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Single mother of twin boys with autism.
Years as a full-time caregiver.
In the hours I could carve out, I picked up Generative AI as a hobby — and it became a real skill set.
Now I'm building @WaliaIbexAI the marketplace I wish I'd had — for African AI creators like me.
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Single mother of twin boys with autism.
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In the hours I could carve out, I picked up Generative AI as a hobby — and it became a real skill set.
Now I'm building @WaliaIbexAI the marketplace I wish I'd had — for African AI creators like me.
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Even as the regime in Addis Abeba attempts to overwhelm the public with the language of a “successful election,” the very observer missions it would normally invoke for legitimacy are now exposing serious inconsistencies at the heart of that claim.
The Reporter’s account of the AU and IGAD preliminary reports is deeply revealing. IGAD says 54 million Ethiopians registered to vote. The AU puts the figure at 50.5 million. A senior government communication official reportedly told Al Jazeera that 57 million voters went to the polls. The AU also notes that the NEBE had initially targeted 40 million voters. These are not minor clerical differences. They go to the credibility of the electoral process itself.
The contradictions do not stop there. IGAD says 42 political parties, including coalitions, participated. The AU says 47. The AU acknowledges that voting did not take place in Tigray and parts of Oromia and Amhara because of security and operational challenges. IGAD, however, reportedly highlights only Amhara’s security challenges. That discrepancy matters because it affects how the exclusion of entire populations is understood, minimized, or erased.
Even more troubling, the AU says special voting arrangements for members of the military, security services, and internally displaced persons are scheduled for June 8, while electoral officials have claimed that nearly all registered voters have already cast their ballots. The AU also cites insecurity as the reason 6,400 polling stations across 46 constituencies were inactive, limiting access to registration services for some communities.
This is the deeper story. Ethiopia is not merely dealing with post election complaints. It is dealing with a contested electoral record whose own numbers, exclusions, timelines, and observer narratives do not align.
An election cannot be called successful simply because the incumbent declares it so. When millions are excluded, polling stations remain inactive, conflict areas are partially erased from reporting, and official figures contradict observer data, the language of success becomes political theater.
This election does not prove democratic legitimacy. It exposes how electoral authoritarianism now works in Ethiopia: stage the vote, celebrate the outcome, overwhelm the public with propaganda, and hope no one asks whether the process itself can withstand basic scrutiny.
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Chilling images from Arsi show Orthodox Christian Ethiopians fleeing with sacred church artifacts following the killing of more than 40 Christians and the destruction of a 101 year old St.Gabriel Church. Families devadtated, history canged to ruins.@UNHumanRights @_AfricanUnion
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በአርሲ የቀጠለው እልቂት
(የኦነግ-ኦነሰ መግለጫ)
ባለፉት በርካታ ዓመታት በአርሲ--አሳኩ አካባቢን ጨምሮ--የአብይ አህመድ የካድሬ ኔትወርክ በማህበረሰቡ መካከል ክፍፍልን ለመፍጠር ሲሰራ ቆይተዋል። ኦሮሞዎችን በአማራዎች ላይ፣ ሙስሊሞችን ደግሞ በክርስቲያኖች ላይ ለማነሳሳት ያልፈነቀሉት ድንጋይ አልነበረም። በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ውስጥም እንኯን ክርስቲያን ቱላማ ኦሮሞን በሙስሊም ኦሮሞ ወንድሞቻቸው ላይ ለማነሳሳት ሞክረዋል። ይህንኑ ለመተግበር ሌላውን በማግለል ጠመንጃ በተወሰነ ቡድን እጅ እንዲገባ ኣድርገዋል። የብልጽግና ፓርቲ በግልጽ የአንድ ማህበረሰብ ብቻ እንደሆነ አድርጎ ትርክት ለመስራትም ጥረዋል። ይህ ማህበረሰቡን የመሸርሽር ሴራ ለዓመታት የደከሙበት ጉዳይ ነው።
ባሳለፍነው ሰኞ (May 31, 2026) የOLA ኃይሎች በመላው ኦሮሚያ የተጣለውን እገዳ ለማስፈጸም ሲንቀሳቀሱ፣ የአብይ አህመድ ካድሬዎች እድሉን ተጠቀሙበት። ለዓመታት የነዙትን የጎሳ እና የሃይማኖት ቅስቀሳ በመጠቀም፣ በኣከባቢው ያሉ የአገዛዝ ባለስልጣናት የማህበረሰብ ግጭትን በንቃት አቀጣጠሉ። ከዚያ የተነሳ የንጹሃን ህይወት በከንቱ እንዲጠፋ አድርገዋል። የተለመደው የዐቢይ አህመድ የድንቁርና ተግባር ነው።
ዛሬ፣ በመላ አገሪቱ ያሉ ተቃዋሚ ኃይሎች የጎንዮሽ ግጭቶችን ውድቅ ማድረጋቸው ብቻ፣ በአብይ አህመድ የሽብር አገዛዝ ላይ ምንም አይነት የተቀናጀ እርምጃ ሳይወሰድም፣ ዐቢይ አህመድ ህዝቦችን የሚከፋፍልበት ምክንያት እያጣ መሆኑን እያወቀ ነው። የኦሮሚያ ክልል አስተዳደር ተብዬ ፡ የኦሮሞ ኣባጋዳዎችን በቀጥታ ኣስገድሎ በOLA ላይ ስያላክክ በዓለም አቀፍ ሚዲያዎች ጭምር ተይዞም የማይማረው የድንኮች ስብስብ፣ አሁን ደግሞ “ምርጫችንን ለማደናቀፍ የተሰማሩት ኃይሎች ቤተክርስቲያንን ኢላማ አደረጉ” በማለት ልክ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት የምርጫ ማጭበርበር ቦታዎች የሆኑ አስመስሎ ተሳልቀዋል።
ከጅምሩ፣ አቢይ አህመድ በ2018 ከOLA ጋር የተጀመረውን የሰላም ሂደቱን ሲያዛባ ሁለት ግቦች ነበሩት። አንደኛ፣ በኦሮሚያ ውስጥ ማንኛውንም የፖለቲካ ተቃዋሚ ለመጨፍለቅ OLA በጫካ መቀጠል እንደ ምክንያት ለመጠቀም ነበር። በግዜው በግልጽ “ህወሃት በትግራይ ውስጥ የፖለቲካ ህይወትን ሙሉ በሙሉ በመቆጣጠር ለ27 ዓመታት ገዝቷል። በኦሮሚያም እንዲሁ እናደርጋለን” ሲል ነበር። ሁለተኛው ዓላማ OLAን በአማራ ላይ እንደ ምናባዊ ጠላት አድርጎ መጠቀም ነበር። የሄንንም ዐቢይ አህመድ በዝግ ሲለው ነበር ፣ “አማራው ካልተንበረከከ፣ ይቃጠላታል፤ እና OLAን እንደ አማራጭ እንደሚመርጡ እናሳያቸዋለን።”
ከአማራ እና ከሌሎች ኃይሎች ጋር የፖለቲካ ልዩነቶች አሉን። ይህ ጤናማ እና ተፈጥሯዊ ነው። ይቀጥላሉም። ነገር ግን ለረጅም ጊዜ፣ አንድ ቦዘኔ አማሮችን እንዲገድል እና ኦሮሞዎችን እንዲወቅስ፣ ኦሮሞዎችን እንዲገድል እና አማሮችን እንዲወቅስ፣ የመከፋፈል ትርክቶቹን ተራ በተራ እየገዛንለት፣ በመሃከል የኣያሌ ንጹሃንን መቀጠፍ ስንፈቅ፣ ስናስችል ኖረናል። ያ ዘመን አልፏል። ለወደፊቱም እንዳይሳካ በትጋት መሰራት ኣለበት። የፖለቲካ ልዩነቶች ምንም ይሁኑ ምን፣ ሁላችንም በሰው ልጅ ሕይወት ክቡርነት እና ልዕልና ላይ የጋራ ስምምነት አለን።
የኦነግ፡ኦነሳ ከፍተኛ ዕዝ
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I believe the OLA.
The Ethiopian regime is killing Orthodox Christians.
Another Round of Massacre in Arsi
(OLF-OLA Press Release)
Over the past several years, in Arsi—including the Asakoo area—Abiy Ahmed's forces and his network of cadres have systematically fomented division among the people. They have set Oromos against Amharas, Muslims against Christians. And within the Oromo people themselves, they have sought to turn Christian Tulama Oromo against their Muslim Oromo brothers. To effectuate division, weapons have been placed in the hands of one group over another. The Prosperity Party openly pretends as though it belongs to one community at the expense of all others. This machinery of distrust has churned for years.
Then came June 31, 2026. As OLA forces mobilized across Oromia to enforce a blockade against the sham election, Abiy Ahmed's cadres seized the opportunity. Capitalizing on years of engineered ethnic and religious incitement, regime operatives in the region actively ignited and abetted communal violence. It was in the bloodshed that followed that civilian lives were lost. It’s the typical signature Abiy Ahmed move.
Today, the mere fact that opposition forces across the country have rejected horizontal quarrels, even without any united action against Abiy Ahmed's reign of terror, the regime finds itself running out of reasons to divide people. The Oromia state administration—already caught red-handed by international media, directly ordering the killing of Oromo Gada elders and blaming it on the OLA—now claims that "the forces deployed to challenge our election targeted the church," as if churches were ever sites of electoral fraud.
From the very beginning, Abiy Ahmed had two goals when he derailed the peace process with the OLA in 2018. First, to use the idea of “OLA in the bush” as a scapegoat to crush any political opposition in Oromia. He has said openly: "The TPLF ruled for 27 years by totally controlling political life in Tigray. We will do the same in Oromia." The second aim was to wield the OLA as a phantom enemy against the Amhara. Behind closed doors, he has admitted: "If the Amhara do not kneel, I will attack them and show them whether they prefer the OLA as an alternative to me."
We have many political differences with the Amhara and other forces. That is healthy and natural, and differences will continue. But for far too long, we have allowed Abiy Ahmed to kill Amharas and blame Oromos; to kill Oromos and blame Amharas—while we gobbled divisive narratives. That era is over. Going forward, it will not succeed. Whatever political differences, we all have shared agreement on the sanctity of human life.
OLF-OLA High Command
June 4, 2026
#Oromia #Ethiopia
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CJPME is deeply concerned about the widespread racism that has ensued following Prime Minister Carney's announcement of a new Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality, and Inclusion. We condemn the attacks on former Minister Omar Alghabra, who is facing smears from extremist pro-Israel voices, including Israeli news outlets, who are attacking his Muslim faith and Arab background, and demonizing his support for Palestinian rights. These attacks demonstrate the intertwined use of Islamophobia, anti-Arab racism, and anti-Palestinian racism, and are attempts to exclude Arab and Muslim voices from national conversations on racism and hate. These attacks must be firmly rejected by Prime Minister Carney and Minister Miller.
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Sorry I haven’t been posting much.
Due to illegal occupation, 40% of Tigray is still under siege.
Due to the fuel blockade, 100% of Tigray is now being severely restricted from receiving medical care, education, and essential services.
There are still ~1m displaced.
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From the birr float to foreign-bank entry and logistics reform, ➡️ l.theafricareport.com/wDr Ethiopia is moving away from its tightly managed economic model. The danger is not openness itself, but opening before firms, regulators and households can absorb the shock, write @NickNorbrook and @michaelmasrie.
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“On this tragic day, when freedom of religion was violated and the century-old Telata Saint Gabriel Church was burned down, and when Kore Kidane Mihret and Medhane Alem Churches were looted, many believers were brutally massacred and hundreds of our people were displaced from their homes. This has been an event of profound sorrow for our Church.” ~ His Holiness Abune Mathias
🚨 “The recurring injustice and oppression witnessed in the land of Arsi has created in all of our hearts a painful and sorrowful question: ‘Until when?’” — His Holiness Abune Mathias
@MeseretMedia
June 3, 2026
The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, His Holiness Abune Mathias, has issued an official statement regarding what he described as horrific and shocking attacks carried out against believers and churches in various districts of the Arsi Diocese.
In his statement, the Patriarch expressed deep sorrow, saying:
“We received with a broken heart the news of the horrific attacks committed against our spiritual children and against the Holy Church in the districts of Aseko, Shirka, Mugito, Bele, and Mendida within the Arsi Diocese.”
He emphasized that the attacks constitute a grave injustice in a country historically known for coexistence and mutual respect. Referring specifically to the destruction of religious institutions and historical heritage, he stated:
“On this tragic day, when freedom of religion was violated and the century-old Telata Saint Gabriel Church was burned down, and when Kore Kidane Mihret and Medhane Alem Churches were looted, many believers were brutally massacred and hundreds of our people were displaced from their homes. This has been an event of profound sorrow for our Church.”
The Patriarch further described the scale of the tragedy, stating:
“At a time when the Church, a repository of peace, love, and history, seeks to comfort believers in difficult circumstances, it now finds itself undergoing its own trial. Beyond its grief, the repeated injustice and oppression witnessed in the land of Arsi has created in all of our hearts a painful and sorrowful question: ‘Until when?’”
Addressing the government and security institutions directly, the Patriarch warned:
“As this suffering continues to expand rather than come to an end, we remind the security institutions and officials entrusted with protecting citizens and maintaining peace that history will judge you above all by the price you are willing to pay to safeguard the security of citizens during your time in office. We strongly urge you, in the name of our Church, to stop this chain of violence and bring the perpetrators to justice so that you may not remain indebted before history.”
Finally, he issued a pastoral appeal:
“We call upon believers in every area and all Ethiopians to support one another in a spirit of brotherhood, assist those who have been displaced, and stand beside our Church through prayer.”
The Church’s emergency statement comes amid widespread reporting by Meseret Media and other media outlets regarding ongoing attacks against Christians in Arsi Zone.
According to a series of recent Meseret Media reports, armed groups have repeatedly carried out organized attacks targeting Orthodox Christians in Shirka, Merti, and other districts of Arsi.
Reports citing eyewitnesses state that believers were targeted and killed while conducting business in marketplaces, traveling on roads, staying in their homes with their families, and even while participating in religious worship inside churches.
Despite the seriousness of the attacks, no information has yet been presented to the public by state media, and government officials have not issued any public statement regarding the incidents.
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The AU has failed the people of Ethiopia with this whitewash.
Preliminary Statement of the African Union Election Observation Mission (#AUROM) to the 1 June 2026 General Elections in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 cc @_AfricanUnion peaceau.org/uploads/prelimin…
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The European Union’s latest statement on #Ethiopia’s 7th general election is not merely disappointing. It is a revealing document of diplomatic surrender. The EU and its partners did not simply “welcome” an election. They welcomed the normalization of an electoral exercise conducted in a country where the basic conditions for democratic legitimacy remain deeply broken: civic space is shrinking, independent media is under pressure, opposition actors operate under fear, conflict continues in several regions, and millions of citizens are effectively excluded from meaningful political participation.
The most striking part of the statement is not what it says, but what it carefully avoids saying. It does not seriously speak about free and fair elections. It does not confront the absence of a level political field. It does not name the climate of fear around journalists, civil society, and opposition voices. It does not meaningfully address the fact that elections could not be held in #Tigray and parts of other conflict-affected areas. It does not ask whether ballots cast under repression, displacement, insecurity, and political fragmentation can produce legitimate democratic consent. This is not diplomacy. It is democratic language emptied of democratic substance.
The EU knows better. Its own election principles recognize that elections are not made credible by polling stations alone. Credible elections require freedom of expression, freedom of association, fair competition, independent media, civil society participation, public trust, and protection from intimidation. When those conditions are absent, congratulatory diplomacy becomes political laundering.
This is exactly the danger I warned about in my latest article on how external powers are rewarding impunity in Ethiopia: ethiopia-insight.com/2026/06…. Europe’s posture toward Ethiopia has increasingly been shaped less by democracy and accountability than by migration management, refugee containment, and outsourced border control. Ethiopia is treated as a geopolitical buffer before Libya, before the Mediterranean, before Europe’s domestic panic over migration.
That logic is morally corrosive. Europe wants Ethiopia to contain migration while refusing to confront the political crisis that is helping produce desperation, displacement, and flight in the first place. A government whose record is stained by mass violence, unresolved atrocities, repression, and institutional breakdown cannot be rewarded with democratic legitimacy simply because it held another managed election. Ballots do not cleanse blood. Election day does not erase war, displacement, impunity, or fear.
The EU’s statement shows how far its Ethiopia policy has fallen: from defending democratic principles to managing diplomatic convenience; from demanding accountability to welcoming procedure; from supporting the Ethiopian people to stabilizing the regime that has failed them. The tragedy is not only that Ethiopia’s election lacks credibility. The deeper tragedy is that Europe no longer feels compelled even to pretend seriously that credibility matters. @eu_eeas @EU_Commission
Joint Local Statement on 7th General Election Day in Ethiopia 1 June 2026
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The European Union’s statement on Ethiopia’s 1 June sham elections raises more questions than it answers. Acknowledging that a significant number of constituencies were excluded from voting while merely hoping they will eventually participate is not a diplomatic position — it is an abdication of one. Democratic elections are not optional or deferrable; they are a binding obligation under international law and Ethiopia’s own Constitution.
The EU’s reliance on the AU and IGAD as credible observers is equally troubling. Both institutions have a documented record of deference to the Addis Ababa regime that disqualifies them as impartial arbiters of electoral integrity.
The EU must call the 1 June elections what they are — a sham. Calibrated ambiguity in the face of manifest electoral fraud does not preserve diplomatic capital; it squanders credibility. Ethiopians deserve better, and so does the EU’s standing as a principled actor in the region.@kajakallas @EUinEthiopia @EU_Commission @antonioguterres @DicarloRosemary @SecRubio @AsstSecStateAF @ymahmoudali @4thPresidentKE @IGADsecretariat @amnesty @hrw @TheEconomist @BBCWorld @Reuters @AJEnglish @washingtonpost @CNN @TheAfricaReport @NEBEthiopia @SenateForeign @HouseForeign
Joint Local Statement on 7th General Election Day in Ethiopia 1 June 2026
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The water crisis in Gaza
that Israel has created and what Palestinians in Gaza
have to do to get water in genocide.
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Orthodox Christians are being massacred in Ethiopia.
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News: ‘Break this chain of attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice’: Patriarch urges action after deadly #East_Arsi violence
The Patriarch condemned the latest attacks in #Aseko, #Shirka, #Honkolo_Wabe, and #Munesa districts of the Arsi Diocese, describing them as a grave assault on both human life and religious freedom.
“Break this chain of attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice,” the Patriarch appealed to security officials and government authorities. “History will judge you by the price you pay for the safety of citizens during your tenure.”
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