Will Abyi Ahmed words start a Civil war in Dire dawa ?

[Ugas.Wacays]

During a parliamentary session, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed used Diridhaba as an example, claiming the city originally belonged to the Oromo before the TPLF brought Somalis into the power-sharing system.

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Following this statement, which was seen as a blatant attack on Somali history in Diridhaba, the Ugass of the Ciise and Gurgura clans held a meeting to refute Abiy Ahmed's claims. They asserted that the city was under Somali administration from 1930 to 1990.

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In response, a Somali youth named Sahal gave a viral speech in Amharic, recounting the history of the Issa and Gurgura awraja (Diridhaba).

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The next morning, the Dire Dawa police force attempted to apprehend him at his house in the Marmarsa district. However, local Somali youth gathered and defended Sahal, creating a standoff with the police. In the end, the police were unsuccessful and left without him.

https://x.com/tesfanews/status/1985794266950742434?t=8E1LWhX-3UZJBV06DFhSng&s=19

This whole situation went viral the other Ethiopian ethinc groups are talking about how brave Somalis are to call out Abyi Ahmed.

https://x.com/Fritasamuel1/status/1985716226488693051?t=ZYLEZlQh9IUvRhioroTJhg&s=19

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

Diridhaba Cabnet meeting 1948 ( Issa and Gurgura awraja )

Source : https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BS8S62NZx/

A newsletter from two years after Diridhaba was founded reported that the Ciise were at odds with the French over unpaid installments. Ciise warriors attacked the train station at that time, killing seven French soldiers. Where were the Oromo then?

 

[Jaffar]

Dire dawa have always been multi ethic people in there need to live together and stop politcizing everything the people there are kin , whether they are somali galla afar amhara gurage , what made diredawa so great it has every one and everybody

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

Dire dawa have always been multi ethic people in there need to live together and stop politcizing everything the people there are kin , whether they are somali galla afar amhara gurage , what made diredawa so great it has every one and everybody

Always multi Ethnic ? You don't know what you're talking about, Diridhaba was built by the French, ciises and Gurguras everybody else were brought by TPLF.
Go spread your qoti proganda somewhere else.
This book is from the 1990s

 

[Jaffar]

nonsense i am old enough to remember Diredawa during the times of mengistuhaile mariam and they had a significant amhara population , my uncles also remember during haile sellasie it had significant amhara population , gallas yes werent that much there but also were there present Diredawa for the past 75 years have been multi ethnic it might have started as a small outpost during the rail way construction , where somalis started the city .

 

[Zak12]

I think I'm inclined to agree with Dirdhaba being always multiethnic in some way. While its close to ethnic Somali territory, its not a particularly old town and was basically built by the Ethiopian Empire with assistance from the French.

Still however, Abiy's actions are a clear case of enflaming ethnic tensions.

 

[Jaffar]

New York was started by the Dutch called new amsterdam
Hargeisa wa a small well for the Eidagalle
Jigjiga was a small bartire tuulo
Xamar established by the reer xamar cadcad community
Addis ababa by the shewan amhara lords.

But once the city becomes multi tribal then it becomes thriving do you think jigjiga today is only for Bartire do you think mogadishu today is only for reer xamar cadcad , do you think hargeisa is only for Eidagalle. Do you think addis ababa is today onlyfor amhara.

kala tag meesha sheeko tuulada, Diredawa can become great if we welcome every one and build a vibrant city

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

nonsense i am old enough to remember Diredawa during the times of mengistuhaile mariam and they had a significant amhara population , my uncles also remember during haile sellasie it had significant amhara population , gallas yes werent that much there but also were there present Diredawa for the past 75 years have been multi ethnic it might have started as a small outpost during the rail way construction , where somalis started the city .

Are talking about the Amharas that were brought by the government to keep Somalis in line yeah that doesn't make it a multi Ethnic city.

The Derg also knew and recognized Diridhaba as a Somali city just like Selassie.
Mengistu even gave ciises our own Autonomous state like Oromo and Tigray had.
This proves the ownership of the city.

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

I think I'm inclined to agree with Dirdhaba being always multiethnic in some way. While its close to ethnic Somali territory, its not a particularly old town and was basically built by the Ethiopian Empire with assistance from the French.

Still however, Abiy's actions are a clear case of enflaming ethnic tensions.

Wrong the city was fully controlled by the French.

The railway to Dire Dawa was constructed following an agreement between the French,Emperor Menelik, and the Ciise. However, the city was actually built by the French, Ciise, and Gurgura peoples, with Menelik playing no role.
Ethiopians came to the area only after the town was founded. Ciises attempted to incorporate Dire Dawa into Djibouti by signing another treaty with the French in 1917.

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

New York was started by the Dutch called new amsterdam
Hargeisa wa a small well for the Eidagalle
Jigjiga was a small bartire tuulo
Xamar established by the reer xamar cadcad community
Addis ababa by the shewan amhara lords.

But once the city becomes multi tribal then it becomes thriving do you think jigjiga today is only for Bartire do you think mogadishu today is only for reer xamar cadcad , do you think hargeisa is only for Eidagalle. Do you think addis ababa is today onlyfor amhara.

kala tag meesha sheeko tuulada, Diredawa can become great if we welcome every one and build a vibrant city

First off don't ever put Hargiesa and new york in the same sentence. Secondly your trying to erase the history behind Diridhaba which is clearly Somali. If oromo want live in peace they must accept that the city used to belong to us.

 

[Jaffar]

you are missing the point i mentioned four somali towns and cities and u are picking out hargeisa do you have something against the hargeia residents the point of the matter wasnt hargeisa or diredawa or jigjiga the point was that every town or city was created by a community or people,. Diredawa isnt different Diredawa is multi ethnic was mutli ethnic will be multi ethnic . gallas are a member of diredawa and a member of ethiopia , and Ethiopia as a whole is a country

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

you are missing the point i mentioned four somali towns and cities and u are picking out hargeisa do you have something against the hargeia residents the point of the matter wasnt hargeisa or diredawa or jigjiga the point was that every town or city was created by a community or people,. Diredawa isnt different Diredawa is multi ethnic was mutli ethnic will be multi ethnic . gallas are a member of diredawa and a member of ethiopia , and Ethiopia as a whole is a country

Your comparison are shit and you've been wrong this whole time just take a brake man

 

[Jaffar]

you just have no arguments , cities and town and countries arent created by a small dusty qabil get with the program, imagine if amhara said addis is ours and ours only get the hell out of here with your unuka leh mindset.

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

you just have no arguments , cities and town and countries arent created by a small dusty qabil get with the program, imagine if amhara said addis is ours and ours only get the hell out of here with your unuka leh mindset.

Diridhaba was created by the French and Somalis you can cope with that.
Amhara always say Addis is theres

Historically diridhaba was a Somali town this is proven by Ethopian themselves.

Today multiple different ethnic groups live in the city but that doesn't change the past.

 

[Jaffar]

who said anything about the past we are living today Amhara founded Addis ababa but the surrounding of addis were always galla

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

who said anything about the past we are living today Amhara founded Addis ababa but the surrounding of addis were always galla

This whole thread is about what Abyi said about the history of the city.

Ok. Somalis founded Dire Dawa, and to this day, we own 96% of the territory in the rual areas of the Administration.

 

[SpaceyCadet]

@Jaffar he is right. Dir Dhaba was somali through and through until the habesha was brought over and the oromo began migrating over. The whole point is to push somalis out for the oromos and play revisionism classic of oromummia.

Abiy is purposefully trying to re-engage and stoke ethnic tensions in the area so people ignore his administration.

I do unfortunately think dir dhaba is lost, oromos expand and expand like a black hole and revise histories.

Hopefully it is the last somali point before people wake up to this infestation.

 

[Ugas.Wacays]

@Jaffar he is right. Dir Dhaba was somali through and through until the habesha was brought over and the oromo began migrating over. The whole point is to push somalis out for the oromos and play revisionism classic of oromummia.

Abiy is purposefully trying to re-engage and stoke ethnic tensions in the area so people ignore his administration.

I do unfortunately think dir dhaba is lost, oromos expand and expand like a black hole and revise histories.

Hopefully it is the last somali point before people wake up to this infestation.

This is false Somalis need to more research before making these claims.

District 01,07,09 is Somali
District 02,03,04 is under habesha ( Amhara & Gurage)
District 05,06,08 is Oromo

District 01 is the largest District in the city it belongs to Somalis
District 02 is shared but Somalis make up more than 50% of that District
03 is shared somali,habesha orormo
The Eastern, western and northern side of Dire dawa belongs to Somalis.
Oromos only occupy the southern side were the mountains stop them from expanding their territory.

The rual area of Diridhaba is were majority of the seats for Mps come from (36 kebeles)
96% of the rual landmass belongs to Somalis.

 

[novanova]

New York was started by the Dutch called new amsterdam
Hargeisa wa a small well for the Eidagalle
Jigjiga was a small bartire tuulo
Xamar established by the reer xamar cadcad community
Addis ababa by the shewan amhara lords.

lol

 

[Riftvalley]

First off don't ever put Hargiesa and new york in the same sentence. Secondly you’re trying to erase the history behind Diridhaba which is clearly Somali. If oromo want live in peace they must accept that the city used to belong to us.

used to.