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[Zmeselo]

ETHIOPIA — FIVE MORE TOP GENERALS OUT!

Another wave of high-level resignations is hitting Ethiopia’s armed forces.

Sources close to Anchor Media confirm that five senior generals are leaving the military this week, some stepping down voluntarily, while others are being pushed into early retirement.

These departures are the latest in a growing trend that has seen top non-Oromo officers steadily removed from leadership under PM Abiy Ahmed’s increasingly unpopular administration.

The latest names to exit include:

— Lt. Gen. Asrat Dinero

— Maj. Gen. Alemu Ayene

— Maj. Gen. Tagese Lembibo

— Brig. Gen. Shambel Beyene

— Brig. Gen. Abate Ali

Their exit follows what sources describe as a calculated purge, part of a broader effort by Abiy to consolidate control by sidelining senior officers outside of his Oromo power base, especially those from the Amhara ethnic group.

The timing could not be more dangerous. Ethiopia is currently battling armed insurgencies in both the Amhara and Oromia regions, while the war in Tigray, though quiet for now, remains a tinderbox.

Behind the scenes, there is growing unease. Sources inside the armed forces told Anchor Media that fears of a coup have taken hold at the highest levels of government, and that paranoia is now driving major decisions about who stays and who goes.

Meanwhile, discontent is spreading beyond the battlefield. Just weeks after health professionals (and to some extent teachers) launched nationwide strikes demanding better pay, similar frustrations are starting to surface within the army.

Inflation is crushing household budgets, wages remain stagnant, and even career officers are reportedly struggling to get by.

As the military leadership continues to fracture along ethnic lines and economic desperation deepens across the country, Ethiopia’s political center is looking less like a seat of power and more like a powder keg.

[Zmeselo]

I do not know how my name was included in the list of signatories without my knowledge and without my consent. I have notified the representatives of the group that wrote the letter of my objection. With this note, I publicly distance myself from it to the letter and its contents.

— Prof. Ezekeil Gebissa

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[Zmeselo]

Eritrea was a voice for the Oromo people, while the present Ethiopian PM and present foreign affairs spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti were working with the former regime against the oromo people's interests.



Brief Remarks on "Open Letter to President Isaias Afwerki"

A group of 85 Oromo scholars and professionals posted an "Open Letter to President Isaias Afwerki" on June 5, 2025.

The "Letter" is regrettably replete with inaccuracies and contains a number of grave and unfounded accusations against Eritrea.

This cannot but arouse our dismay, particularly as the authors could have chosen a more appropriate approach of face to face discussions if the real motive is, as it should be, to alley lingering misunderstandings or perspectives on matters of paramount importance to Eritrea and the Oromo people.

In this spirit, Eritrea believes that the most constructive way to address these matters remains through a frank, face to face, dialogue between signatories of the Letter or their representatives with relevant Eritrean counterparts.

In the meantime, and for the record, we wish to reiterate Eritrea's long-standing views and positions:

1. Eritrea has utmost respect for the Oromo people and their culture.

2. Eritrea's resolute solidarity with, and strong support for, the Ethiopian people, and in particular the Oromo people's struggle in pursuit of their fundamental rights, has spanned over half a century.

3. In this respect, the reference to political Orommuma in President Isaias' speech does not detract from its principled respect for the Oromo people and alludes to vexing ideological interpretations and overtones that have come to light in the recent couple of years from certain and unrepresentative quarters.

4. Eritrea is unwaveringly committed to peace and justice in the Horn of Africa. It is no secret that the drum beating and drive for war is not coming from Eritrea, but from those who are openly agitating for the conquest of sovereign Eritrean territories.


ለፕሬዝዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ፣ ግልጽ ደብዳቤ

85 የኦሮሞ ምሁራን እና ባለሙያዎች ያሉት ቡድን፣ "ግልፅ ደብዳቤ ለፕሬዝዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ" ሰኔ 5 ቀን 2025 ለጥፏል።

“ደብዳቤው”፣ በሚያሳዝን ሁኔታ በስህተት የተሞላ እና በኤርትራ ላይ በርካታ መቃብር እና መሠረተ ቢስ ውንጀላዎችን የያዘ ነው።

ይህ የሚያሳዝነንን ከመቀስቀስ በዘለለ በተለይ ደራሲያን ትክክለኛ ምክንያት የፊት ለፊት ውይይትን መምረጥ ይችሉ እንደነበሩ፣ ለኤርትራ እና ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትልቅ ቦታ በሚሰጡ ጉዳዮች ላይ አለመግባባቶችን ወይም አመለካከቶችን ለማጣመር ነው።

በዚህ መንፈስ፣ ኤርትራ እነዚህን ጉዳዮች ለመፍታት በጣም ገንቢው መንገድ በግልጽ፣ ፊት ለፊት፣ በደብዳቤው ፈራሚዎች ወይም በተወካዮቻቸው መካከል ከሚመለከታቸው የኤርትራ አቻዎች ጋር የሚደረግ ውይይት እንደሆነ ታምናለች።

እስከዚያው፣ እና ለመዝገቡ፣ የኤርትራን የረጅም ጊዜ አመለካከቶች እና አቋሞች ደግመን ልንገልጽ እንወዳለን።

1. ኤርትራ፣ ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ እና ባህሉ ከምንም በላይ ክብር አላት።

2. የኤርትራ ቆራጥ አጋርነት እና ጠንካራ ድጋፍ፣ ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እና በተለይም የኦሮሞ ህዝብ መሰረታዊ መብቱን ለማስከበር የሚያደርገውን ትግል ከግማሽ ምዕተ አመት በላይ አስቆጥሯል።

3. ከዚህ አንፃር በፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ ንግግር ላይ ስለ ፖለቲካ ኦሮሙማ ማጣቀስ ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ ያለውን በመርህ ላይ የተመሰረተ ክብርን የሚቀንስ ሳይሆን፣ ባለፉት ሁለት አመታት ውስጥ ከተወሰኑ እና ውክልና ከሌለው አካላት ግልጽ የሆኑ አፀያፊ ርዕዮተ አለም ትርጓሜዎችን እና ንግግሮችን ይጠቅሳል።

4. ኤርትራ፣ ለአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላምና ፍትሕ ያለማወላወል ቁርጠኛ ነች። ከበሮ መደብደብና፣ ለጦርነት መንፈሱ ከኤርትራ ሳይሆን ሉዓላዊ የኤርትራ ግዛቶችን ለመውረር በግልጽ ከሚቀሰቅሱት እንደሆነ ከማንም የተሰወረ አይደለም።

Yemane G. Meskel Minister of Information


The letter:


Oromo Scholars and Professionals Sent Open Letter to President Isaias Afwerki unequivocally denouncing his unprovoked attack on Oromo Identity
https://advocacy4oromia.org/2025/06/06/ ... -identity/

[Fiyameta]

UAE's mercenary army is taking an ethnic form, which is a prelude to Ethiopia's disintegration.

[Zmeselo]

[DECLASSIFIED] Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Souers) to the President [of America]

Top secret- Washington, August 4, 1949

The US government should be able to make arrangements with the Ethiopian Government for the continued use of certain military facilities in the Asmara-Massawa region. Since the Ethiopian Government, and the Emperor Haile Selassie in particular, are quite grateful to the U.S for its stand on Eritrea, the Conclusion of such arrangements should not be too difficult. Therefore no change should be made with respect to the U.S position on that part of Eritrea to be ceded to Ethiopia.



In the light of their particular strategic importance to the United States, every effort must be made to assure the maintenance of essential U.S military rights particularly in the Asmara-Massawa area.



Although the incorporation of the Western Province of Eritrea in the Sudan was rejected by the Political Committee of the last General Assembly that solution still appears to be the most reasonable way of disposing of province [Western part of Eritrea].



Staggering cache of information is found in the declassified diplomatic documents of Foreign Relations of the United States in the 1940s, regarding how the sovereignty of Eritrea was used as a pawn for the Superpowers to haggle for their strategic national interest. The US state department put it to the President [of US] at the time to approve clearly as follows

The Department of State recommends that United states policy should be directed toward a solution consonant with the following objectives, in the order stated:

a) The preservation of United States and United Kingdom strategic interests and positions;
b) political stability through orderly long-term evolution in North Africa as a whole; and
c) the continuance of a Free Democratic Government in Italy.

[sesame]

Abiy was groomed by the TPLF not for his abilities but for his servile disposition and his patent limitations! His astounding blunders so far attest to that. The only playbook he knows is that which he imbibed from his TPLF groomers! It should, therefore, not come as a surprise that he is Oromizing the Armed forces and filling the top positions with maleable material. Does anyone believe that a buffoon like Berhanu Jula attained the pinnacle of military rank for his abilities or inspiring charisma! And why, one wonders, has he appoined as foreign minister this unknown flegling who looks like Pinnochio! But the biggest joke must be his defense minister! Did he imagine the Afars would be thrilled and support his fantasies about the Red Sea! Poor Ethiopia has become a laughing stock of this idiot!

[Temt]

Thanks, bro, for the very informative documents you keep on providing us.

[Zmeselo]

[DefendTheTruth]

አባይ የራሱን ማደሪያ አያዉቅም፣ ግን ግንድ ጎትቶ ይሄዳል፣ አሉ ስተርቱ።

The River Abay (the major tributary of the Nile) doesn't know where it could end its own journey but still drags a big chunk of a tree with it, if I can try to translate it nearly.

Shabia doesn't know when its own final demise will arrive finally but still tries to act to worry about phantom 5 Generals leaving their posts in a neighboring country.

[sesame]

Describes the immature kids who are taking Ethiopia down the drain and their equaly childish cadres and supporters. You dumbitos are incredible. We have faced and defeated stronger, much more stronger, enemies than the idiots that we saved just a couple of years back! And you will learn the lessons that Mengistu was taught.

አባይ የራሱን ማደሪያ አያዉቅም፣ ግን ግንድ ጎትቶ ይሄዳል፣ አሉ ስተርቱ።

The River Abay (the major tributary of the Nile) doesn't know where it could end its own journey but still drags a big chunk of a tree with it, if I can try to translate it nearly.

Shabia doesn't know when its own final demise will arrive finally but still tries to act to worry about phantom 5 Generals leaving their posts in a neighboring country.

[Zmeselo]

Describes the immature kids who are taking Ethiopia down the drain and their equaly childish cadres and supporters. You dumbitos are incredible. We have faced and defeated stronger, much more stronger, enemies than the idiots that we saved just a couple of years back! And you will learn the lessons that Mengistu was taught.

አባይ የራሱን ማደሪያ አያዉቅም፣ ግን ግንድ ጎትቶ ይሄዳል፣ አሉ ስተርቱ።

The River Abay (the major tributary of the Nile) doesn't know where it could end its own journey but still drags a big chunk of a tree with it, if I can try to translate it nearly.

Shabia doesn't know when its own final demise will arrive finally but still tries to act to worry about phantom 5 Generals leaving their posts in a neighboring country.

It shows, this armchair warmongers was never in the military.

It's not only that the Generals are being fired, but is the feeling it leaves in their subordinates minds. When a General is ousted, it creates a feeling of bitterness- beginning from his immediate Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants & all the way to the privates- especially if the General was kept in high regard and esteem. Demoralization, sets in.

[Fed_Up]

አባይ የራሱን ማደሪያ አያዉቅም፣ ግን ግንድ ጎትቶ ይሄዳል፣ አሉ ስተርቱ።

The River Abay (the major tributary of the Nile) doesn't know where it could end its own journey but still drags a big chunk of a tree with it, if I can try to translate it nearly.

Shabia doesn't know when its own final demise will arrive finally but still tries to act to worry about phantom 5 Generals leaving their posts in a neighboring country.

ልክ እንደ አክሱም ሃውልት አባይ ወንዝ ለጋላ ኦሮሙማ ምኑ ነው?

[Fiyameta]