Ethiopian Citizen

  What follows is a concise summary of each scandal, after which some strategic insight and proposals will be shared. By Andrew Korybko —  American political analyst One of the means through which America is waging its Hybrid War on Ethiopia is via corrupt UN officials. Three recent scandals expose the scope of this unprecedented meddling campaign. They're worthy of examination in order to better understand the mechanisms at play, the impact they've had on attempting to shape the dynamics of Ethiopia's internal conflict, and the targeted government's response. What follows is a concise summary of each scandal, after which some strategic insight and proposals will be shared. 1. Missing Food Aid Trucks 428 UN World Food Program (UNWFP) trucks failed to return from their aid missions into the northern Tigray Region. There are credible suspicions that the terrorist-designated Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seized these material assets in order to use t

The only stain on our conscience is that supposedly neutral UN humanitarian wings and Ethiopia's alleged American ally joined forces to support an armed anti-government group in Africa's second most populous country that's pursuing regime change ends through what Addis Ababa regards as terrorist means. By Andrew Korybko — American political analyst   UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths dramatically described the crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray Region as “a stain on our conscience” just before Addis Ababa expelled seven UN humanitarian officials for meddling in the Horn of Africa country. The internationally recognized Ethiopian government which legally participates in the UN as the country's only official representative had earlier accused the global body of supporting Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters that it considers to be terrorists. This is allegedly being done through the provisioning of military aid that clandestinely enters the confl

  'Humanitarian imperialism', information warfare, and the weaponization of economic and financial instruments are the means to this end. By Andre Korybko — American political analyst   The US and Ethiopia have been allies for years but the former risks turning the latter into an enemy with its latest provocations. Not only did US President Joe Biden ignore Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's public appeal to stop his Hybrid War on the Horn of Africa nation, but his government has also criticized Ethiopia's for its decision to expel 7 UN officials who it accused of supporting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that Addis Ababa considers to be terrorists. Making matters worse, there are fears that the US might revoke Ethiopia's duty-free access to its market through the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). On top of that, a Facebook whistleblower testified that the platform fanned ethnic violence in Ethiopia, which can be interpreted as a eu