A look into the Amhara Prosperity Party newest piece called “No to Slavery for Freedom!!”

Today the Amhara Prosperity Party published a new piece on Facebook this time called ‘No to slavery for freedom!!’. This has happened as the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) are advancing and the central government have pledged that they could send the remaining troops at the frontline. Therefore, the words and rhetoric here is important to notice.

We know already the Amhara is clear-cut allies of the warfare, as it has invested it’s resources with the Regional Special Forces and Para-Military Group “Fano”. It has also annexed land been vital part of warfare since last year. The Regional State is now facing the blunt force from the army it attacked and seemingly is continuing its hateful content on the web. Which I will show.

First passage from the party:

This force is far from the value of Ethiopianness, it logs like locusts, robs, rapes women and mothers, and destroys infrastructure in general; The hatred of Amhara and Ethiopia is crazy and should be eradicated immediately. He should not be given rest or time. As a result, the campaign of survival will continue to intensify. Every night, the depths of the pit of the terrorist power increase. The enemy must be buried, both in deed and in thought” (APP, 06.08.2021).

We see the ideals and the acts of the APP. The ruling party from Amhara region. They are basing and saying the Tigrayans are doing illegal stuff. While we know what the Tripartite Alliance have been doing in the Tigray region. The exact things they are claiming the TDF is doing. This is a tactic and a measure which has become a staple in the conflict. As they are projecting. Also, like before from the same part. As the mountains was “a trap” today it’s “a pit” and the TPLF will be buried in it.

The APP Continues: “Although the terrorist TPLF has set out to attack Ethiopia, ranging from 12-year-olds to 70-year-old men and women, the ultimate goal of this war is to liberate the Tigrayan people who are affiliated with the TPLF. In particular, the oppressed farmer of Tigray, who lives in a shallow hut and pushes soil under a rock; It is not too late to start asking the terrorist TPLF: “Where did you throw our children?”” (APP, 06.08.2021).

Here the APP comes with it’s propaganda of the age and child soldiers, which have been use as a tool to vilify the TDF. While the PP, APP and allies have conscripted youths and untrained civilians to combat. Sending them to the frontline with barely enough training. They are the ones sending their “children” or the future of the Republic to an early grave. As they are meeting trained soldiers and guerrillas ready for battle. This is just infuriating to read, when you know the man-made famine and the ills of the state in region of Tigray. As the APP claims to free Tigray too, when they have looted, destroyed, raped and killed on large scale for months there. How dare they?

APP further states: “Although the war was aimed at bringing Ethiopia’s cancer to the grave, the barren mother of Tigray will also be liberated. Ethiopia’s national unity is demonstrating that it will not allow the unity of the state to be jeopardized by bandits and child terrorists” (APP, 06.08.2021).

Here again… the picture of an grave and death. While the mothers who was raped by the Tripartite Alliance is supposed to be freed by the APP now. That is really sickening. The mother who didn’t have food to feed it’s children. The mother who lost her livelihood and had to seek refugee. Because, the invading forces of the Tripartite Alliance came and caused systemic horrors. That mother is supposed to be saved by the same alliance? Who is the APP kidding here?

Again, with the Child Soldier propaganda…. the APP cannot help themselves and its obvious at this point. Say a lie once, everyone knows it is a lie. Say a lie twice and someone might believe it. Repeat the same lie and hope people start to believe it is a fact. That is what the state and the media houses connected are hoping for. While they are sending youth to die for a war that was futile and unnecessary.

Final point of the APP:

This force is far from the value of Ethiopianness, it logs like locusts, robs, rapes women and mothers, and destroys infrastructure in general; The hatred of Amhara and Ethiopia is crazy and should be eradicated immediately. He should not be given rest or time. As a result, the campaign of survival will continue to intensify. Every night, the depths of the pit of the terrorist power increase. The enemy must be buried, both in deed and in thought” (APP, 06.08.2021).

We are seeing here the vilification continues. Just like the “cancer” and “weeding” out which has been used in the past by the PM and APP. They are now calling their enemies “locust” and directly bastardizing them. A continued ploy to make them evil and being the berserks of the modern Ethiopia. That is how it looks.

The APP, PM and PP in general is not winding down their rhetoric. However, they are scaling up and showing no remorse. They are going straight and aiming directly. There is no middle-ground and the objective is clear.

While the APP and such is using the same propaganda to vilify the TDF or the TPLF. As they have to be the enemy and villain. Because, the state who we shouldn’t pay no mind. Is the hero and the saint, who can do no bad and no harm. Even if their report, their acts and their deviousness could easily be called into question. As the results within the Tigray region speaks for itself and make them look like terrorist compared to the TDF. They did everything they say the TPLF is doing, which is ironic and tragic at the same time. Peace.

Opinion: Abiy is projecting at TDF in concern to Lalibela, as his allies raided and destroyed sites in Tigray

“They have been bombarding churches and monasteries including in Axum and Debre Damo. The bombarding of the Debre Damo monastery was so terrifying. They destroyed the monastery residences and the life of at least one monk was lost [in the destruction]” Abune Mathias

The Tripartite Alliance in their path went all across the Tigray Region in the months of warfare. They bombed, the destroyed and looted heritage sites across the region. The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), Eritrean Defence Force (EDF) and Amhara Special Forces & Amhara Para-Military Group “Fano”. These allies went across the region and did the bidding.

The alliance didn’t care or have any concern of these buildings and it’s history. No, they raided Emperor Yohannes IV Museum/Palace in Mekelle. The same forces went in and massacred around the Tsion in Axum. There was several of other churches and buildings which was looted and destroyed by the Tripartite Alliance in the months of warfare.

Therefore, the use of Lalibela and being a UNESCO heritage site is just very convenient for the regime and it’s allies. They are spinning it and saying people should be worried. Like we don’t know what they did in Mekelle, Axum and elsewhere in the previous of months. The reports, the pictures and the knowledge of missing artefacts as well.

Like the Tripartite Alliance has looted the Debre Damo monastery and the Wukro al-Nejashi mosque. These are old heritage sites as well, which has significant importance for the Christian and Muslims. Where the was scrolls and manuscripts, which was looted and taken away from there. This is what the state and their allies did in the recent months.

So, when the Prosperity Party and the Prime Minister speaks ill of the TPLF and the TDF it is total projection of what they did themselves in Tigray. The state and its allies did destroy and loot heritage sites. The alliance did loot and rob factories, universities and everything else in their sights. Therefore, these statements and the ones from the outside should worry what this alliance still does in Western Tigray.

The TDF have not shown signs of destruction or looting, which the ENDF, EDF and Amhara allies has done in Tigray. The world should see what the Tripartite alliance did in the recent months and see the projection for which it is. The PM and PP knows this, but they have a vilifying story to sell. Peace.

Ethiopia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Press Statement on Protection of Cultural Sites (06.08.2021)

Ethiopia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Statement on preoccupying issues in Ethiopia and the way forward (06.08.2021)

Ethiopia: A Military Court has sentenced the detained ENDF Tigrayans Members either to death or life imprisonment

Meanwhile, the whereabouts of thousands of arrested Tigrayans is still unknown[6] but it is alleged they have been moved to military camps that have been unlawfully housing an estimated 17,000 Tigrayan members of the ENDF since the outbreak of war in November 2020” (OMNA Tigray: On the Mass Detainment of Tigrayans and Ethnic Discrimination).

Today both by the communication by the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Ethiopian Press Agency. These articles that is published online is stating that the Tigrayans in the ENDF is either charged with death or life imprisonment for their role in their supposed role in the attack on the Northern Command.

These have all been arrested and detained by the authorities because of their ethnicity and now they are all alleged parts of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). They are all charged with treason and participating in acts of terrorism. Therefore, that is the justification to charge people to death and life imprisonment.

There been unverified reports that in-between 1500-3000 Tigrayan ENDF soldiers or officers have already been extra judicial killed by the authorities. Now, with the recent charges and military court sentencing. We can anticipate that the bloodbath will continue. As these fellow soldiers and officers will die at one point or another. As the articles doesn’t specify how many who are sentenced to death and the amount of people who is getting life imprisonment.

This sort of story shows what the ENDF and the authorities does with the Prisoners of War (PoW). The TDF have delivered and kept them in areas of safety before sending parts of the ENDF soldiers back to the other party. While the ENDF and the authorities are sentencing these people to die. That shows the retaliation and the different methods.

While the state calls the TDF and TPLF terrorists… they still have more honour of the enemy and shows heart with how they are treating the PoW. The TDF could have killed and massacred the ENDF soldiers it captured, but they didn’t and they even returned thousands of them. This shows a significant difference and the morals of the parties in the conflict.

The state is doing this as a punitive act and to retaliate against the Tigrayans. They are doing this now as a show of power. However, they are only showing their injustice and their intent to take anything possibly associated with the TPLF and TDF. While only creating a bloodbath and not acting morally superior.

If the TDF/TPLF did anything similar the government presses would go haywire. However, the they don’t and shown that they are following the codes of war. Which the ENDF doesn’t care about and neither does the state. This is why all of these soldiers and officers has to die. Peace.

Ethiopia: Amhara Prosperity Party calls the North Wollo Mountains “A Trap”

The warfare in Amhara is really hitting a nerve for the Prosperity Party and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. The Amhara Region has been really invested in the conflict and warfare in Tigray region. However, this has backfired and the Tigray Defence Force (TDF) is now getting more and more land inside Amhara region. Which is clearly hurting the pride of the Amhara and the allies in Addis Ababa.

The Amhara Prosperity Party have today dropped a Press Release “Victory without sacrifice is unthinkable”. The APP shows it investment and what they are willing to do. We know the Amhara has started to military training their civil servants and arming youths for the war. Therefore, this isn’t shocking, but an continuation of what they are willing to do.

Now, the APP wants to make it look like a strategic retreat and that it was “trap” for the TDF to take Lalibela. When they are saying: “Both our historic cities and the entire Amhara region can be protected from the invasion by strong organization, military discipline and perseverance. We must not allow the enemy’s propaganda and propaganda to influence our struggle. The farther he goes, the more he is trapped” (APP, 05.08.2021).

This is saying the current advances and movement of the TDF is a tactical one. That seems most unlikely, as the whole current campaign is losses upon losses. It is a long time ago since I heard the Tripartite Alliance did anything, which wasn’t an war-crime or massacre within the Western Tigray. So, the APP needs to look it is wise.

As they continue: “We are in a struggle for survival. The front line is crushing the enemy. He continues to descend into the grave, trampling on the snare. The mountains of eastern Amhara, North Wollo, will be the burial place of the invading Tigrayan herd. Our farmer is determined to fight the herd, to strip the barn, to rape his wife, to kidnap his son, to kill the young” (APP, 05.08.2021).

The Amhara PP is really showing their genocidal views here. The state party are speaking of raping, kidnapping the sons and killing the young. They have only plan for the death of Tigrayan, which is the same message as the PM and the President of Amhara Regional State. This is just a continuation of that. That’s something the whole world should see, because this is non-stop and steady acts of the ones in power. Not just some random quotes.

The Amhara PP says further: “But the enemy, who is far away, will continue to go down to the grave. This victory is unthinkable without sacrifice. The important thing is that not only our historic cities but also the people of Amhara and Ethiopia have survived with our meaningful sacrifices” (APP, 05.08.2021).

At this current point in time the Tripartite Alliance, the Amhara Regional Forces and “Fano” is not winning the war. Neither is the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) or any of the other forces participating winning at this current moment. They are not on the frontline winning. If it was so… why is the TDF advancing and continuing to get more territory? That doesn’t make sense. The Amhara PP knows this, but still wants to sell the idea of a “victory”.

This piece was written because Lalibela has fallen and one historical town is now under control. The PP and Amhara allies has to look good. Though that is a hard bargain when the TDF is advancing. That is why these sorts of text is showing the true reality and what the state is willing to sell. Peace.

Ethiopia: Agew Liberation Front (ALF) – Response to the American USAID Chief, Samantha J. Power (04.08.2021)

We at the Agew Liberation Front (ALF) read the statement reportedly issued by Samantha J. Power on August 3, 2021. The content of the statement demands that Tigray Defense Force (TDF) withdraw from Amhara Region, whereas the Amhara forces leave the western Tigray. Samantha J. Power’s request is right regarding the western Tigray, but it is wrong regarding the former. We believe that Samantha J. Power had no adequate information about the players of the battlefield in Amhara Region, northern Wollo. The fighting forces in northern Wollo are concerned, there are two sisterly entities working together, the TDF and ALF forces.
The TDF has been in northern Wollo upon the invitation of its ally in arms, the ALF, to support the liberation of the Agaw or Agew people under agony since 1270 AD, following the collapse of Zagwe Empire. The objective of the ALF is to set up autonomous states for the Agew people, like other Ethiopian nations. The presence of the TDF in northern Wollo is the matter only for the two sinisterly organizations. Generally, we appreciate the USA’s position in the current crisis in Ethiopia, particularly Tigray. However, we kindly remind the American officials to have full insight with respect to Amhara Region and its social stratifications, including who is in the battlefield and to achieve what, and react accordingly.

United Nations – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Press Statement on Visit to Ethiopia (04.08.2021)

Ethiopia: Two Humanitarian Organizations suspended from working in Tigray

Today it’s revealed that the Prosperity Party and Addis Ababa regime have suspended two humanitarian organizations from working in Ethiopia. These are Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

This is clear strike against the humanitarian operations done and made within Tigray. The MSF have also been suspended from operating in Somali Region, Gambella, Amhara, as well as the Tigray Region.

The PP and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is clearly repeating history. As he wants to shield the world from the atrocities and doesn’t want humanitarian organizations reporting on it. Since, these organizations report what they see and get donations to do work or deliver aid. This is why these is targeted. Since they speak out about the horror, the devastations and man made-famine in Tigray for instance.

The current regime wants things hidden and not for the world to know. If the regime and the warlord wanted it to the public. He wouldn’t have gagged media houses, blocked the region and made it nearly impossible to bring humanitarian assistance.

There is already usage of social media and handlers of the state to vilify the United Nations Organizations and other humanitarian groups, as they are targeted as they are brining the needed humanitarian assistance and convoys to the Tigray region.

We should be worried that other groups would soon end up in the same predicament. As the state is cracking down on them. Just like the state has been blocking, stopping and searching every convoy going to the Tigray region. While claiming there is no needs and the state is meeting it. The state isn’t weaponizing starvation and hunger. No, they are coming with food and shelter, while they are besieged for months upon end. This is a clear indication of what the state is willing to do. They don’t care and what the state is doing is vicious.

The suspension of MSF and NRC is because they are willing to tell the truth. While they are trying to work and being humanitarian organizations in the middle of a man-made famine. The government who blocks water, electricity and the roads to Tigray region over the months of warfare in the region. Therefore, this is just following the systematic disregard of the general public and the citizens who are struggling in the Tigray and elsewhere.

The PP and PM doesn’t care and doesn’t value these people. If it did. They would have been there yesterday to help and secured the needs being met for all the citizens. However, that isn’t the case and its been procedure and protocol to do otherwise. The world shouldn’t be silent. This is targeting the weakest, the ones who has nothing and the ones whose seeking shelter in a war-zone.

Today it is MSF and NRC. Tomorrow it might be someone else who is suspended. This isn’t only hitting Tigray, but other regions … as well and everyone should get help if there is a need and the state cannot cover it. If the state could shelter, feed and take care of its own. However, the Ethiopian government have needed humanitarian organizations to cover for its shortcomings.

This is why today is tragic, because this hits the most needed and the ones who are in the hands of these organizations. Instead of proving a point, the administration is only showing its vicious retaliation, which will hit a innocent third party… their own civilians who is struggling across the Republic. Peace.

Ethiopia: Abiy using Bayraktar TB2 UAV to surveillance and directly attack the TDF advances

Underscoring that Turkey attached great importance to Ethiopia’s serenity and stability, President Erdoğan stated that Turkey would continue to provide every kind of support to Ethiopia” (Turkish Presidency, 01.08.2021).

It is now official as the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali have procured and started to use Bayraktar TB2 UAV (Drone) in the prolonged conflict in Ethiopia. This is what the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) is doing, as it want to control and monitor all movement.

Army Technology describes the drone as: “Designed for short range reconnaissance and surveillance missions, Bayraktar is currently operational with the Turkish Land Forces” (…) “The standard payload configuration includes an electro-optical (EO) camera module, an infrared (IR) camera module, a laser designator, a laser range finder (LRF) and a laser pointer” (Army Technology – ‘Bayraktar TB2 Tactical UAV’).

The same site says the “drone” have 150km range and endurance of 20 hours. This has been used by Ukrainian army and the Turkish army. Now, it is also used by the ENDF to combat the advances of the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF). That is the clear message here.

On its own promotional pages it says: The Armed UAV Bayraktar TB2 is a multi-purpose platform as it can perform Target Acquisition using the onboard laser designator. It is also capable of eliminating the target using its payload consisting of four smart munitions. Bayraktar TB2 is a system that offers all cutting-edge solutions required to carry out surgical-precision strikes preventing the widespread damage to close areas” (https://baykardefence.com/uav-15.html)

Especially, considering that the PM visited the Bayraktar TB2 ground control station and looked into the operative use of it with other military officers. That just happens after yesterdays phone call between the PM and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It seems to fit so perfect.

That the Turkish President calls to find out if the PM and his army is happy with the arms delivery. They were supposed to speak of other matters, but certainly a warlord like Abiy is focused on the usage and the spending on the war-effort. As he seeks to find new ways to get advantages over the TDF.

We see that the Turkish gives the tools for surveillance and monitor the opponents. This is a tool that the ENDF will use and it will be beneficial for them. So, that they can stop the advances of the TDF. Because, that is real… and the Tripartite Alliance is losing. This purchase is only trying new technologies to get ahead. However, that doesn’t stop the lack of training and militias that is sent to the front-line. These drones are only making a clear picture and possible track the TDF. Nevertheless, this isn’t equipping more trained soldiers on the battlefield, which is where the TDF is showing progress.

That is why Abiy trying to find another way of victory. He is paranoid and he needs something else to work. Even use drones that is possibly armed and can directly target specific targets. That says it all. As he can surveillance an area and also possibly drop munitions on targets.

There is nothing Abiy isn’t willing to do. There was talk of UAE drones earlier in the “Operation Law Enforcement” but now its officially Turkish produced ones who is bought in to help the cause. Peace.