Why is Ethiopia At War With Tigray Province? | History of Ethiopia c. AD 150 - 2019
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Tigray is a region in the very north of Ethiopia along the border with its former rival Eritrea. It's been in the news recently as since the 4th November 2020 the Ethiopian Army along with the Eritrean Army have been fighting a campaign against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) for control over the region. The TPLF were the de-facto power in the entire country until the election of Abiy Ahmed in 2018 greatly upset the balance of power in Ethiopia and drew the country to the brink of civil war.
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0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Early Ethiopian History
3:06 - European Contact
6:00 - Haile Selassie
10:09 - Communist Period
12:24 - Flawed Democracy
14:23 - Ground News Ad
15:56 - Prelude to War
19:44 - Ethiopian/Eritrean Offensive
21:30 - TPLF Counterattack
24:42 - Outro
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I am Ethiopian and I'm ashamed of this war history! We need peace! Peace for the world
Me too LOLLLL
I'm Eritrean and I remember all throughout middle school and high school my grandmother just crying everyday because of the war.
It's sad that there's still a state of war I really pray for peace and prosperity.
I am from Tigray and I agree. We need peace
I live in Ethiopia. Hope the situation gets better. We really do need peace
@@hug0stigz I am Tigray as well and this has been heartbreaking. Yes we need peace.
Ethiopia was never a British colonial possession, they back gave power to the emperor immediately.
@Redbo Black bruh lol
lol ikr I was like wat is he talking about
They actually had influence for 8 yrs after the end of the war. But that was all it was, influence. They did not call the shots while the emperor was in charge. The emperor was keeping his eye on them and after 8 yrs he decided that their presence could have been detrimental to Ethiopias sovereignty and parted ways with them.
Cope
@Random Username Its like saying much of Europe and Germany was under American Colonial possession after the war. Does that make sense? People even go as far to say Ethiopia was colonized by Italy for the 4 year occupation. Does that mean France and other European countries were colonized by Germany? Colonization in general is the Indoctrination of the native mind. That just never happen as all the Italians did in Ethiopia was open a breakfast shop and nothing more.
Pray for peace in Ethiopia, lovely from Croatia, I want visit Ethiopia one day 🇭🇷♥️🇪🇹
Croatians are equivalent to the Oromos in regards to the Yugoslavian war by the way
TANKS
Naczvo1 Thank u and u are very welcome to visit Ethiopia at anytime
@@merci1093 thank you for invitation 😊
I love dabor sucker. you are well come in Tigray.
Age of Empires III just released a historical scenario based on Tewodros II’s consolidation of power in 1855!
fr? that's awesome
As part of their African Royals expansion! Featuring the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1804 and the Battle of Alcacer Quibir of 1578, the Battle of Three Kings.
@@TheAndrewSchneider Wow, I'll definently check it out, Tewedros II's my favorite ethiopian king.
czcams.com/video/MF-pE_Ua1Cc/video.html
That game isnt like 15 years old?
Did you say British colonised Ethiopia after the Italians defeated during WWII? Oh No, Correct it man!
It wasn’t a colony per se, but it was a defacto protectorate.
@@greatexpectations6577 Agree in a way, but only the Ogaden and Eritrea regions were a defacto protectorate.
Thats true, lwts not shy away from reality, Ethiopia was under colonization for 5 yrs by Italians and continued by the british after Italians were defeated during the seconde world war.
It was occupation oerse.
@@goiteomgezaei9066 wa, ante banda min nekahisa, kila bel!
@@goiteomgezaei9066 occupation not colonization my guy
Thank You Prof.Hilbert. I am an Ethiopian teenager who is sick of the war and will do something about it. I am looking for ways to stop the wars and let Ethiopia develop in the modern world. I'm open for any ideas from ANYBODY.🖤
I just wanted to say thank you for making this video. It's been hard for the past 1 1/2 years knowing that this horrific conflict is going on (including the people dying of starvation every day) and seeing not a peep about it on the news in most Western media.
The war is basically about those who want a united Ethiopia vs rebel groups who want a divided Ethiopia.
One want unity system closer related to empire time and other want fedration which many suppprt some ethnic other river base fedrarion state. I chose river based in will make majority happy and end the dispute and conflict. But fortunately both PP and Tplf wont allow it.
Not exactly, many ethnic groups want more autonomy over the land but the PP and its allies want more centralised system.
@@sofoniasshishay9958 A centralized government is a good thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, "A nation divided will not stand." In history it showed that Ethiopia was once United compared to what it is now. Due to this, Ethiopia was able to accomplish many things like defeating a European power.
@@tomg7124 Ethiopia was not united country before 200 years. The semitic people ( Eritrea, Tigray and amhara) were together then king minilk expand to South and control ormia and other minority who lived there. So the modern state of Ethiopia has a history of 200 years. The people how lived in Ethiopia has there own deferent history. Tigray have axum Kingdom, amhara have goder, oromo have geda etc. So Ethiopia were not united.
@@A.D.540 it would be nice but we not ready for Federation States, we will sell each-other out for sugar and spice. When we have enough ppl that is like you polite and expressive then we can do that. Till then king/military/junta is on the menu brother
You’re wrong on so much; Ethiopia never was a British colonial property and Abiy Ahmed is Prime Minister not President
To be completely fair America was a French protectorate for 30 years.
he talking about Eritrean
It was,read a bit first
He talked about Eritrea if you paid attention, which you clearly didn’t
@@amanrusom9498 You never read yet tell people to read ? ignorant !
how many acronyms do you want
Ethiopia:" yes"
Ethiopia also: make sure to have the word "Liberation" in it
Great work! Loved every second, thanks for building up the topic with some decent history
I have officially fallen in love with this channel.
What have done to deserve such long and rich content? Thank you 😊
You presumably didnt do shit, thank the Patreons for sponsoring his ass, what they have done? Well they paid for this lmao
@@aw2584 Some people watch ads instead of giving money but Patreon supporters are important for sure
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this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
I was in Ethiopia in 2019. Beautiful country. Beautiful people. Really lovely and welcoming.
It's such a shame they had to endure such hardship for so many years. And sadly they still are.
I hope one day they will find peace and prosperity.
we wont
Ethiopia is just big dictatorship where only the Tigray and Amhara rule so called Ethiopia and others 78 tribes marginalised and massacres
@@abzlibaax7412 Abiy claim to be oromo, and Gurey is not Somali his harar there is no a trace of horse in somalia.
@@M1ndfulJourney
Abiy's father is oromo. His parent was separated and he grew up with his Amhara mother for majority of his life. He's genetically 50% oromo but culturally amhara.
Majority of historian back somalis claims that gurey was somali.
Yes there are horse's native in somalia. whether their truly natives or were brought via trade is about to debated. They wouldn't have survived the middle ages without horses.
Would you consider doing a video on the history of conflict in Chad? Especially regarding the recent killing of president Idris Deby?
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
what? Why dont we hear about this on the news?
@@demissiemehari3160 God is a fictional character, bro. He's not boosting anyone.
He wasn't assassinated thought, he was a badass. He died fighting on the front.
They turned their face to Ethiopia now. Ethiopia will never be defeated!!! God is with Ethiopia.
"and after many years of war, they finally, were still at war" what a development lol
@@dawitdejene9531 yes blame the west and not the people fighting the war, very epic
@@Bread-nx9fo this is really biased. U know the world powers control everything. Don't be stupid kiddo
Yes there is a war butwen all Ethiopia and one provens Strong Tigray and Abey pad never Ertrae to kell his own people and raped loting and so on that way we not any more Ethiopian we are Tigrayn
@@mulworkhogas8768 Tigray region governments are always causing problems if they aren’t the ones in charge! Why is it that all the other 9 regions joined the new party yet tplf refused and then attacked the government unprovoked
@@mulworkhogas8768 🤡
Praying for Ethiopia! Love from Ghana🇬🇭🇬🇭
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It's cool that they maintained their dignity for as long as they did.
I like your use of the word dignity
@@anonymous-gi4tq haha
No. they want to colonize the others, and keep the region Border disputes, Droughts & famine, Civil war, Oppression (prolonged cruel or unjust, treatment or exercise of authority), Human rights violations, Economic repression, civilian casualties, unstable infrastructure development, displacement of the population, Ethnic conflict & Military regimes.
@@abdinasirhassan7529 colonize who?
@@natnaelghirma2617 I assume he means the oromos , harari , somalis, etc granted all of these ethnic groups also invaded the highlands during the Adal wars , the oromo migration... so its a real clusterfuck ......
That's a very informative video about a corner of the world you tend to forget about. Also thanks for the first useful ad on CZcams I've seen in probably two years or more.
The timing of this video is so perfect for me it's almost prophetic. I have to write an essay on the Ethiopian-Tigray conflict ;-;
watch Crisis in Ethiopia,what the media isn't telling you
@@proudethiopian1984 I will keep that in mind, thanks
Write on your essay that the central gov will capture the capital of tigray in 2 weeks(before the new year)
IT IS A PROPHECY😉
Don't listen to any Ethiopians on your topic. Both sides are very biased, but the Ethiopian will definitely tell you with confidence that genocide is "Fake News used to destabilize Ethiopia", and will adamantly tell you the federal government is "saving the people of Tigray". Bullshit.
@@goodrose4734 so the people who are in the middle of the war and that are in the country have zero knowledge and cnn, Aljezera, BBC know best? 😶 we all saw what happened to syria, yemen, and now Afghanistan no one worries and cries for their own country than the ppl living in it , we Ethiopians don't need the wests support, or humanitarian assistance we know how you help by dividing a country so please don't talk about our own country like you know it better than us
Thank you for making a video on Ethiopian history, much neglected subject on the platform. Learned something new today 🙂
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
@@allpraisestothemosthigh4671 who is your "Most High"?
@@demissiemehari3160 Thank you Dr. 👌🙏🙏🙏
@@allpraisestothemosthigh4671 Get your history right before making sweeping conclusions. The word u r looking for is occupation, not colonialization. Italy had indeed occupied the major Ethiopian cities for 5 years but there were many areas that were under Ethiopian rule and the fight to overthrow them never stopped, the struggle finally succeeded n Italy was kicked out. As for emperor Tewodros he was betrayed by king yohannes 4th who allowed the British to walk in and guide them to strongholds, not that it matters to u much. And I dare u to call him a coward when he was an inspiration to the betrayer yohannes himself by showing him u do not give your country up to the last drop of your blood. As for emperor Menelik u have a point there but Eritrea was already a strong hold for Italy and that'd have led to more bloodshed. So maybe go at a credible history book at least once before u show urself to be a judgemental coward.
@@allpraisestothemosthigh4671 You said colonized go check your other comment lol 😆what a liar. Ethiopia was still able to get rid of Italian forces in the second Italo Ethiopian war with the help of British, so Ethiopia won at the end. Oh yeah you said Yohannes rebeled against Tewodros? 😆🤣😂😹😆🤣😂😹😆🤣. My man u are full of lies. Where do you get your history from? 😆🤣. Tewodros was not a coward, he was going to die anyways. He knew British would torture him, so instead he chose death by his own hands instead of the British.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. So well done!
I really admire you. Very well summarized.
I am from Serbia (former Yugoslavia), we've been through some shit, but this is too fucked up!!
Don't worry mate we will still be United
@@lionsofafrica3786 but will there be peace?
@@radovanprstojevic1060 Nope, as long as the Ethiopian State exists, it won't.
as a person living in ethiopia. its a lie these liberation grps are just on paper the corresponding people doesn't support them at all. the only rebel group that is making trouble is the tplf
@@fitplanet6476 Believing in Propaganda is what you Ethiopians do.
All media is controlled by the Central Government (including ETV). In reality, the Tigrayans (inclusive ones not suffering from war) are suffering since they are discriminated against for being ''Tigrayan'' without even supporting the TPLF.
I love hearing about the powerful empires in Africa in ancient times because people never talk about them and I find them very interesting
Yeah right? People always seem to think that Africa has always been a backwater shithole
@Jagd I mean,you are right in a way,what I meant is the thinking that they have achieved literally nothing,which is not true
@Jagd If we are talking about ancient times, Africa, or at least a part of it, was definitely not a backwater. Ethiopia was really powerful as said in the video. North Africa has been relevant since time immemorial. There were powerful kingdoms in West Africa too, it's just they fell behind on technology and were sort of stuck in the middle ages but with guns. It's only a modern thing that Africa has been weak. Even then, South Africa now has quite a strong military.
Those are some of the most important Sub-Saharan African historical societies:
- Ghana Empire
- Mali Empire
- Shongai Empire
- Axum Empire
- Zulu Kingdom
- Abyssinian Empire
- the Boer Republics
- The Central African Empire
@Jagd The Horn of Africa was a better place to live than essentially the entirety of Northern Europe not even 3000 years ago. While you guys were still rubbing sticks together, we were consolidating trade and relations with the most powerful states of the time. Just compare Axum/Punt/Kush with the contemporary states in Europe and you'll see what I'm saying ;)
Ethiopia was never a British colonial possession post WWII, what are you chatting Hilbert?!
I assume he refers to the British possessions in Somaliland that stretched into Ethiopia.
Ethiopia (from 1890-1974) was run by imperialist autocrats that solely abide for British and French interest.
Didn't get it by power talking about British they took it from Italy the region called Eritrea belongs to Ethiopian wollo it's belong to this ethnic group call Ethiopian amhara
@@yonatanhailu8772 wollo belongs to wollo people not a particular ethnic group. It’s like saying someone from minjar claiming wollo.. which makes no sense
@@amanuelafework3271 when I'm trying to say was Eritrean Misawa base belong to wallow
what a great video. Really answered all my questions. Thank you.
16:20 is incorrect because Hailemariam Desalegn was the Prime Minister after Meles Zenawi died. He was ruling Ethiopia and he is a Welayta (ethnicity) and a party member of the (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement) SEPDM NOT a TPLF member. The EPDRF is a coalition government it's not just TPLF contributing to the problems we are dealing with in Ethiopia today.
@Said Mohamed aren't they all ???
@Said Mohamed And I guess he was a puppet too when he supported Abiy? When will y'all start blaming y'all own regional governments?
Ase Ase´ Amen All of Alkelubun 🇬🇭
The vast majority of Ethiopia’s problems is directly because of the TPLF or indirectly because of their past policies
@@ima8533 u clearly don’t know shit ab Ethiopia’s history. If you think the problems are that simple then u clearly don’t know how to look at history lol
Depending who you ask (Ethiopians/Eritreans or the rest of the Ethiopian ethnic groups) the history of their perspective region is told a bit differently. The dates are also a bit different.
In my opinion, no Ethiopian will ever agree with the narrative that we had the British help to defeat the Italians.
The summery you provided in this documentary is not completely accurate but it is a good starter for conversation.
For example, the people (over half million mentioned) who were killed during the Red Terror were predominantly from the Tigray and Eritrea region. This Terror (and truly was a terror) forced the TPLF to become rebels. Millions more were forced to flee their homes and become refugees. Worth mentioning, the Eritreans (TPLF) fought for 30 years to gain their independence from Ethiopia. The TPLP fought for 17 years to free Ethiopia.
FYI, many people outside these 2 regions don’t even know, until today, what really took place in thees 2 regions. For this reason alone, the history in any documentary will need to be different.
For the sake and future of the country, I do hope we find a common ground to solve our deeply rooted issues especially with ethic division and inequality. No government will be able to solve this problem by simply creating a new party. Any solution will need to be based on honest communication and continued dialogue. The choices and the voices of the people in any region will need to have the same weight.
Looking forward for a peaceful new year, September 11.
Thank you for your interest, research, and this documentary.
We had British help in the second invasion
They refused to help for 4 years but came in last at the 5th year
Correction, TPLF is the Tigray people liberation front and fought 17 years.
The Eritreans freedom fighters were called EPLF Eritrean people liberation front and fought for 30 years until independence.
Lol Ethiopia really must be sh*t at fighting, lost to 2 ethinc rebel groups. I guess Marxist generals can't "war" effectively like the Monarchy
Thanks. I'm always wanting to know more about this fascinating region
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
Definitely an interesting, if unfortunate topic. I would like to hear more about this as it develops.
follow up
Wow, what a great summary!
Though, didn't the Second Italo-Ethiopian War occur in 1935-6
It was
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
@@demissiemehari3160 amen, exactly what I've been trying to say and it seems that every non-ethiopian take on the Tigray war right now are all in favor of Tigray and the tplf...
1936 to 1941
Thanks, Prof. Hilbert! It's a very dynamic region fraught with centuries old elements of family groups, religious & ethnic groups plus international powers joining the fray-- into something, the depths & convolutions of which they can neither fathom nor blumb!
We all greatly respect & appreciate the depth of research you undertake to elucidate the issues in this subject such that we, your lowly students can glean the nut & bolts of the discord.
People on opposite sides of a fence can join forces to "rebuild that fence".
I heard it said once that *Better Fences Most Assuredly Make For Better Neighbours"* . I, with all my heart believe it!
✌🏼🙏🏼😘,
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yousaid thanks because totalylie histry
Thank you for always producing quality topical content - I love your videos and they have been so brilliant recently!
Also, thank you for always making legitimate effort to pronounce non-English words
Thank you very much for sharing my hope is the end of this bloody war
Really appreciate this video, super helpful
Thanks for the groundnews link. You need to make a correction however: The OLA was not formed in 2021. That is an error. It is an outgrowth of the Oromo Liberation Front formed in 1974. You've also neglected to mention the way that Ethiopia's historic provinces were abolished and replaced with federal states based on ethnicity in 1994. The current conflict could never have existed had ethnic federalism not come into place. Please consider correcting your video to account for this omission.
Yeah, ethnic federalism was essentially divide-&-conquer ploy. TPLF has a manifesto which basically states Amhara folks are enemy #1 thus shall be eliminated.
What happens in Ethiopia is gonna be very very influential to the rest of Africa, and shape the future of Africa as a whole. Ethiopia sits at the heart of East Africa. East Africa is home to half the entire continents population. Out which 17% live in Ethiopia. Not to mention Ethiopia is the capitol of the federal union of all African states. Ethiopia is literally the most strategic country in all of Africa because whatever happens there will affect all African citizens directly or indirectly whether the African people are aware of it or not.
A landlocked country has no geographical strategy. And having large population, but vast different ethnic, languages and religion is further ingredients for turmoil as we see happening now, with each group seeking independence.
Wow i didn't know East was half the population
Civil wars and humanitarian issues are always bad for neighboring countries. There will be millions of refugees flocking to them not to mention lawlessness that Will cause countries to spend more money on border security, and so on. It's really a sad situation for the continent as a whole. It seems like Africa can never catch a break. When one region stabilizes, conflict starts in another. So much human suffering 😥
@@shastealyomeal yes we have large population in the east
@@younge252 I always though west with Nigeria and Ghana was the most
Thank you for this. Please keep more videos on Ethiopia coming
Tyvm this was very informative!
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
One thing you failed to mention is that at the beginning of the war the TPLF had a more than comparable military to the rest of Ethiopia, since most of the high-ranking officers and weaponry the country had were with the TPLF due to their previously dominant role.
What about over 40 divisions of Eritrea, UAE drones, all regional militias. You lot literally had 3 Airforces while TDF has none and you being chased lmao
@@user-jn9pp4ns3t Your delusions, your lies are what's costing the lives of so many Tegarus and the rest of the Ethiopian people.
@@nathanezra1 stay mad ENDF is destroyed. It's now useless 🤣 czcams.com/video/aawBAW_JGe4/video.html
A big kie
@@user-jn9pp4ns3t And your destroying your economy over petty tribalism. Maybe you deserve poverty and a failed state. When will this continent learn.
I hope there is peace in Ethiopia Tigray Province. The video was informative.
Soon after we destroyed the TPLF
@Zeno the Filipino you really don’t seem to have a good understanding of what’s going on in the country do you?
@@aleaiacetaest9132 how are you going to bring peace fo tigray if you dstroy the party they want and give them leaders they dont want. We african talk about peace yet we cant get the job done that is required. We african want to follow our own interest not interest of all of our citizen. Only god can fix not abiy not tplf.
@@A.D.540 we African? 😂
@@aleaiacetaest9132 focus on taking back lalibela lol
A very nice summary
Interesting work!
You forgot to mention TPLF fired rockets to Asmara and some Amhara cities? Why do you want to hide the truth?
Why did they fire rockets into Asmera? Tell the truth
@@haftomteferi669 could you tell us
He skips so it fits his bias towards the Tigray!
Huge amount of factual errors in this video. Take it with a grain of salt.
I had friends from Ethiopia when growing up and they were great guys, I hope they can have peace in 2022.
Thanks buddy keep it up 👍
Wow I never knew that the war expanded out of Tigray. What a mess
The Ethiopian defense force is practically destroyed as of last week. The TDF has smashed most ENDF divisions whilst taking all their hardware and capturing their troops.
@kal whatever bro. I’m in Kenya and we are hearing from the refugees flooding across the border.
@kal dude you’re living in a dream state. The TDF have every man, woman, boy, girl, strapped with a rifle and fighting. They are not the refugees.
@kal my friend. You’re only solution is to surrender. Abiy is in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, begging for someone to mediate this mess. His military is in shambles. The TDF have allied with half of the “former state of Ethiopia “. Get realistic. Seriously msn you’re in a dream world.
The mainstream media wouldn’t cover it. Smh
The took over Tigray capital on June 28th and instead of feeding their people they went to Amhara and Afar region committing the same war crimes they claim was committed on them. But the media and human rights orgs only push the West’s agenda as they did in Libya, Syria, Iraq etc
May God please send clarity peace and grace to these beautiful countries in the mighty name of Jesus .! ♥️♥️♥️
Amen🙏
Amen 🙏🏾
Only humans can create peace, not stories to controll people.
Very helpful it would be great to watch a video updating us on the conflict
thats a hell lot of info....great work
Thank you for this, which, as usual, needs, and will easily bear, a second viewing, and opens up many rabbit holes to explore.
Thank you also for introducing me to Ground News (actually from your last video). I always determine to be as unbiased as possible e.g. reading , both The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph, but Ground News helps that by also giving easier access to foreign media.
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
I dont want to push you to neither side of the conflict, but I can tell you that the media is only reporting one side of the story. A lot of people have been hurt in this conflict but the media has only been concerned with the tigray side.
“A region throughout Ethiopia’s history has had a disproportionately large amount of power for the surface area that it contains.”
This is why we need the electrical cabbage!
Like in cabbages grown by electricity?
I bet those would be quite shockingly good
@@freddekl1102 Eating electrical cabbages in an eccentric cottage with an epileptic collage is 😋.
@@liamthomas8029 praying for you. I put on my episcopal collar.
electrical cabbage 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Dude, I barely speak English but even I know how to write "electoral college"
@@starman1144 Ssshhhhhh!!!
We do not speak those words 😤
Hurray for Jabzy! Hip Hip
Please do part two with more information on the southern nations and nationalities, including the Oromo.
You summarized the situation well (except some little errors) but I found myself opposed to the last part of the (explanation?); For example: the Agaw Liberation Front is yes, a new liberation front but number of people who recognize themselves as Agaws is less than 500000 people in the whole country; so actually this organisation can only be integrated with the TPLF forces. While the OLA is an armed group that already existed in the 1970s.
OLA split from the OLF last year after the OLF was bought out by the PP.
@@ilijeganu273 I know, but this doesn't mean that it never existed before
Are you gonna make warplanes used in the Spanish civil war?
that would be interesting…
I'd be interested in more videos like this. I'd also be interested in a video on the Era of Princes in the 18th and 19th centuries if that's something you'd want to make.
Yes i hope he can make videos on king tewodros 2 how he tried to blackmail England but failed 😊😊 back in the 18th
@Johannes history is written well because we have our own developed writing systems
.ethiopia one of the oldest countries in the world that preserved it's history through writing systems
Oldest books and all found 😊 yeah ..
Awesome channel
I live in Ethiopia, this video is much less biased and much more well informed than most, there are only a few things that were wrong. Ethiopia was never a colony of Italy or England, Abiy is not president, he is prime minister. He did not attack Tigray, the TPLF attacked ENDF members on November 3rd and the government responded. The TPLF were angry ever since he brought their dictatorship to an end. After Abiy declared a ceasefire, the TPLF began to invade the Afar and Amhara regions and have massacred many people, so the ceasefire was called off. And the situation has changed since this video was released. The Ethiopian government has most of the country on its side, a couple days ago, the TPLF tried to come to Addis, but they did not even make it out of Tigray.
It's all a question of defining colony, Italia's armed forces did occupy Ethiopia in 1936 czcams.com/video/Yk-_YFJwDH4/video.html the British forces kicked them out in 1941 czcams.com/video/TvI7m_UbsI8/video.html .
it was a formal italian colony indeed, called jointly with Eritrea and Somalia as Eastern Italian Africa. Buth it’s true Ethiopia was just colonised a little and not fully.
African Militias give some heroic names to themselves and usually end up doing nothing that they are named after!
Lol so true
Very well said. The militia are mainly filled with some.old egoistic Mf that think slaying a generation is fair in the name of freedom(which only exists if they are incharge).
Exactly
I think it's time for an update please!
Thanks for taking time to make this video. I’d like to clarify a few things about some information, specifically about the Oromo and their role in the history, provided in this video:
The OLA was not founded in 2021. It was the armed wing of the OLF founded in the back in the 1970s. They officially separated from the OLF in 2018 so that the OLF can return from exile and participate in the democratic process Abiy had promised when he came to power. The OLA/OLF were one of the key armed groups that worked to topple the communist regime in the 80s and were involved in the negotiations in 1991 until they were essentially double crossed and attacked by the TPLF. The OLA/OLF have been waging a sustained resistance against the TPLF and later the Abiy regime since then. The Oromo group mentioned as being part of the EPRDF, the ODF, was actually referred to the OPDO until very recently. They were not a part of the original group that fought against the communist regime but rather Oromo Nationals recruited (many of whom had held some kind of regional/local power) by the TPLF to “represent” the Oromia region and its people but in reality were TPLF puppets who did the bidding of the TPLF often going against the interests of the people they’re supposed to represent.
Also the national protests that led you the downfall of TPLF rule and the appointment of Abiy as PM in 2018 was started in 2015 by Oromo farmers in response to the Addis Ababa Master Plan which sought to expand the capital city which would result in the displacement of thousands of Oromo farmers in the surrounding areas. These protests spread throughout Oromia and eventually reached other regions as the grievances of protesters broadened to encompass the overall oppressive tactics of the TPLF led government.
While I understand this is a video that focuses on the history that lead to the current war in Tigray, I think it’s important that we don’t spread misinformation about or minimize the role of the Oromo in the overall history. To that end, I’d also encourage you to look more into the brutality of Menelik II and his use of European supplied weapons to decimate the Oromo population in his efforts to expand his empire as well as Haile Selassie’s bombing of Tigray.
Thanks! And stay curious 🙂
you are an oromo extremist,you know if you are from central or western Ethiopia you are an assimilated desendant of gurage or amhara, oromos came and invaded, assimilated mainly the gurage and also the amhara people living their, oromos killed the gurage king of souhtern Ethiopia which creted a destubance in the whole region which made it easy for the oromo to go up to shewa, welega and hararge.
@@baetraki7268 got sources?
@@daviddwodo3748 no sources but can give you logical explanations on how what i said would be true.
@@daviddwodo3748 look up oromo migrations
we want you to do a video of The Oromo Expansion into the central area in 1520.
Eritrean defense forces entered Tigray for military cooperation with Ethiopian government.
And they left only when US pressured them to leave Tigray now one pushed them out review past articles about this issue to confirm.
Slightly wrong at the 11:55 mark - you implied that the EPLF, along with the other rebel groups like TPLF, had all formed to become the EPRDF. The EPRDF was an Ethiopian political coalition, so the EPLF was not included. However, just before that, you correctly asserted that the EPLF had taken over the previous Eritrean liberation group, the ELF. I speak as the son of a former EPLF fighter. Other than that, great vid!
And if I may add at 22:47, it's not quite true that all enemy forces have been removed from Tigray - there are still a notable amount of Eritrean and Amharan troops stationed in various cities across Western Tigray, according to this interactive map:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ethiopian_wars_and_insurgencies_detailed_map
Isaias Afwerki, the Eritrean president also sent further reinforcements (I have provided a link below) in response to Abiy's cry for help, which in itself was borne out of the escalating conflict within TDF's southern front, particularly near Weldiya as it is a strategic location. I am not sure though why the TDF advanced south, rather than completely control the Tigray region first, but I suspect they could have either faced some heavy resistance, or that the terrain along the Tekeze river was very difficult, even for them who are experts at guerilla warfare.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/25/us-eu-influx-eritrea-troops-ethiopia-tigray
@@miketv3845 I suspect the TDF want to draw the large Ethiopian troop concentration stationed in and around Humera to mountainous regions. It doesn't make sense to attack an enemy that has dug in over open plains head on. It looks like they also want to attack Western Tigray from the South through Gonder and Dansha as they have turned west after controlling Welidia.
@@shidadokongo617 they are getting ducked as we speak
Also EPLF came before tplf
@@barinegashyo204 Dreams where? Looool. Tell that to hayk.
November 2 It's been 2 Years Since the Ethiopian war began Pray for us our Dear brothers and sisters 🙏🏽 💔 😢 its rly hard
Thank you Mr. Hilbert for history lesson, I didn’t know -King Yohannes IV collaborated with Britain. It explains why the effort!
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
@@demissiemehari3160 tplf and the British working together dates back. Clear enough dr
@@demissiemehari3160 btw dr. I have a question, Are you /we still depending our Ethiopia on somebody else Fist? Didn’t you heard what PM said. “ everyone wants something “ it comes with a baggage.
Tigray were the most patriotic to Ethiopia before the Tigray genocide began in November 2020 and throughout our history. Tigray is the sole reason why Ethiopia has never been colonized. The battle of Adwa was lead by the gallant Tegaru general Ras alula and was fought by majority Tegaru. The Tegaru general Ras Alula and the sole armies of Tigray protected and defended Ethiopia many times during this time period :
There was one individual the Italians, English, Egyptians, & Dervishes feared the most. Ras Alula Engida . Also known as Ras Alula Abbä Neggä "Father of The Morning." . He was governor of Merab Melash (Eritrea). Founder of the city of Asmera, his capital . He defeated every enemy of Ethiopia, never lost a single battle. He defeated all invaders decisively and rose to fame through sheer military strength & skill . Egyptians occupied Massawa & slowly wanted to expand & occupy other parts of Ethiopia. He never let them
1875 Battle of Gundet; annihilated Egyptian invading force,1876 Battle of Gura; destroyed 20,000 invading forces of Egyptian & Europeans advisors with state of the art weapons,1883 English troops destroyed by dervishes. Ask for Ethiopia's help. Alula is sent to deal with the dervishes,1884 Battle of Kufit; destroyed dervish forces that were ravaging Ethiopia's western borders. While Alula is away, England hands Massawa to Italy. Italy slowly expands, Alula declared "the Italians can come & rule in Ethiopia, only if I can rule Italy from Rome. Otherwise, they had no business in Ethiopia & should evacuate every inch of Ethiopia (Massawa included) promptly",1887 Battle of Sahati, Alula comes back from Kufit & fights Italy, 1887 Battle of Dogali, Alula destroys Italian force near Massawa, 1888 Dervishes invade DebreTabor, Alula rushes to Gondar, 1889 Yohaness IV prepares to drive out Italy. But instead rushes to Debre Tabor to help his loyal general Ras Alula, 1889 Battle of Mettema, RasAlula & Yohaness IV destroy dervish forces. Yohaness dies of wounds, 1890 Alula returns to Tigray to discover Italy had occupied his Asmara & rest of Merab/Eritrea, 1896 Battle of Adwa, Alula commands a vanguard army. Kills several invading commanders. During the battle, the Italian general, Barateiri, abandons his troops & runs for his life, Alula is in hot pursuit after the fleeing general. Alula wanted to continue all the way to Massawa, but he had orders to remain put by Minilik.
Much of Ethiopia's proudest history from the kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia never being colonized and much in between is solely Tigrays and Tegaru history. Once Tigray leaves Ethiopia it can never claim this history as much of Ethiopias proudest moments and kingdoms were done by Tigray and Tigray's ancestors.
King Yohannes IV sacrificed his life to protect Ethiopia from invaders and many Tegaru sacrificed their life to protect Ethiopia from colonization in countless battles like Adwa. Tigray has sacrificed more than anyone in Ethiopia to protect it.
Menelik sold northern parts of Tigray to Italy in the treaties of Wuchale and Feres Mai in 1889 in order to weaken Tigray. To further weaken Tigray he annexed larger swathes of Tigray's fertile lands. Haileselassie brutally suppressed the first Woyane rebellion in 1943 by having the British bomb Tigray over 116 times over the span of 2 weeks beginning on a busy market day and this killed many Tegaru, innocent civilians. After the first Woyane rebellion he banned modern education in Tigray and further annexed more fertile land from Tigray. This allowed him to weaponize starvation (by blocking aid etc) and starve over 100,000 Tegaru to death. Later dictators like the Derg were able to weaponize starvation and starve more than a million Tegaru to death in the 80s. Now Abiy Ahmed is using Ethiopia's notorious action of weaponizing starvation and he has blocked aid, burnt crops, destroyed seeds, ruined soil, and farmland, destroyed food stores, cut off aid routes, and is holding western Tigray alongside our only border to Sudan. Tigray defeated the brutal communist Derg government in the 80s sacrificing over 50,000 of our small minority people in order to liberate the rest of Ethiopia but history has repeated itself and Ethiopia has once again responded to Tigrays sacrifices for it with evil instead of gratitude.
Tigray has done much more for Ethiopia than Ethiopia has ever done for Tigray. Tigray will leave Ethiopia with all our lands before this genocide started and everything damaged and every person hurt will be restored and healed using forced reparations that Ethiopia, Amhara, and Eritrea will have to pay until everything is back to the way it was before the genocide began. Tigray will prosper and become a new nation.
@@sammy2793 ‘le ras sikorsu ayasanisu ‘ good promotion. Btw you said it yourself Ras Alula was and is Eritrean not Tigray province
Not many people remember that Ethiopia was an empire made up of many different states and in some cases, Harar for example, city states. Harar even had its own language, rare for a city state
Harar semitic languages speakers ...
@@rediettadesse2828 so are the rest of the ethiopians
No you dummy. Harar was never apart of Ethiopia originally and those states before were generally of the same people
@@cplusplussizeddick1430 Micropenis? Must be difficult, you have my condolences
Harar was never part of the Ethiopian abyssinian kingdom, harar was part of the Somali ruled multi ethnic Ifat sultanate and the Adal sultanate both ruled by the walashma Royal family of Dir clan Somalis in zeila, who were allied with the Muslim cushite harla (Harla koombe Darod, and Harari Sheekhaal people descended from Abadir Umar Rida)
This was a great video. Just a tiny nitpick to add to some other things I've seen others mention - the OLA wasn't founded during this conflict. They've been a thing at least since the Ethiopian Civil War, and even arterwards continued fighting in an insurgency. Abiy Ahmad, himself an Oromo, tried to end that conflict peacefully, but he obviously failed.
No he didn't try to end it peacefully. He tried to get OLA to submit to him and put away their arms. Which they rightfully refused because they didn't trust him not to mention it's sus in general to ask someone to put away their only insurance policy.
@@cplusplussizeddick1430 yes
@@cplusplussizeddick1430 Oh. Thanks.
Thanks!
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
amazing history thanks for sharing tigray peoples ale very strong and wise i wish to be their and share something a little bit heroic
My high school teacher used to say " the confused student confuses the class", so many mistakes i don't even know where to start, smh this is terribly misinforming.
Bro, it was a good historical summary but you’ve messed it up when it comes to when the rebel groups where formed. ELF in Eritrea was formed in 1961. Then EPLF formed as a splinter group from ELF in 1971. Then TPLF came in 1975 four years after EPLF. EPLF( Eritrean and the only party still ruling Eritrea) and TPLF from Tigray became tactical allies against the DERG regime. They EPLF and TPLF also together joined arms and defeated and got rid off the ELF( the first Eritrean front ) in 1981. EPLF( now PFDJ, the brutal dictatorship of Eritrea) formed the Eritrean government in 1991 after its independence, and TPLF created another 3 sister/puppet parties in Ethiopia to form EPRDF governmnet of Ethiopia in 1991. Now the three puppet parties have grown some balls after 27 years and stood up to form the PP party of Abiy Ahmed and fight against TPLF. Relations bwn EPLF and TPLF have sourned in the late 90’s and are now bitter enemies.
Is it possible that you upload the references?
Can you a video on the Italian unification and the citys states of Italy and the Italian renaissance
Great history, mankind always have conflicts seems like there's no end.
This was an excellent summary of a rather complex history of the empire. Thank you!!
u deserve a follow .....Wow ...
I'm liking the content and length of you recent video. Keep up the great work.
7:28 did i hear the word "Ethiopia became a British colonial possession" that is the most inaccurate, absurd, reckless and inappropriate history i have ever heard about Ethiopia it is good you covered so much of the history in such a short period but you need to tell the real facts and make sure you don't mislead peoples because we don't read these days we hear from guys like you to know about History
In a sense 1/3 of Ethiopia was actually colonised by the British, this is because The somali region in Ethiopia was colonised by the British before 1955 was handed to Ethiopia as a thanks given to When Ethiopia helped The british the somalis anti-colonial from 1900 to 1920. So yes, Ethiopia was colonised.
@@cushabdullahi9666 But the entirety wasn't colonised. Going by your logic, Since France colonised the Louisiana Territory (which was 1/3 of the US). That means that they colonised the entire US and that the US is a former French Colony.
@@laboskie349 i haven't say they were colonised all of it, but people tends to forget that Ethiopia is still colonising people and land that was also colonised by the British. Btw, in a sense Its kind of collonised and people must stop showing the who map of Ethiopia when it comes to the countries in Africa that aren't colonised.
Thank You
@@cushabdullahi9666 "Colony" have a different definition dude, Open a dictionary.
they got hunger but AKS never run out of ammo
You great👍👍👍👍
He did it.
thank you from an Ethiopian
This is a horrible analysis with many many factual inaccuracies. Ethiopia was never colonized by the British. Also, Tigray held a rouge elections against the government.
Tell him bro this person don't know about the history and how many wars that happened and the reasons, who was leading the wars, I can't believe it that this deaf person never mentioned so many wars that accured what about (ahmed gurey) what about the mad mular) frist warloard in Africa that they used war planes, I can't keep going on he gave me headache deal it he is full of shit I'm glad I know enough
What a mess
And if the rebel factions take over, how long until they turn on each other...
Round and round we go.
@Paddywhack_ that is one of the main reasons, why most 🇪🇹ns are standing with the their First-ever-democratically-elected-PM Abiy ❤️
@Adam of Good I’m Somali and from the region but I don’t know if the SLF is part of it. Ethiopia is falling though.
Many factual inaccuracies
please revisit this topic in a couple months!!!!
Buddy you forgot when TPLF Rocket attacked cities Eritrean,,, thats when Eritrea gotten involved.
Incorrect, rockets were sent in response to Eritrea crossing the border weeks prior and using their bases as a launching pad for fighter jets and drones.
@SGhost prove it
@@fa2040 Question did TPLF wanted a regime change in Eritrea? yes
@@abesabereka7566 Of course they did, just as Isaias wanted regime change in Ethiopia when they were in charge, and he still wanted to remove them when they were just running Tigray.
@@fa2040 TPLF agenda from Menfisto 1968 states that TPLF want to take over Eritrea... Eritrea does not have any interest in Tigray or Ethiopia expect peace... So what do you expect Eritrea to do.. Eritrea has the right to defend it self.. TPLF or the people of Tigray has two choice choice peace or else....You do not bite the hand the feed you... As far as Eritrean are concerned peace would be the best option but the idea to take over over a independent nation...is doomed to fail... We all know Eritrean when it comes to their country.... My suggestion is for you to pick peace... no matter what happen with the Ethiopian nation ...whether TPLF is powere or not... Eritrea is not be massed with.. if history teaches any of you people a thing or two.
That is a very sanitised summary of Tewedros II.
true
He didn't even get into how the Tewehedro Church abused and marginalized Tewedros to belittle his progressive rule.
@@kingace6186 Well... after burning several hundred of the clergy alive at Gondar some antipathy could be expected.
@@scott2452 sounds like Henry the 8th vibes
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
where did u get ur story from? BBC?
You're the same guy that does the ancient Roman history series on another channel aren't you?
Power blinds people.
very true Napoleon Bonaparte
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
You skipped over the fact that the TPLF asked for cease fire when they got cornered then went on the offensive. Also, TPLF was put in power by the CIA due to Cold War politics & thus till this day has the support of the American government although they have previous been recognized as a terrorist organization.
lol and he some way left that out smh
@GBL I dunno man. I think freedom fighters are well in the capicity to be terrorists
I was just wondering about this
Damn!!! There are so many rebel groups!!! Thanks for the info.
It is not easy to do a video of such a complex topic. Good try. I would point a few things:
stationed
Sorry, now I am curious about one thing. Who told journalists on the 2nd of November that they were preparing to launch an attack into Tigray?
this should be you're point of view not a........the history of ethiopia is much more wider than you ever think...my name is dr demissie and i have a p.h.d in ethiopian history..there are some terms thats false in you're videoin terms of our history.....any way's thank u for.....and about the t.p.l.f terrorist you are completely wrong...in fact you look like a tplf payed foregner..our military force was on reform to get ready for foreign conflicts in the gerd dam...we was completely unconscious about tplf atacking our endf...i mean who would think that?? because most of the soldiers are even from tigray people...we wouldnt imagine they will savagely murder there own race...any ways the tplf attack was completely accidental for us...our military was defensless at that night..they were sleeping when the r.p.g and launchers were fired to there beedrooms..they were sleeping when the panzers ( tanks) smahed the walls and fired on them...so thats why 1.3milion people from all around ethiopia joined the military and currently trainig....thats why we are kicking their ass....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN....the tplf are highly supported by terrorist supporting europe countries and terrorist supoorting american senators...what ever what...we have the turkeys, russia and china with us.....and above all we have THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH US....Ethiopian miitary declare a bilateral cease fire in the tplf...currently the amhara militais are taking care of the junta terrorist group....Ethiopia is NOT in the brink of civil war..that is you're dream...we are in the brink of civil LOVE and civil peace...our enemies will fall as always..we have never been colonized we have never been defeated we will never lose...because we have GOD and truth with us...may the lord judge you who wish blood rivers for ethiopia...may GOD judge you people that support terrorists in Ethiopia....ETHIOPIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.
1 . You forgot the part that thousands if ethiooians from diffrent ethnic groups are joining the army and fighting right now , and all this provinces are sending their special forces to join the federal army so im 100% sure that these rebels will not retake power if you really studies the relation ship between OLF and TPLF they were like cat and mice tplf killed and imprisoned thousands of OLF in the past this friendship wont las its even falling g apart now
2. TPLF launched a rocket into Eritrea before they even set foot in Ethiopia
3. TPLF is using child soldiers which is a big mistake, it was reported by the New your times
4. After abiy took power he freed thousands of political prisoners and made medias free to speak the report you started with was false
5. There was no protest against Abiy thousands gathered in his support rally all over Ethiopia and the rest of Ethiopia still supports him
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🙋Why is it that all their names and acronyms for their political parties and military factions are in English?
Well the video is english so it’s probably translated?
@@jxavier3876 yes you are correct lol.