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sarcasm
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Debunking Ethiopia’s “Sea Access” Myth

Post by sarcasm » 18 Feb 2026, 06:12

https://x.com/yohannestek13/status/2023588208928583788

African leaders are calling out the false narrative pushed by Abiy Ahmed—that Ethiopia’s growth is blocked by lack of sea access. The Prosperity Party keeps repeating the “landlocked myth” to justify pressure on Eritrea’s port of Assab.
At the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Abiy claimed Ethiopia’s “sovereign access to the sea” is key to stability in the Horn of Africa. 😅
Translation: give Assab peacefully—or Ethiopia will take it by force. 😂
Bottom line: Enough propaganda. Ethiopia already accesses 10+ ports for trade.

DefendTheTruth
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Re: Debunking Ethiopia’s “Sea Access” Myth

Post by DefendTheTruth » 18 Feb 2026, 10:44

sarcasm wrote:
18 Feb 2026, 06:12
https://x.com/yohannestek13/status/2023588208928583788

African leaders are calling out the false narrative pushed by Abiy Ahmed—that Ethiopia’s growth is blocked by lack of sea access. The Prosperity Party keeps repeating the “landlocked myth” to justify pressure on Eritrea’s port of Assab.
At the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Abiy claimed Ethiopia’s “sovereign access to the sea” is key to stability in the Horn of Africa. 😅
Translation: give Assab peacefully—or Ethiopia will take it by force. 😂
Bottom line: Enough propaganda. Ethiopia already accesses 10+ ports for trade.
You must be a certain retard, if you don't get the message after hearing and reading for over a year now: Ethiopia's is demand is about a sovereign access, not about a mere access of a port or ports.

Ethiopia could have 10 or more ports for access but none of them is sovereign so far, which has to be rectified!

Abdisa
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Re: Debunking Ethiopia’s “Sea Access” Myth

Post by Abdisa » 18 Feb 2026, 11:39

If the lack of sovereign port access was any hindrance to economic growth, the 1984-85 famine that claimed the lives of over one million Ethiopians occurred when the country was in full control of both the Massawa and Assab Eritrean ports.

The current government is pushing a false narrative to absolve itself of all responsibility for the economic crisis in Ethiopia that was created by its lack of common sense and knowledge.

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