Abiy built a new Ethiopian Navy HQ

[Barkhadle1520]

This is very funny but sad at the same time, can't imagine being Ethiopian, living on 20$ a month and the president of my landlocked country starts building a million $ Navy HQ without a Navy

At least now we know Abiy is serious about getting a port, rumours of a new war with Eritrea weren't fake

 

[novanova]

That is one ugly building

 

[Midas]

The govt in ethiopia has no regard for human life. Apparently 14,000 ethiopians died in the process of building the dam over the last decade and a half. Rember all the outrage and stuff about the 6,000 migrant workers that died in the world cup site building ? And that number turned out to not be entirely accurate.

 

[Idilinaa]

I am not exaggerating when i say that the lives of Ethiopians will stagnate or get worse for the average Ethiopian.

 

[moosaid]

They will be in the Indian Ocean soon.

 

[mountainlife03]

I am not exaggerating when i say that the lives of Ethiopians will stagnate or get worse for the average Ethiopian.

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Is this a worst-case scenario or the most likely outcome, and have you come across anything arguing the opposite?

 

[Idilinaa]

Is this a worst-case scenario or the most likely outcome, and have you come across anything arguing the opposite?

It's the most likely outcome, that things will get worse because it's connected to their economic approaches, higher living costs, lack of employment, lack of basic services, lack of finance/credit, and dwindling wages. If they think things are bad , an even grimmer reality is in store thanks to Abyi Ahmeds ''Cult Economics".

Couple this with his war mongering expansions into Eritrea, which will definitely plunge Ethiopia into a an active war zone. It's suicidal because they have active isurgency in the Amhara/Oromia regions and are still recovering from the Tigray War

Tensions Rise as Ethiopia, Eritrea Threaten War - Africa Defense Forum

Old adversaries Ethiopia and Eritrea appear to be marching toward war, as saber-rattling has escalated into threats, and troops are massing at the shared border. Shifting alliances, geopolitical aspirations, ethnic divisions and contested access to the Red Sea have become a pressure cooker in...

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[Keep it a boqol]

I am not exaggerating when i say that the lives of Ethiopians will stagnate or get worse for the average Ethiopian.

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siad barre ethiopian version

 

[Idilinaa]

siad barre ethiopian version

Not even. Siad Barre spent everything the government had to feed, shelter, and support Somalis. Meanwhile, Haile Selassie and Mengistu were hiding famine and allowing their people to starve in huge numbers.


What Abiy Ahmed is doing follows the same long pattern of Ethiopian leadership:

I’d say this is tied in large part to their feudal, insular political culture , one that ignores the real needs of ordinary citizens and turns a blind eye to the suffering of others.

There are other things i could mention, like how indifferent, cruel and enstranged Ethiopians are to eachother. This i have also noticed is rooted in historical culture.
A European Christian Patriarch with close ties to the Ethiopian Orthodox visited Ethiopia during the 1800s described how he and his group of men were left to fend for themselves enduring hunger and how ethiopians would let eachother starve to death and live in abject poverty, not even extend a helping hand to eachother or sharing food.

They legit paint the picture of callous psychopaths. Draws comparison to the kindness and empathy of Muslims/Arabs in comparison

The important part about ignoring, justifiying famine and starvation:

Things really have remained unchanged in many ways: when you think about Abiy Ahmed spending 15 billion on the backs of poor people. The great lords truly are "great tyrants that take all" a fact that remains

 

[Shimbiris]

Not even. Siad Barre spent everything the government had to feed, shelter, and support Somalis. Meanwhile, Haile Selassie and Mengistu were hiding famine and allowing their people to starve in huge numbers.


What Abiy Ahmed is doing follows the same long pattern of Ethiopian leadership:
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I’d say this is tied in large part to their feudal, insular political culture , one that ignores the real needs of ordinary citizens and turns a blind eye to the suffering of others.



Things really have remained unchanged in many ways: when you think about Abiy Ahmed spending 15 billion on the backs of poor people. The great lords truly are "great tyrants that take all" a fact that remains
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When I come to power as Supreme Leader of the Somali people I will need you to spread this knowledge to Ethiopians so that they do not resist when the Somali Republic annexes their country on its long march toward Aswan to the north. We will liberate them and bring them into the fold of Somalism.

No more Amharic, Oromo, Sidamo or anything else. The state will adopt a rigorous Somalization policy. They will be allowed to remain Christian if they wish. Lakum dīnukum wa-liya dīn, as the Qur’an says. But we shall sabotage Pentays and Catholics. I'm sorry but I will not stand for non-Orthodoxy in the Horn. We are not colonized Niger-Congos.

 

[Garsoore]

When I come to power as Supreme Leader of the Somali people I will need you to spread this knowledge to Ethiopians so that they do not resist when the Somali Republic annexes their country on its long march toward Aswan to the north. We will liberate them and bring them into the fold of Somalism.

No more Amharic, Oromo, Sidamo or anything else. The state will adopt a rigorous Somalization policy. They will be allowed to remain Christian if they wish. Lakum dīnukum wa-liya dīn, as the Qur’an says. But we shall sabotage Pentays and Catholics. I'm sorry but I will not stand for non-Orthodoxy in the Horn. We are not colonized Niger-Congos.

Save Somalia

 

[Idilinaa]

When I come to power as Supreme Leader of the Somali people I will need you to spread this knowledge to Ethiopians so that they do not resist when the Somali Republic annexes their country on its long march toward Aswan to the north. We will liberate them and bring them into the fold of Somalism.

No more Amharic, Oromo, Sidamo or anything else. The state will adopt a rigorous Somalization policy. They will be allowed to remain Christian if they wish. Lakum dīnukum wa-liya dīn, as the Qur’an says. But we shall sabotage Pentays and Catholics. I'm sorry but I will not stand for non-Orthodoxy in the Horn. We are not colonized Niger-Congos.

The Union of Islamic Republics of Somalia. The UIRS reloading real soon.

We will restart our liberation of the Horn and bring Islam into all corners again.

 

[Barkhadle1520]

The Union of Islamic Republics of Somalia. The UIRS reloading real soon.

We will restart our liberation of the Horn and bring Islam into all corners again.

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[Shimbiris]

Save Somalia
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Don’t worry, family. We will adopt a strict racialist system. Assimilates will be labeled as “New Blood” in their documents and original Somalis from Somaliweyn as “Old Blood”.

It shall be forbidden for New Bloods and Old Bloods to intermarry and we shall dominate all the high political positions. We will of course grant the NBs the prime ministership. Ceremonial role, don’t worry. But you understand the need to make conquered people feel included, I’m sure.

Eventually we will encourage settler colonialist practices among OBs. Grants and tax breaks for settling in NB lands in conjunction with secretly sterilizing NBs during routine health checkups. In time the entirety of New Somalia will be actually OB. Don’t worry.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go perform ablution and salat to wash off all the evil I just typed out.

 

[Guure⁸]

Save Somalia
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[The Oponian Guild]

Why does it look like some seaside resort hotel

 

[Barkhadle1520]

Why does it look like some seaside resort hotel

Still better than anything Somalis got, the landlocked country got a Navy HQ before Somalis

 

[Idilinaa]

Still better than anything Somalis got, the landlocked country got a Navy HQ before Somalis

This is the headquarters of the Coast Guard Department of the Somali Police Force built by a local construction company 5 years ago.

This is more practical instead of wasting millions of dollars and even billions(palace) on some grand building when the money is better suited to address other issues.

 

[Idilinaa]

Even other Africans see how unreasonable this is. Their electric company has spent many millions to build a large tower building that offers no real utility.

Their state-owned electric company is already bleeding money, posting annual financial losses so it’s not a wealthy company with excess surplus revenue that it can allocate to such projects:

EEP Unable To Shake Off Losses In 2024 Despite Improved Performance

The state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has reported losses of 10 billion birr for its operations in 2024 and although the figure is staggering, it is

www.thereporterethiopia.com

It was holding 5 billion in debt before transferring some of it to the government, and it’s still caught in a debt cycle:

Ethiopian Power Producer's Losses Narrow, but Debt Trap Deepens - Birr Metrics

Ethiopia's state power generator narrowed its losses in 2024, but mounting finance costs and currency pressures continue to strain the utility as it pushes

birrmetrics.com

This is why, in the coming years, electricity prices are likely to soar in Ethiopia. They don’t have a microgrid system or competing private companies to switch to, so it’s going to get worse for them because they’re mostly stuck with a single state-owned provider. To cover financing costs and debt repayments, they will have to increase tariffs.

Because much of this debt is in foreign currency, ongoing forex shortages and the devaluation of the Birr make it difficult to finance external loans further tightening fiscal constraints.

That’s why electricity prices are rising:

Addis Ababa Residents Frustrate Over Surging Electricity Costs

Residents in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, frustrated over exorbitant electricity bills. Ethiopian Electric Utility...Read more.

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[Barkhadle1520]

This is the headquarters of the Coast Guard Department of the Somali Police Force built by a local construction company 5 years ago.

This is more practical instead of wasting millions of dollars and even billions(palace) on some grand building when the money is better suited to address other issues.

Lmao do you even know the difference between a coast guard and a navy, this is literally like comparing the police to the army