Ephrem Endale Contributer
Undoubtedly the best news we’ve heard for quite a long time; this news of the agreement. But then there are those who were caught napping. They never even saw in their ‘craziest’ dream such a scenario unfolding before the eyes of the entire world. Things aren’t going to be as cozy as they’ve been for them after all. I mean some of them aren’t even trying to hide their disappointment. Would you believe that! But why? How can a peace deal between the people of a country that is not theirs disappoint them? It’s at such times that more and more you are led to believe these people were in it for purely personal ends and all the theatrics was to camouflage their real goals, goals that are about destruction and not building. Let’s be frank this is one conflict the naysayers thought would never go to the negotiation table. Well, it did!
This is expected to be the beginning of the healing process for more than a hundred twenty million Ethiopians and the bone collectors don’t like it. The peace agreement lays to waste vindictive plans that were already hatched and were being hatched all of the place to see a divided and weak Ethiopia that will easily capitulate to the tiniest pressure from the powers that be. Well that’s not going to happen. When you are on the side of the truth there is one word you can say with full confidence; “No!” Pressures that have been tried for the past years and especially the past couple of months didn’t work. Intense as they were many thought that this would be the final act before the curtain comes down on the country for good. This is not about flexing muscle or some Rambo talk. It’s about the truth.
Sorry; the eggs are on their faces!
We’re in times where the most obvious victim is truth which is being dragged face down all over the place; being dragged in the guise of resolutions, statements, threats, sanctions, expert opinions, ‘special reports,’ etc. that’s why it has taken so much time for us to arrive at this historic juncture.
It’s perhaps the most illuminating sign that Africans can solve their own problems in a way that no one else can do. But then seeing some social media narratives to downgrade this fact might not be unexpected. Still, you can’t help it but raise eyebrows at the arrogance griping this world by its very throat. I’m not trying to spin some conspiracy theory here, we’ve already too much of that and no need for more. But why do I feel that even in the highest sections of some groups, they are sizzling with anger and sense of loss! Only a few weeks back we were told Africans can’t solve their problems.
“What! What did you just say?”
“They’ve signed a peace agreement.”
“What the hell do you mean they’ve signed a peace agreement?”
“That’s what we’ve been told. It’s all over the media.”
“And what were you goons doing all this time?”
“We didn’t think they’d go this far!”
“Oh! Is that so? Just give me a couple of days and you’ll be seeing who’d be going as far as possible. We weren’t throwing that much money into your accounts for nothing! I’ll make sure you paid it back, every last cent of it!”
Sorry; the eggs are on their faces!
“Africa wins!” That’s what Tibor Nagy tweeted. That, dear readers, is the fact that the world should confront and throw away all those racist prejudice of Africans not being able to solve their own problems. Hey, anyone of you guys worried the spirit of Pan Africanism is not showing strong enough here you are; Africans solving their own problems. What could be more Pan Africanist! While numerous bodies were trying to wiggle their way into the process the answer of Africans were clear; “No we don’t need you, but thank you for trying.” Not that attempts haven’t been made to play the ‘supreme something’ role and Africans didn’t need it.
Look we are reading tweets from those same sources which have been taking sides (though they’d deny it in your face!) telling us what to do, how to go about it and other ‘directives!’ Of course the short answer of us masses who are not given to diplomatic niceties is for those wishing to sabotage everything, “Keep your damn noses out of our internal affairs lest you come with roses in one hand and you know what in the other. We DON’T need your involvement while you have more emergency matters in your part of the world. If we need you, we’ll call.” For those with all the good intentions for the country and its people and also for the people of Africa we acknowledge your good wishes to see the agreement through. Your genuine comments and suggestions would be of help to ensure the smooth implementation of this historic deal.
There are also these narratives trying to cast doubt on the whole thing. One of the foremost (I’m using that word!) twitter activist (OMG!) even at his age, tweets he saw the heads of delegations signing only two pages, trying to suggest there was something fishy about the remaining ten! Everything was all over the social media live, twitter is teeming with images of the final document and this guy tweets such nonsense! Maybe his problem was that this was an all-African game! No he would have never used such stupid arrogant and purely evil tweets if his ‘chosen’ sides played the kingmaker role of the entire process!
“Ethiopians and Tigrayans signed a 2 page “Joint Statement”. Nothing else. The full 10 page agreement has not yet been signed. Confusion”
Here is the devil at play; and also he specifically used the term ‘Ethiopians and Tigrayans.’ Devilish! Just a couple of weeks back their same person was talking about a gorilla war. Well, the egg is on his face!
Some innocent souls who are maybe afraid of things will not work out might second guess. But for the loyal Ethiopia-bashing tweeter battalion it is not about second guessing; it is about frustrated wishes because they wanted to see the whole thing crumble.
The Alex de Waal warmonger in a toxic article on, what else, the BBC writes “It is possible that some Tigrayan commanders would rather continue guerrilla war than submit to what they regard as humiliating peace terms.”
He is calling for more blood as if more than enough hasn’t already been shed. He doesn’t even try to calm his rioting racist genes when he tries to belittle the peace deal because it was all carried out by Africans. “…the AU allowed only the UN, the US and the East African regional body IGAD as observers, but none of them signed the agreement.”
“Their calculation appears to be that the survival of the people of Tigray was at stake.”
“More than a million have been displaced since fighting resumed in August, unable to harvest their crops.”
“People are dying of treatable diseases as hospitals run out of basic drugs such as insulin and antibiotics. There was no sign of this ending.”
How can someone supposed to be running a certain Peace Foundation (The mother of all ironies!) be so malicious! To what lengths would his hatred towards Ethiopia take him?
By the way Ethiopians are not lost in illusions. No one says that now that a peace deal has been reached things would be as easy as child play. No one on their right minds believes that the process would be problem-free and everything would flow smoothly. Like on such all difficult undertakings, the possibility of major and minor hitches down the road are always there; we’re well aware of the world we’re currently in. But hopes are high that whatever problems that might occur would be dealt promptly and the road to total peace kept clear.
Just to wrap it up here’s one tweet I liked; “Ethiopia has decided to develop itself with energy independence (the GERD). If this is permitted to properly blossom, it could be a driving force and model for a new African renaissance, not just Ethiopia. This is why Ethiopia is targeted for destruction.”
For the naysayers and ill-wishers the de Waals, the Martin Plauts, the Rashid Abdis and co. … catch! The Eggs are on your faces! Your services are no more needed!
The Ethiopian Herald November 6/2022