Yonas Nigussie

My latest for @EthiopiaInsight: Ethiopia’s winner-takes-all politics threatens #Tigray peace deal. ethiopia-insight.com/2022/12/18/eth…

In Tigray, Even the Womb Isn’t Safe Despite the truce, many women in #Tigray carry the trauma of war—victims of horrific sexual violence by Ethiopian & Eritrean soldiers who inserted rusty screws and nail clippers into their wombs to render them infertile.app.nos.nl/shorthand/seks…

Abiy’s Hubris, Failure to Learn from the Past Ethiopians often believe that sheer manpower and firepower guarantee victory. Yet, despite possessing both in abundance, neither the Derg regime survived nor did Abiy secure the pyrrhic victory he so desperately craved in #Tigray.

“The most dangerous threat now is the widening rift within #Tigray’s leadership & fragmentation of its security forces. This internal discord is a looming crisis. Should it escalate, it won’t be a fight for freedom—it’ll be a fratricidal war.” — @GAsfiha addisstandard.com/breaking-the-c…

#Eritrea’s One-Man Show: President & Opposition In One Listening to Afwerki on domestic issues—rare and brief compared to his global rants—feels more like an opposition critique than a presidential address. No wonder he banned all opposition: he plays both ruler and opposition.

‘Ethiopia Turns Afar Into Anti-#Tigray Military Base’ A former Afar Police comms officer revealed that the ruling Prosperity Party is providing military training bases and strategic footholds within Afar’s sovereign territory to the #TPLF splinter faction led by @RedaGetachew.

“If you want to kill a dog, accuse him of having rabies.” — French Proverb

Ethiopia’s Aspirations: Subjugation of Tigray Over Progress “What Ethiopians mostly hoped for was not democracy or justice for themselves but for the destruction and subjugation of their previous rulers who were at the helm of power, inc the #Tigray|an society they hailed from.”

Ethiopia Ranks Among Africa’s Top IMF Debtors #Ethiopia received $262M after a successful IMF review, but its finances remain fragile as it negotiates an $8.4B debt restructuring with under the G20’s Common Framework and prepares to repay a $1B Eurobond. africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/…

Eritrea “Knows How to Defend Itself” Isaias: “Things being said daily are not hidden from the public: We’ll take Assab…we’ll enter via Sudan and do this and that. Can a sane person think like this? This’s truly childish provocation. Our message is: ‘No! You’d better stay put.’”