The visit of Issayas Afeworqi to Amhara Regional State on the weekend had raised many eye brows. The Amhara and Tigray Regional States have been having some issues with internal administrative boundary. The internal admnistrative boundary between Tigray and Amhara has been a political means to control state power. The Tigray Regional State or Tigray Province is home to Aksumite Kingdom and has diffferent architcture but similar culture with the Amhara. The Amhara have been interacting with the neighbouring tribes, which might have led to loosing some of their Tigrayan cultural values. The Amhara migrated to North Ethiopia from Southern Regions too. Bale and Wollega were once a thriving Amhara communities.
Since a year or so, some Amhara politicians have been demanding that some areas in Tigray belonged to Amhara Regional State. The area Wolqait and Tselemeti has been part of Tigray Region since the Aksumite times. Towns like Adi Goshu, Adi Arkai, Azezo etc are typical Tigray villages and would be natural to put them under Tigray Regional Administration. According to some sources, all south of Shao has been part of Tigray or Agew people. But The Amhara Regional State leaders are claiming these villages not to belong to Tigray. One wonders why these villages have Tigrigna names and the population has Tigray culture.
Some young men in their twenties claimed to have been displaced from Tigray Region. Tigray does not discriminately diplace non-Tigrayans. If there has been displacement, there will be women, children or older people too. The claim that these young men are displaced from Wolqait by Tigrayan administors is false.
Reportedly about 800 Ethiopians of Tigray origin living in Amhara Region have been killed and their property damaged. Some who survived the killings were forced to leave The Amhara towns and villages for fear of their life. This has led to tensions between Amhara and Tigray Regional States. There have been massive illegal transfer of arms to Amhara Regional State from Sudan, probably with support of Eritrean government agents.
Eritrea has contributed significantly to the death of 800 Tigrayans and has helped the Amhara tribalists with intellegence as there are Eritreans living in Ethiopia. After a peace deal, Eritrea has been presenting itself as a champion of peace. This however is far from true. Eritrea contnues to fan trouble between the various ethnic groups in Ethiopia, specially between Amhara and Tigray people.
Tigrai Online has been posting some disgusting threads. These threads show clearly that some Eritrean and Egyptian agents are sowing discord between Amhara and Tigray people. Normally, Ethiopians from Tigray do not insult Amhara or do not see them as their enemies. It is the norm in Eritrea to see Amhara or Menelik as their enemy. There is much anti-Ethiopia hate culture in Eritrea due to the colonial legacy, which some Eritreans see as a blessing. Both Amhara and Tigray people makearguments to defend their positions, but do not throw insults at each other.
We would like to post some of the threads from " Tigrai Online":
ማንጅስ · 1 day ago
ምንሊክ ፀላኢ ህዝበይ ::
ሀይለ ሰይጣኑ ቁርዲድ ጠንቓሊ ፀላኢ ህዝብይ ብነፈርቲ እንግሊዝ ዝቀተለ ህዝበይ::
ናይ ደርጊ መራሕቲ ቀተልቲ ህዝበይ ካብ ጣልያን እንግሊዝ ዓረብ ዝብአሰ ሐውዜን ናይ ሐደ ማዓልቲ ደብዳብ እዩ እንጭላ ናብ ሚእቲ ግዘ ተደብዲበን እየን ኩሉ ገጠራት ትግራይን ከተማታትን ::
ሀይለ ሰይጣኑ ቁርዲድ ጠንቓሊ ፀላኢ ህዝብይ ብነፈርቲ እንግሊዝ ዝቀተለ ህዝበይ::
ናይ ደርጊ መራሕቲ ቀተልቲ ህዝበይ ካብ ጣልያን እንግሊዝ ዓረብ ዝብአሰ ሐውዜን ናይ ሐደ ማዓልቲ ደብዳብ እዩ እንጭላ ናብ ሚእቲ ግዘ ተደብዲበን እየን ኩሉ ገጠራት ትግራይን ከተማታትን ::
Fanus · 1 day ago
Indeed, my brother Manjis, the diablos evil Minelik and deki Minelik
Amara butcher beasts are our lifetime enemies and sooner than later we
should return their evil deeds in full and in the strongest punitive way
possible. Amare garbage beasts only understand the mighty Tigrean FORCE
and from their recent wild desperate barking it seems that they have
missed BETRI/DULA Tigraway {after all the ignorant stinky Amhara donkeys
only obeys to the BETRI/DULA}! But, as Tigreans our first action should
be to destroy/get rid their evil Amharic language from Tigray and
Ethiopia urgently and unconditionally, we should start with our young
generation to love, use and develop the Tigrigna language to the 21st
century advanced communication level, our children should be free and
proud to use their own Tigrigna language at all places.
ማንጅስ · 1 day ago
ኩሉ ዝበልካዯ ሐቂ እዩ አነውን ዝአምነሉ ፋኑሰይ አምሐራይ 1 ዝስራዕ ደመኛ ፀላኢና እዩ ስላም እውን ክነብሪና
ዝብል ጥር ትብል እምነት የብለይን ከምቲ ዓንተዎይ ዝገለፅክዎ ካልአይ መስዋእቲ ክንከፍል ክንግደድ ኢና ንዝይ
ኽኸውን ዝገበሩ ድማ ሕዝውን ከስተኻኽሉ እናኻአሉ ምንም ክማሀሩ ዘይ ካአሉ መራሕቲ ኢልካ ክትፅውዓም ፀገም ዝኮኑ
ሰባት እዩም እንበር ንሕና አብዚአ መፂና ንፅሕፍ እንተንራኸብ እንተንውደብ ዓብይ ለውጢ መምፃእና እንቶም መራሕትውን
ንሶም ዘይረአዯም መርአናዯም ኔርና ክንገብር እውን ንክእል ኢና አነ አብ ዘለኽዎ ክልተ ሰለስተ ዝፈልጦም ተጋሩ
ብዚ ሐሳብ የማክር እየ ሕዝውን ንድሕሪት አይብልን ብዝኮነ ፋኑስ
ጅግና የቅነየልና ::
ጅግና የቅነየልና ::
ማንጅስ · 22 hours ago
እጭር ና ግልፅ አህያ አማራ የሸርሙጦችና የሌቦች ወረቦሎች ስብስብ ነው ደንቆሮ ደደብ አህያ ::
Anabi · 22 hours ago
Amharaa making things right? kkkk, it means a fly will produce honey? An ox will produce milk?
Alula just &,hero. · 1 day ago
Isayas visiting Amhara of course that is what coward dictators do. not
surprising to see dictators in unconscious "unity" they are extremely
afraid to stand alone.
The fact that Isayas is A totally Tigryan orgin is a fact but that guy has a malignant blood sucking behaviour which is not treatable so he is restless to start conspiracies and conflicts against Tigray .
We do not need that guy to come to Mekele he has a lot of blood on his hand he mere presence makes anything he touches dirty with blood.
Look what happened when he conspire about Bademe war in his dark mind. Tens of thousands of youth died in vain because he started a war and made a huge miscalculation.
Amhara are blood thirsty and current administraitor in Bahridar is a real Derg so it expect they invite Isayas with no good intentions in their mind. Killers and dictators have only evil intentions.
The fact that Isayas is A totally Tigryan orgin is a fact but that guy has a malignant blood sucking behaviour which is not treatable so he is restless to start conspiracies and conflicts against Tigray .
We do not need that guy to come to Mekele he has a lot of blood on his hand he mere presence makes anything he touches dirty with blood.
Look what happened when he conspire about Bademe war in his dark mind. Tens of thousands of youth died in vain because he started a war and made a huge miscalculation.
Amhara are blood thirsty and current administraitor in Bahridar is a real Derg so it expect they invite Isayas with no good intentions in their mind. Killers and dictators have only evil intentions.
The aim of such posts is to fan hate and war among the brotherly people of Amhara and Tigray. Both Amhara and Tigray are founders of ancient Ethiopia. Some say Amhara are Tigrayans who migrated to Shoa ( Menz and Minjar) when Aksumite Kingdom fell.
Both Tigray and Amhara politicians should not fall to this trap of ethnic hatred. Persons like ማንጁስ and "Alula just & hero" are from Eritrea or Anabi could be an Egyptian agent. We could cite more participants on the online discussion. Tigrai Online is indirectly fanning ethnic hatred and should review all threads before posting them. Ethiopians should address any political issue without any hate speech.
If Eritrea is serious with the peace, Tigray should support Eritrean President in his efforts to create a stable and peaceful region. However, any peace deal Eritrea makes with Ethiopia, should not disadvantage Tigray. There cannot be peace on anti-Tigray or anti-Oromo platforms. We hope our new PM Abiy Ahmed is not being abused by Eritrea. What Eritreans should know is they should not be anti-Ethiopia if they want to work or live in Ethiopia.
