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Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
EthiopiaWatch🇪🇹: Ethiopia’s inflation continues to PUNISH Ethiopians.
Today, I measure Ethiopia's inflation at a PUNISHING 75.6%/yr. That's the 5TH HIGHEST in the world.
PM. Abiy Ahmed Ali = ARROGANT, INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT.
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Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
#EthiopiaWatch🇪🇹: PM Abiy won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, praised for his peace with Eritrea and END TO CENSORSHIP.
Today, Ethiopia ranks 138th/143 for freedom of opinion and expression in the @TheWJP 2026 Rule of Law Index.
WELCOME TO CENSORSHIP IN ABIY'S ETHIOPIA.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
ሸዋን መልሶ መፍጠር ለኢትዮጵያ መድኃኒት ነው። ይህም non-territorial federalism ነው። ትግራይ 9 አምሓራ 4 ደቡብ 45 ጋንቤላ ቤንሻንጉል ከ3 በላይ ብሄረሰቤች ከሆኑ ሸዋ ላይ አምሓራ ኦሮሞ ገራጌ ከንባታና ሀድያ አብሮ መኖር ይችላል ethiopianreporter.com/159359…
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Ethiopia’s prime minister wants to create a rich, powerful country that can act as the dominant power in the Horn of Africa. But the risk of a catastrophic regional war remains worryingly high econ.st/4wWhYXW
Illustration: Iris Legendre
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
When measured by the debt-to-GDP ratio (Public Debt/GDP), Ethiopia’s debt level is low.
Over the past eight years of reform, the Ethiopian government has achieved this remarkable result by completely halting commercial borrowing, repaying over $12 billion in foreign debt, and designing and implementing a multi-sectoral Homegrown Economic Reform (HGER I & II). Through these efforts, it has significantly increased domestic output and carried out extensive reforms to boost investment and productivity.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Breaking News: Ethiopian Security Forces Storm Teddy Afro’s Studio and Confiscate Materials.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – April 23, 2026 — Ethiopian security forces have stormed a recording studio linked to legendary singer Tewodros Kassahun, popularly known as Teddy Afro, and confiscated equipment and recordings, according to multiple reports.
The raid is part of an escalating crackdown on the artist and his team following the massive success of his new album Etorika, which has already surpassed 70 million views in just days. Several tracks on the album are openly critical of the government and call for national unity.
Eyewitnesses and sources close to the singer claim that armed personnel, reportedly including Oromo special forces in Federal Police uniforms, forced entry into the studio and seized materials.
This is a developing story...
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Vanished without a trace!
Six days after he was forcibly taken from the Addis Standard newsroom by a group of masked men, the whereabouts and conditions of journalist Million Beyene remain unknown.
Million belongs at home with his family.
#WhereIsMillion? #BringMillionHome #JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom #EndEnforcedDisappearances
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Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Good luck for the Ethiopian delegation with such an extremely important endeavour.👍
#BishoftuAirport is indeed another #GERD with undoubtedly high ROI, not a vanity project.
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Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
ADWA 130th Aniversary Celebrations Cape Town SA. 1 March 2026. VICTORY PARADE on SUNDAY 1 MARCH in VT CBD @YaredHM @AdanechAbiebie @addisstandard @AbiyAhmedAli @AchillesHIM @BMLenjiso @tamene_samuel @DIRCO_ZA @_AfricanUnion @TMFoundation_ @SABCNews
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Sorry to see Prez Trump involve US (again) in Ethiopia/Egypt Nile dispute. Best to let two nations work it out as no outsider will be truly objective - this applies to US as well, with a bias towards Egypt. Trying to force a solution will only result in long-term resentment.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The state has no source of money other than the money people earn themselves. If the state wishes to spend more, it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. And it is no good thinking that someone else will pay—that "someone else" is you.
There is no such thing as public money, there is only taxpayers' money.
Prosperity won't come by inventing more and more lavish public expenditure programs. You don't grow richer by ordering another chequebook from the bank.
No nation ever grew more prosperous by taxing its citizens beyond their capacity to pay.
We have a duty to make sure that every penny piece we raise in taxation is spent wisely and well.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
I asked Grok for you. Here is the short answer. Not what you thought/ tweeted.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
The question is where did China get the money to invest? By taxing private firms that sold to the world. It is the free markets funded state project. China has implemented free market & state investment. Our problem the state want to control production and distribution, not tax
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
A subject I've thought about for decades explored in Bloomberg: "Africa's Leaders Shouldn't be Medical Tourists." If Africa's "royalty"-the leaders, elites, etc. had to use their own nations' medical facilities, the quality would improve greatly!
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
WATCH: In Madagascar, protests over electricity and water shortages ERUPTED into violence.
AT LEAST 5 dead. The capital, Antananarivo is now under a 7 pm - 5 am curfew.
Stay tuned.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
Regarding who did what in terms of political leadership for GERD( ህዳሴ ግድብ), this is the perfect title & the fact👇 - let us not waste a lot of energy & money. We thank them & move on to a discussion of more pressing issues: how to adress the conflict across the country& the economy.
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
3. Devaluation Math – Yes, debt servicing costs rose—but exports jumped 15% in 2023 (birr flexibility). Strategic devaluation long-term boosts competitiveness.
4.Debt Restructuring Win – Ethiopia secured a 20-year IMF freeze and China’s 2024 grace period. Time is leverage.
3/4
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
So you accept "kushite" & "hamite" as designators? Are they genetic? If so what are the markers
Yared Haile-Meskel retweeted
በ500 ቢሊዮን ብር አዲስ ቤተ መንግስት የሚገነባ ፌዘኛ መንግስት ለሀኪሞች ተገቢውን ደሞዝ ለመክፈል በእርግጥ እጅ ሊያጥረው ይችላል።
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