

Ethiopia: Joint Press Release from Amhara Fano Leaders (01.10.2024)





The last 24 hours must be humiliating for the rulers in Addis Ababa. As the armed rebellion in Amhara region is worsening for him. The Para-Military Group Fano, which has been deemed as unorganized and lack of leadership. That one can take over a bigger slice of the Amhara Region and even enter into Gondar (Gonder).
The armed group of FANO is able and has taken over 3 districts of the Gonder city. The historical city and the second biggest in the region are taken over by FANO. That’s a big fall and a utter failure of the ENDF. The Federal Government is just lacking composure and the tactical advances to ensure the safety of a city like this.
We know the citizens and everyone else will feel the pain of this. The armed forces will be brutal, and their actions will be questionable. Innocent lives will be taken from both sides. Just so they can supreme.
The Amhara region is steadily becoming a warzone and a place of insecurity, as the ENDF isn’t able or capable of controlling the FANO. That’s what is happening here, and the Federal Government is weakened as a result. That the former ally turned enemy becomes its worst nightmare. That’s what is going down…
The Prosperity Party and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali should be in dire straits here. They should revise their strategies and their ways of handling things. The way things are going. It is only going from bad to worse. There isn’t much to salvage from this and the trying to consolidate power at any means possible. Only ensures more conflict and more suffering on the third-party individuals that get caught in the crossfire. That’s what is happening and the whole Amhara region is caught up by it.
Some are saying the FANO should just start marching to Addis Ababa and overthrow the government. However, that’s a major task and it doesn’t have allies outside the region. It’s a regional force and made up by rebels, para-miliary trained forces and some former Regional Special Forces, which was disbanded and joined FANO. Therefore, the mentality and amount of training differs. Meanwhile the ENDF structure is supposed to be on another level, but that’s overstretched and lack proper coordination. At least how it looks like right now. When it cannot defend a city like Gondar.
This should send shockwaves across the nation. That a para-military group and former allies of the PM has taken over a city of this stature. It is the utter embarrassing acknowledgement of how Abiy has failed his nation. This is a sign of how he cannot keep the reign or be even credible as a Commander-in-Chief. No, his a lying and conniving man who has been made a fool of.
FANO now has a say and the ones paying the price is the people of Amhara. They are now under siege by their own militants. That’s what they are and we don’t know how this will end. It will be a bloodshed and innocent lives will be taken as a consequence. Warfare isn’t for the faint hearted. It will be bloody and everyone will point the finger at each other while doing it.
Abiy needs to reconsider and restructure things around him. His not assessing or having the personnel that can keep things in order. Neither is his wavy and selfish interests making things better. The lonely King with a crown and a palace in Addis Ababa won’t save anyone. Everyone else is left to ashes and he rules over it. That’s not bringing prosperity but bringing judgement day really fast. This is the legacy of the medemer terror and the plights that was carried during his time.
It is just tragic, and we will never know the true scope of the losses. We will not know the full extend and the cost of all of it. Only a fragment and rest will be kept shut. This is a dark day and more dark days to come. The utter failure and embarrassment will continue to persist. Because the price of consolidating power will continue as long as Abiy is in power. Peace.








“The macro economy improvement policy that is being implemented by the government has already started to have several negative effects on the country’s economy and society. The high inflation in the market has created a great threat to our society. Expansion financial policies that have been carried out in different countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan and Egypt to stimulate growth have often led to high inflation without achieving the aim of eliminating unemployment. This also disturbs the people’s ability to buy and especially those who struggle to buy basic goods and services with low income. Government expenditures based on the deficit of domestic and foreign loans have led to debts. Since the increasing amount of debt repayment from time to time also plays a significant role in the country’s budget, the allocation for debt repayment is reduced from essential services such as health, education and social welfare. Considering Ethiopia’s foreign debt in Birr. It has grown four times more. It is possible to pay off this debt by making the country open and comfortable for the people and foreign investors and paying taxes by making people work.
On the other hand, the macro-economic reform that the government has approved and implemented a situation where the Amhara and Oromia regions have the highest population and is waging a widespread war cannot manage the development economy and also manage the market economy. We also have a big fear that the economic problems that exist and are being shown in practice will reach a point where they cannot be solved” (ENAT – ‘The macro economy improvement that the government is implementing is not a good medicine, but a pill to prolong the life of the system!’ 26.08.2024).
We could see this one coming. The bail-out terms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank has severe affects on the daily life of the poorest people. The sort of incentives for loans that keeps a elite and the ones in-office happy. But the general population and the citizens at large feels the pinch.
The IMF and the World Bank saved the Prosperity Party. The gave it fresh liquidity, but that cost the control of the Birr and the devalue of it. That will cause a rise of inflation and cause less value of the imports to the nation. Everything will go up in prices and there will lack a balance between the growing shortfall and the need for rising salaries to keep up with the lowered value of currency. It is just a negative circle and it has been ushered in by the regime.
Prime Minister Abiy and his lackeys supported the initiative. They celebrated the loss and the devalued currency. Because for the ones in power. That meant they got a life-line and friendly loan, which someone else has to pay down the line. This gives the government currency and wiggle-room to move for while, but it won’t save it out of the hurdle.
That’s why the likes of ENAT Party and others called the Prime Minister and his party out. We could see this one coming. This was a dangerous move, especially in the midst of war and the expenses of waging war. The current government is busy on several fronts and are using expensive weaponry against their enemies. Which is costly in imports and in foreign currency. As they need the foreign currency to trade arms and import the ammunition. That’s what keeps the war-effort alive and gives them ability to lethally go after the ones that doesn’t want to bend the knee and be lackeys of the PM…
The ENAT Party is right. This is a move of self-destruction. The sort of macro-economic policies the state has accepted. Will define the economy and the financial landscape for a long time. It has damaged the Birr and will continue to make the poor suffer. The ones who has little, will get even less or have less buying power. That’s the reality here and the PM cheered it like an achievement. He wanted the people to praise them for their folly and be proud of signing their death note. That’s what he did and everyone else can see, but he just wanted to buy drones and weapons to kill the ones who dares to question his legitimacy. Peace.




Today it has been announced that 14 Central Committee Members are suspended and that includes the Second in Command, Getachew Reda who all defied the invitation and didn’t participate in the 14th Conference of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
The TPLF is not only splitting into two fractions here, but weakening itself in an internal power-struggle. Which isn’t even legitimized by the authorities or the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE). Whatever the TPLF decides in the 14th Conference can easily become “null and void” as the authorities and such didn’t authorize it.
That means the decisions to expel and suspend members within the central committee could become futile. Especially, since the party is struggling to become a national and legal political entity after the recent conflict. Which made the political party into a “terrorist organization” and haven’t been able to legally return as a political party.
With that in mind and such, the need of defiance and work against the federal government only undermine the efforts to rebuild and restructure the war-torn region of Tigray. The TPLF is working against itself and weakening their own cause. They are playing Games of Thrones and we don’t know who will fall in the end.
The battle of leadership, the battle of who is ranking and who is the big-man isn’t solving the needs of the Tigray region. The TPLF is becoming a fist fight and a publicity game between Debretsion Gebremichael and Getachew Reda. Two men of staunch leadership and ideals, but easily can waste their opportunities.
The Pretoria Agreement and cessation of hostilities has backfired for the party. Only installing a temporary Interim Regional Administration. That is causing internal squabble and in-fighting. That must make Prime Minister Abiy happy. As he see the party and the former power-house is in self-destruction mode.
For a man and a warlord like Abiy. Seeing the enemies fight themselves and weaken their hands. It must be a good day. To see the TPLF becoming to fractions and see they fight in public. That must be a victorious feeling. Seeing the TPLF becoming a battleground and a space of infighting. Which only benefits Abiy. Because he has a weaker party and who is lacking proper procedure. That gives him and the authorities all the reasons to strike down against it.
The Conference in itself can be a vantage point. It can be the straw… and Abiy can find reasons to use that to his advantage. Now he can also play on the TIRA versus TPLF. As they are separate entities. Reda is now dismissed and has to figure out the next steps. That will be new world for him. While the TPLF maybe went a fools errand and will further its cause into oblivion. As they are not complying or interested in playing the games of federal government. Which in the end…
Make the TPLF an “illegal” entity and not a legit party. Reda and Debretsion should talk. They need to sit down and figure this one out. Unless, they want to weaken their hand and be easy prey to Abiy.
Right now… Abiy is winning and these people are playing into his hand. They are deceiving each other and backstabbing each other. While the Prime Minister waits for the moment that he can rule over them with an iron fist and get his way. That’s what is up here and we would think the old rulers would see it coming. However, they never did… Peace.