the sea powers

[@unknown..642]

​@@jhonywalker1168dream boy dream

[@lovelyday6500]

If your country is land locked, that’s just your fate it doesn’t mean take over another countries maritime waters!

[@abdbula5288]

Please go and read international law before you open your uneducated mouth..😊

[@abdishakurmukhtar4460]

true but when you have a population of 120 million people and small countries like Djbuiti having access to water it's a much easier option to invade

[@MrNeversweat]

True

[@HusseinDoha]

@@abdishakurmukhtar4460 Nobody wants to take Somalia, it’s a failed state. I’m Somali and Ethiopia deserves a sea access. It should come between Djibouti and Eritrea. A tiny shoreline so the country can have it own port. Again, as a Somali, I laugh when I hear Somalis though-talking about defending the biggest failed state in history. Same with Eritreans. When Ethiopian economy grows, we all benefit. They have excellent airlines, new fabulous infrastructure (GERD dam), and legions of foreign educators are helping their universities. Let’s focus on growing rather than empty nationalist rhetoric to hide failures.

[@abdullahiabdi1332]

​@@abdishakurmukhtar4460invade a sovereign country man your joking 😅

[@YSolo-tk8nx]

You need to rectify it , Eritrea never disallowed Ethiopians to use its ports . It’s rather the Ethiopians who stopped using it by their own will so as Eritrea won’t benefit financially from it. They then chose Djibouti ports. This must be clear since there are evidence showing what I’m saying here. In addition, the Assab port was free for Ethiopians something that we all need to know.

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

TPLF fucked up every single thing you touched or looked at.

[@HusseinDoha]

@@user-bx8sw1mv6t Nobody wants to take Somalia, it’s a failed state. I’m Somali and Ethiopia deserves a sea access. It should come between Djibouti and Eritrea. A tiny shoreline so the country can have it own port. Again, as a Somali, I laugh when I hear Somalis though-talking about defending the biggest failed state in history. Same with Eritreans. When Ethiopian economy grows, we all benefit. They have excellent airlines, new fabulous infrastructure (GERD dam), and legions of foreign educators are helping their universities. Let’s focus on growing rather than empty nationalist rhetoric to hide failures.

[@hermonogbamichael8599]

​@@HusseinDohause ports and pay. Simple

[@juniorlaing9421]

Brothers should share❤

[@user-fi2fk2ei7o]

Somebody should tell these hungry landgrabd This is not EU4, you can't just annex your neighbors and then culture convert them

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

just like nato and eu?

[@regarded9702]

but you can though. You just have to do it quick enough that the west doesn't get involved.

[@relaxedsack1263]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 lol so silly

[@skp8748]

​@@regarded9702😂 don't talk about things you don't understand

[@creepydemon8732]

Ethiopia itself isn't even ethnically nor religiously homogenous lol

[@brianxavier8873]

nothing wrong with them using kenya, as afterall kenya is the most stable country in the region and also the most ethiopia friendly. the protests you mention were minor and typical grievances that dont affect the goods passing through the country

[@workoutwarriorzone]

Uganda, Tanzania?

[@Ethioutforlunch]

​@@workoutwarriorzonewe don't neighbour them

[@melathaile1561]

Ethiopian want port by force specially from Eritrea. They have expansionist mentality while they can not avoid killing each other every day using ethnic politics

[@andrewmakenzi]

yeah they can use our port but I think the distance is a bit longer, not sure by how much to addis compared to eritrea vs addis but I guess that's a factor

[@user-hi2ul2vs8b]

@@melathaile1561 expansionist ? you stole the port , you expect for my generation to sit and do nothing :) Ethiopia is a big multi ethnic country , due to power vacuum there is issue now and slowly but surely it will be resolved and when it does you will see what we can do.Eritrea too will have power vacuum soon when your dictator dies or opposition gets strong.Then you will fight from 9 to 1 and we will surely speed it up

[@yeppegobbo1613]

One small correction, Eritrea didn’t stop Ethiopia to use Eritrean ports after the 1998 initial conflict, Ethiopia unilaterally directed its ships to Djibouti port , to basically economically strangle Eritrea!

[@shikikankillzone4239]

_"Hey, can I..."_ *"No, Italy. You cannot"* _"Aw..."_

[@albevanhanoy]

I thought you were going to end by saying "And Somalia is... Well... Somalia."

[@alejandrotoro9676]

Yeah me too 😅

[@blessingchanne1866]

For sure this will be biggest Ethiopian challenege

[@jhonywalker1168]

not really dealing with Somalia is a walk in a cake@@blessingchanne1866

[@Wanking_wanker]

please...no more war

[@Microcolnovka]

Agreed

[@fetsumyehdego1899]

Good lesson." I am eritrean " 🇪🇷.

[@playerfoofafie6171]

Pretty sure Djibouti is safe as can be. What major foreign power doesn't have a military port in that country?

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Its not, its run by a dictatorial regime that acts as a puppet state to foreign powers

[@HUGHMANN7]

1.5B/year is huge for Ethiopia, considering the size of it's economy. Could the Afar depression be connected to the sea to give Ethiopia a port?

[@StopTheLiess]

Afar region was non existence before Meles Zenawi who gave them that territory out of Tigray.

[@Tjalve70]

Well, if so, you'd have to dig access to that port through a neighbouring country. And why would they allow that?

[@NabeelMohamed497]

​@@StopTheLiessJust a bit of the former Tigray province that was inhabited by Afars.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@NabeelMohamed497 no it wasn’t the old map proves that it wasn’t. Meles gave it to them because they had no official land in Ethiopia. They did in Djibouti

[@NabeelMohamed497]

@@StopTheLiess But you are saying Afar Region is just made up of the Tigrayan lands. Like Afar Region is just a vast open desert. Like it stretches from Eritrea border all the way to Awash or to the Somali Regional border.

[@2015BLOXXER]

So sad to see this in my country 😢

[@ben10ten88]

It's an odd feeling watching your own country turn into one of those war torn countries you normally watched on TV 😢

[@Ethioutforlunch]

Sadly thanks to this dictator of a leader we now seem to be the Threats instead of being the ones threatened 😭

[@jytvreal]

Somalia: always has been

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

Focus on improving your own life. That's the only thing you can do.

[@AzzamDigale]

As a somali we don't give ethoipia even 1 mitre of sea you are talking about red sea haha😂

[@saraadem9401]

Agree

[@perla5465]

Oki

[@hanshallo4468]

economical growth only occurs when neighboring countries support each other by peaceful trading

[@thetruth1st]

That is true! As they say, war is not good for the economy.

[@dagmalemayehu3468]

no war no war lets share resource and grow together

[@michaelmaynard9166]

I need to learn about wars that are currently going on

[@mage1over137]

We should really stop awarding politicians the Nobel Peace prize before their career is over. Mandala was the exception not the rule.

[@somayamohammed4194]

Mandela my black Africans hero my hero ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@melathaile1561]

The peace prize has been a political tool for western countries. They awarded the prize so as to manipulate Abiy to their side and also to sideline it from Eritrea. In reality, he was just in power for three month and they gave him saying he worked to normalize relationship with Eritrea. If they really do care about peace in east africa the award should have been for both leaders.

[@tonykristhiofan1113]

Dude the world tension percentage is just going through the roof. Soon even the democratic nation will be able to declare war

[@Adam-326]

They were always able to declare war, lol.

[@YebVEVO]

Its a hearts of iron reference@@Adam-326

[@schnitzelsemmel]

Who would've thought the red sea would become the focal point of international conflict

[@KirubelTamene]

One of Somali party said we are happy to give our port(zeyla) to Ethiopia, and some of you are debating Ethiopia is not strong enough to take a port if she tries, first of all we don’t want you if it happens we want our Eritrean brothers back home! First keep your internal integrity!

[@ogolow570]

Eritreans don't want you

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

I believe Djibouti has a treaty of mutual defense with France, who already has a military presence there and in several countries near Ethiopia, will not let anything happen to one of their last military outposts in Africa. Neither will the US, China, Japan, Germany or Italy who all maintain bases in Djibouti. Ethiopia would be out of its mind if they come close to the Somali nightmare and Eritrea would be a suicide mission for Ethiopia's weak military.

[@PhilosophiConnect]

No body is after Djibouti lmao it's literally an international gas station so ethiopia isn't stupid to disturb

[@user-pm2nv2ck8u]

@@PhilosophiConnect "International gas station" I can't...💀

[@jmhorange]

Leave the US out that, we are involved in Ukraine, now an unnecessary war in Gaza. If Biden wants to get elected and the election is less than a year from now, he'll start winding down the conflicts we are in, not increase them 🙄 Also I love when people say if a country goes to war, it will be suicide with their weak army. As if there's not enormous costs to the winner in a war. War is not a videogame where you can get a perfect against your opponent.

[@tyrionlannister6459]

you just proved why Africans should stop fighting each other and instead fight all these invaders you just mentioned

[@LoudWaffle]

@@tyrionlannister6459 Bruh this ain't the 1800s. Some of the relations are definitely still exploitative in a colonial-ish way, particularly with France and China, but for the most part especially in Djibouti these are just normal international arrangements for the benefit of both parties. The Red Sea is one of the most traversed waterways in the world, of course Djibouti will want to set itself up as a "gas station" (😂) for everyone passing through.

[@AndrewOzolins]

Look at that coastline Eratrea is hogging !

[@charlibravo371]

Having a large coastline is no basis for another nation to want to take sea territory from another.

[@user-jz7mp5hz5c]

@@charlibravo371 You cant see it, but for someone looking from outside its unfair.

[@atofficial7197]

@@user-jz7mp5hz5c maybe should give its fertile land in exchange for a coast

[@NaSaSh1087]

​@@user-jz7mp5hz5cwhy?

[@jhonywalker1168]

thank you brother, since we have ignorant neighbors we will take it by force@@user-jz7mp5hz5c

[@Puntland1]

We Somalis 🇸🇴 are not a people to be threatened with WAR. Beside we know few enemies of Ethiopia that we could give military bases to.

[@HusseinDoha]

Nobody wants to take Somalia, it’s a failed state. I’m Somali and Ethiopia deserves a sea access. It should come between Djibouti and Eritrea. A tiny shoreline so the country can have it own port. Again, as a Somali, I laugh when I hear Somalis though-talking about defending the biggest failed state in history. Same with Eritreans. When Ethiopian economy grows, we all benefit. They have excellent airlines, new fabulous infrastructure (GERD dam), and legions of foreign educators are helping their universities. Let’s focus on growing rather than empty nationalist rhetoric to hide failures.

[@Puntland1]

@@HusseinDoha You seem so sophisticated you almost had me convinced, SOMALIA's 🇸🇴 vulnable political situation is reason why Ethiopia should have it's own ways. Your supporting arguments are, Ethiopia's new infrastructure projects may benefit us.

[@itswobblypancake7981]

Im somali, but we should definitely protect our country as well as make it grow. There is literally a famine and drought going on there. I hate it when uncles and aunties say its all propaganda when its not. Insha'Allah, Somalia finds some source of income to be reliant on, and Insha'Allah, the country grows its military to protect the country.

[@MohammedR-fk2ju]

The Ethiopian government can't be negotiated or reasoned with. Just ask Egypt

[@tyrionlannister6459]

Egypt is anything but reasonable

[@cozakokotano6448]

​@@tyrionlannister6459 that is Ethiopia.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Egypt is clinging on to former agreements enforced by their former colonial masters

[@SimpleGeopolitics24]

If Egypt and Ethiopia fail to resolve the Renaissance Dam issue diplomatically, then Egypt will start a cyber war on trade. It can also use Sudan to attack the dam militarily.

[@bababababababa6124]

Egypt probably doesn’t even need to do anything, Ethiopia will destroy itself eventually, the country is falling apart

[@augidoneit]

this reads like a Civilization VI message

[@joninator7858]

@@bababababababa6124 People have been saying that for 100s of years and yet we still prevail in the end.

[@joninator7858]

Ig you missed the part where Sudan is in a civil war and is in no position to let egypt stage any form of invasion

[@eldios831]

The sudanese really have no problem because even them don't really need the water like Egypt does...but why is Egypt so afraid of a hydro electric dam....makes no sense

[@thetruth6955]

There was some misinformation spread here. Eritrea did not reject Ethiopian use of ports after the conflict in 98-00. Eritrea even offered its ports free of charge when Ethiopia was suffering from a food crises and needed an urgent shipment of aid. It was the TPLF led Ethiopian government at the time that rejected usage of Eritrean ports as they thought it would cripple Eritrea’s economy. As for Eritrea’s diplomatic reach, has nothing to do with Ethiopia. Eritrea has only had strained relationships with western nations, particularly the U.S., given their interference in the HOA. Don’t even know why that comment was mentioned.

[@pikapi6993]

exactly. They boycotted Eritrea because Eritrea changed its currency from Birr to Nakfa

[@sebjornsprauten1406]

Theres plenty of misinformation here. Blaming Abiy for straining relations with Sudan and Egypt over the renaisance dam, though all he did was force the construction companies to stop syphoning money from the federal project and actually finish the dam. As if he invented the dam

[@user-hi2ul2vs8b]

Lier , Eritrea wanted to get port fee in dollar and use that money to control Ethiopian economy.That is why they got kicked out of Ethiopia and for 25 years , Eritrea was isolated and became refugee factory and broke.Ethiopia lost the port by force , there is no way we will pay for it , it is like paying a thief for my own stuff. It is logical and profitable to take it back, it belongs to Afar people too and Afar people separated by force will be reunited with the greater Afar in Ethiopia

[@mareksicinski3726]

eritrea is still more isolated than ethiopia historically

[@user-hi2ul2vs8b]

@@mareksicinski3726 Yes do you know why? it is because its dictator wanted to use the port to control Ethiopian economy.Ethiopia then dumped Eritrea and it became isolated and refugee factory as the dictator lost is revenue and access to Ethiopia economy.

[@Treviisolion]

Seriously, a war with the justification of port access? This is extremely worrying, even if it doesn’t come to pass, but rather that if minor and blatantly unjustified casus belli like this can be accepted, then the number of potential wars is going to skyrocket as direct interstate warfare is no longer off the table, and with more potential wars, it’ll be all that much harder to prevent them from becoming actual wars. At least Russia dressed up their conquest under the guise of supporting the DNR and LPR. This is just straight up bare 19th century imperialism at a time the world already has its hands full with global conflicts.

[@user-cx9nc4pj8w]

Vital port access is a far better justification than "these poor people are being attacked(because we put paramilitary forces in them to attack their country and refuse to leave)"

[@zephaniahdejene1746]

fear not while it is true that the PM has stated that it is very essential for the continued growth of the county to have sea access he in the same speech has repeatedly pushed for the idea of sharing other assets like the GERD and the Ethiopian airlines in exchange for sea access as his primary idea, this whole thing is very blown out of proportion all of this because a simple statement was taken out of context.

[@HusseinDoha]

Nobody wants to take Somalia, it’s a failed state. I’m Somali and Ethiopia deserves a sea access. It should come between Djibouti and Eritrea. A tiny shoreline so the country can have it own port. Again, as a Somali, I laugh when I hear Somalis though-talking about defending the biggest failed state in history. Same with Eritreans. When Ethiopian economy grows, we all benefit. They have excellent airlines, new fabulous infrastructure (GERD dam), and legions of foreign educators are helping their universities. Let’s focus on growing rather than empty nationalist rhetoric to hide failures.

[@zephaniahdejene1746]

as an Ethiopian a very harsh skeptic of politicians in general big or small powerful or not people really need to take things into perspective when it comes to our modern politics. it is an objective fact that abiy has done the most for this country's growth by a huge margin compared to any of our previous leaders and so far hasn't made a move that warrants my full opposition, but in recent months has been teetering on the line. and one more additional thing i'd like to point out is that in his speech where he addressed the need for a port while he has stressed the need for sea access he has also (repeatedly) emphasized that Ethiopia is very much more than willing to share assets like the GERD and the massive Ethiopian airlines in exchange for the use of foreign ports. from what I've gleaned so far into abiy's personality as a leader, he is as the video suggested very strong headed on matters of national interest but is also very reluctant to use violence as a solution seeing as how the previous conflict impacted our economy. in my very personal opinion this whole thing seems to be a misunderstanding due to language barriers that was blown out of proportion by fear mongering media outlets but i digress. and if you have read this far id like to hear your opinion on the subject .

[@chrisbennett6260]

your all a disgrace fix your own country up and stop the backward stupid fighting

[@ryansauchuk7290]

I suppose the whole Civil War and millions starved to death because his government refused to let on aid that was nothing to be concerned about

[@JeetuKumarYadav-ow8jq]

I am from India and I love Ethiopia because of its glorious history

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

Idk about “reluctant to use violence.” Considering how bloody the only barely ended war in Tigray was

[@JeetuKumarYadav-ow8jq]

@@seanmcloughlin5983 what was motive of tigrayns in that war?

[@gr8life12]

Whoever decided Eritrea's borders didn't like Ethiopia and didn't want them to have access to the Sea. I mean look at that long handle cutting Ethiopia off the coast. That had to be on purpose?!

[@poetpinch1396]

For once, it was not a european colonizer.

[@Maslah111]

​@@poetpinch1396it was a european colonizer, the italians

[@penzorphallos3199]

​@@Maslah111that's like saying Uganda was purposefully cut off from the sea by colonizers. The borders were redrawn by UN after WW2 in ethiopia's favor anyway. Those 2 countries are 2 different people and nation states, with different histories. Erytreans are not Ethiopians.

[@user-jz7mp5hz5c]

​@@penzorphallos3199 Eritrea was a coastal province of Ethiopia later created by Italia that is what the world believes in, I don't mind Eritrea getting Independent but that rat tail looking like country blocking EThiopia from getting the cheese won't be sustainable for Ethiopia, Eritrea doesn't even care to renew or build road access to Assab.

[@nntflow7058]

Actually, if you watch the video, you would know that Eritrea used to be part of ethiopia. It makes sense that Eritrea occupy the entire coast.

[@skp8748]

😂 Ethiopia is going to be balkanised into 3 countries

[@joninator7858]

In your fantasy world, maybe

[@skp8748]

@@joninator7858 abiy Ahmed is going to destroy it with his oromia fantasy

[@joninator7858]

@@skp8748 no he wont. stop lying and cope

[@adineatha9766]

The only regions Ethiopia risks losing is Tigray region (Greater Eritrea), Afar region (Greater Djibouti) and Somali region (Greater Somalia).

[@skp8748]

@@adineatha9766 so half the country

[@user-ps3vn7ce5u]

Men how do yo get this much detail information about Ethiopia.it’s so important for us to get independent news

[@sox-b9999]

For better understanding of the risk that Djibouti and Eritrea are in. Here are these counties populations: Ethiopia: 128 millions Eritrea: 3.7 millions Djibouti: 1.1 millions

[@kevincronk7981]

The Eritrean armed forces didn't tacitly support the Ethiopian federal government in the Tirgay war, they were fully on the federal government's side and fighting, and were the worst party when it came to "alleged" war crimes

[@mendelaykurae2349]

Where is the proof? please don't make up nonsense allegations. Eritrean sodiledrs well disciplined and behaved.

[@gangamjr]

​@@mendelaykurae2349😂😂😂

[@kevincronk7981]

@mendelaykurae2349 were you living under a rock for the entire duration of the war? Unless the intended behavior was massacre of Tigrayans (which then again maybe it was) they were not disciplined and well behaved.

[@keshi5541]

No proof. Anyone can make accusations.

[@forceforgood4669]

"alleged" is a fitting description, but why add "were the worst". When we are yet to know what did really happen?, and who did what? So far we know that every one is reluctant to allow credible independent assessment (if there is such a thing) to be carried out.

[@SneedPatch]

This is a certified Nobel Peace Prize Winner Moment

[@mathiassolomon4925]

I love how you guys like to paint a full picture with the minimal information that you have it's hilarious

[@vsovereign3]

Upsetting all your neighbors at once is an insane act

[@fayseldifficile5618]

I am not specially a fan of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but I know that Abiy Ahmed never meant to secure a port or sea access or coastline for Ethiopia by force from neighboring countries’ territory simply because Abiy Ahmed knows perfectly that he can’t afford that.

[@DaL33T5]

Ukraine, Sudan, Israel/Palestine, and now this. This decade sucks.

[@cozakokotano6448]

Also Azerbaijan/Armenia and soon, there will be Pakistan/India.

[@masale]

First of all, I'm glad you have used the correct map of Somalia 🇸🇴. I want to point out, the previous regime before Abiye in Ethiopia were the TPLF which have underminded and were involved in the civil war of Somalia. It has armed separatists clan in the north Somalia. It has tricked this clan to claim to give, illegally with no parliamentary approval, stake in Berbera. What in truly shocked about is what Abiye and his team were thinking making this claim. He stated Ethiopia must have access to a port and claimed history of Ethiopian having access to a port city on Zeila in north Somalia. This is extremely dangerous and expanionist ideology. He even said they are willing to use any means necessary including force. Somalia is the weakest out of Djibouti and Eritrea. We still have internal issues and having recovered from the civil war where some clans are armed and resistive to central government rule. That comment of "Somalia, well that is still Somalia" really hurt but i totally understand it. 30 years and country is still a mess. Ethiopia and Kenya know they can enrich some clan leaders and arming them so these guys can mobilise clan militia any time someone wants to restore the country. We really are in a difficult position. Anyone who stands up to restore Somalia is either threatened or killed by these clan leaders from Hargeisa or Mogadishu. They want the status qou to continue. Kenya makes Somalis who come to Nairobi disappear. Ethiopia arm some clans against others, a leaf out of colonial "divide and conquer". This video didn't mention the real danger of Abiye stoking clan tensions in the north of Somalia. Arming one clan that rules Hargeisa to go and attack minority clans because apparently "Britain used to colonise them over 60 years ago".

[@Ciilow24]

We are donkeys 🫏 , fighting among ourselves with no good reason. We need to understand that it doesn't matter what tribe or clan owns the land, it must be protected at all costs. The biggest issue is trip issues Somali people need to understand we are idiots because other countries are building their infrastructure and military. The biggest issue is trip issues Somali people need to understand we are idiots because other countries are building their infrastructure and military. The biggest issue is trip issues Somali people need to understand we are idiots because other countries are building their infrastructure and military. We may agree here but let’s be honest we hate amongst us and I will blame the elders who are using clan leverage for their own benefits. We need to stand up ⬆️ and take responsibility because our elders have no idea 🤷

[@adamyare9554]

Try harder to try make somalia look weak. And stop pretending to be Somali

[@daawadmedia8702]

Shaxxdii baadd siineysaa ninkaase

[@masale]

@@daawadmedia8702 Taasi micneheedu waa maxay? Ma fahmin, please elaborate.

[@daawadmedia8702]

@@masale inuu u tarjumin baan diidayay. Af Soomaali baan kuusoo qoray caadi u aqri, xarfaha soo laablaababaya hal xaraf kasoo qaad.

[@whatalovelyday9765]

My dude is trying to revive the Axumite Empire👍✌️

[@Vaati1992]

The two plausible avenues for it are southern Eritrea (roughly its Southern Red Sea Region) and Somaliland. The former because it's a defensible strip of land with a pretty decent port with Assab (which World Port Source labels a "small" port compared to the one is Massawa, a "medium-sized" port), while the latter, as a quasi-sovereign but unrecognized state, would be easier to pick off... And in the aftermath Ethiopia can graciously give Somalia the areas they claim as Kathumo State, while still keeping the port of Berbera, with the rump Somaliland either joining the current Somali Region or possibly expanding into parts of the Somali Region because of historic grazing rights. Djibouti is very unlikely, mostly because of how Djibouti hosts military bases for great powers such as the US, France, and China, and the nightmare of having to take over these arrangements will be a deterrant.

[@demagoog3641]

Ana kuwasa waxaad thy ba 😂😂 kolay Dhabayaco idoorka ku shidaya inaad tahay baan umalayn😂 hal taako oo dhul Somaliyed haday damcaan jigjiga muqdisho hoos tagaysa.

[@mahdnova3465]

Negative, that will lead to major war against Landers who are already loosing against darood, signing a deal with Ethiopia will cause All other Somalis to be against them, they don't want that trust me

[@abdullahiabdi1332]

Lol you can't take somalia land by force man another means

[@webiplus]

​@@mahdnova3465we Landers prefer to side with Ethiopia than Somalia

[@demagoog3641]

@@webiplus idoor wagaash iyo kufriga wacad baa u yaal!

[@N9mber]

👏👏 This is what I like about TLDR. Giving news to otherwise overlooked stories that have drastic consequences. This channel has been on top of this type of news and I 100% support this channel. I do think they’ve heard the viewers talking about the biases in their videos but the seem to move in a direction to at least try to be neutral. TLDR > VICE.

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

He makes a lot of video filled with nosense and misinformtion like this one and VICE is bad too. Watching a little youtube video or reading a wikipedia page doesn’t mean ur knowledge about a topic

[@N9mber]

@@Bell_plejdo568p agreed but they’re getting better was my point.

[@aidjunkie5335]

He makes a fair point. I’m visiting Ethiopia in a few days and will report back.

[@lukehamilton973]

Perhaps Ethiopia may take advantage of the Sudan crisis. There is some disputed territory, and a peace deal could involve port access

[@drgarad]

Ethiopia is a country that brags it has never been Colonised! But it sided with colonists to divide Horn of Africa and cried to the Europeans using religious antics to be spared from colony. Now, they have become delusional and started acting special.

[@jhonywalker1168]

bro Ethiopia didn't act special or divide the horn with colonial powers all this is coming out of your inferiority complex mindset, you talk while we make history byeeee.

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

Yep they colllaberated now they still dreaming of annexing Somali ocean and even want Eritrea 😂😂

[@Ethiopiannigus]

How come other Africans respect and love Ethiopia and are proud of it but our neighbors talk down about it? You are close to us so you want to compete with us

[@drgarad]

​@@Ethiopiannigus Neighbours know you more and can see through your shit.

[@jytvreal]

It's cope, italy colonized them

[@Danwade7979]

As a Somali I think they can bring anything but it's easy for Ethiopia to access Atalntic Ocean rather than Red Sea through Eritrea Somalia, Djibouti or Indian Ocean through Somalia but we know who is behind Ethiopia's motivation it's USA and Ethiopia is aware of Eritrea/Somalia don't bow to foreigners, we are not the ones who chose Ethiopia to be landlocked there are many other landlocked countries and they don't complain about their location

[@theancientsancients1769]

France is helping Ethiopia build a navy which should outrage Djibouti!

[@lasentx9857]

other landlocked countries dont have a unstable population of 120mil, we will starve

[@Danwade7979]

@@lasentx9857 you can ask other countries for using by paying taxes and following and complying their rules, there are other 13 Affican landlocked countries

[@theancientsancients1769]

@@lasentx9857 Congo is 100 million almost . You are not going to starve as long you guys behave and use the regional ports . By force you can't get anything your imperial leaders when Ethiopia was stronger could not. In terms of population maybe birth control may be useful in such a poor country. China did that too before

[@yonissayid6073]

You can't do it nothing dont dream any more

[@mobmotivation6797]

soo soco

[@SA2004YG]

A humble request. Can you guys use 3d topographical maps instead of the flat ones please?

[@eldios831]

Abiy is crazy....you can acess the red sea ....just have to pay for it....Ethiopia is not tired of conflicts😂😂😂😂

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

Dibouti charges 1.5 billion USD per year for Ethiopia to use its port.

[@eldios831]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf Ethiopia should renegotiate because the world will come down very hard on Ethiopia if it tries to annex a territory of another country....Ethiopia is no super power and already has many problems

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

@@eldios831 It depends on the country they go after. Djibouti sure. But not Eritrea. The Western World already views Eritrea as Africa's North Korea and they hate how Eritrea sided with Russia on the war in Ukraine. If Ethiopia actually took Assab off Eritrea. The USA and the rest of the West would most likely overlook it since they don't like Eritrea dictator Isaias Afwerki. Tigray TPLF also wants revenge on Eritrea for what Eritrea did to Tigray during the war.

[@eldios831]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf am sure abiy does not want to empower tigray....plus you think the Eritreans are going to take this lying down....people will die and such a war will give other countries excuses to invade and take territories....it will be easier to sanction Ethiopia through the united nations than sanctioning america or china....Ethiopia cannot afford this....plus this is a perfect opportunity for Sudan and Egypt to defend Eritrea

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

@@eldios831 You need UNSC approval to sanction Which is not going to happen. Either the USA will veto it or China will veto it. Literally nothing will happen in the UN in the very end. Sudan isn't going to do anything since the RSF is currently fighting the SAF heavily countrywide at the moment. Only Egypt can supply Eritrea. If a war does break out it'll most likely end up being a drone war. Ethiopia can afford to buy more drones than Eritrea since Ethiopia's economy is richer than Eritrea's. Ethiopia also has UAE support as well. Ethiopia can afford the war since it'll most likely won't care how many soldiers die just so it can take Assab. Ethiopia can sacrifice 2 to 3 million soldiers just to get ahold of Assab forever. Eritrea obviously won't take it lying down. Ethiopia isn't going to underestimate Eritrea. Eritrea literally is the country which has its entire people enslaved in neverending military service. Instead Ethiopia will overestimate the war and go in with way more than actually necessary as a buffer zone since Eritrea can not be underestimated. Underestimating the enemy always ends in a loss. Putin underestimated Ukraine and he's losing rather badly. Ethiopia can obviously see that and they won't make the same mistake that you are banking on happening. It seems you are underestimating Ethiopia. You are making the exact same mistake Putin did in Ukraine. 3 day war in Ukraine turned into almost 2 years. The way to victory in war is advanced technology with extreme determination along with never underestimating the enemy.

[@BennysGamingLounge]

How do so ANY nobel prize winners end up being so bad let alone how frequently it has happened

[@AssabisEthiopian]

Do you think a nobel peace prize is worth more than my country's future? What a joker!

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

Hitler won the same prise tooo. Just saying.@@AssabisEthiopian

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

@@AssabisEthiopian only westerners care so much about the nobel prize it seems

[@teswsenbet1041]

I hope that there will be judgment and justice for Ethiopia one day.

[@user-bt4pn7cf3z]

Eritrea may has small population 6-8 millions but has the largest army in the region . Eritrean army can march to Addis Ababa and Khartoum at the same time if want that.

[@beab8738]

Times like these I'm so grateful I'm Seychelloise, in the middle of nowhere and our only border dispute is fighting the government selling our islands to Arabs.

[@abu_biricik]

What is happening exactly with arabs in Seychelles?

[@HusseinDoha]

@@abu_biricikthey dare and invest in building hotel resorts there? Shocking!!!😮

[@tallest4eva]

This is an instance of how European intervention and colonisation in Africa created friction that causes ear in Africa decades later. Ethiopia only became a landlocked nation because Italy colonised its coast line, and by the time colonization was removed after ww2, the coastal region was already distinct enough to wish to found their independent nation, hence was Eritrea created.

[@asoton957]

Probably one of the dumbest comments on this website. "Coastal region was already distinct enough" so you are completely missing how Ethiopia was a federal country in the first place with many different cultures? Nigga out here talking as if Ethiopia was Korea split in two

[@user-jb7kv3nd9o]

Ethiopia is just a parasite

[@mahadljama4578]

Ethiopia never own sea they are parasite of east Africa

[@StopTheLiess]

King Menelik gave Djibouti away as bargain during scramble of Africa. Eritrea was included but they fought and it wasn't possible.

[@nationalsocialist6590]

Part of the human experience. If a country has the ability to control other countries they will take it. Besides humans have been doing this for thousands of years Erupeans were just the first to do it globally.

[@user-zt5rq5kv1m]

We stand withe abiy

[@Zaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Bring it on

[@ciceroalexandar6184]

Djibouti can charge whatever it wants, but still, it gave Ethiopia very generous dealt.

[@jytvreal]

Dijibouti should not do that

[@ciceroalexandar6184]

@@jytvreal Yes they should have charged them full price.

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

@@ciceroalexandar6184 It did charge Ethiopia full price 1.5 billion USD per year for port access seems very expensive.

[@ciceroalexandar6184]

@@Xenomorph-hb4zf well the price is very small comparing to the size of the payer.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Wait wasn't this the country in a massive civil war like 3 months ago

[@BRUH-lx3jv]

Which one? There's quite a handful of civil wars right now.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@BRUH-lx3jv the Ethiopian one