Netanyahu has exposed a geopolitical reality that should alarm every Ethiopian and Eritrean. His map places Ethiopia alongside Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces within the Israel–UAE sphere, confronting us with a disturbing question about the direction of our country. The Israel–UAE Hexagon, the Türkiye–Egypt–Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Sunni Diamond, Iran’s Axis of Resistance, and the wider American and NATO security architecture are competing for influence across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia has historically maintained relationships across rival powers while defending its sovereign interests. Under Abiy Ahmed, that independence now faces a profound test. The map reinforces suspicions that his government is advancing Emirati and Israeli regional ambitions, drawing Ethiopia into dangerous confrontations with its neighbors, particularly Eritrea. We Ethiopians must understand the consequences: our country could become the battlefield for foreign interests, our national security subordinated to outside calculations, and our people left to pay for decisions made without their consent. Netanyahu has shown the world where Ethiopia stands in this geopolitical contest. We must now demand to know who placed us there, what was promised, and how much of Ethiopia’s sovereignty has already been committed. @NeaminZeleke @TeshomeAbebe18 @mamamesay @YonasBiru57 @GTWTW_Now @MesfinMtegenu @dawit_giorgis @berhanenega @milkessam @AndargachewTse2 @MAAragaw @YaHabte @AnimutAb @EmishawEskedar @yeabatulij @Tseday @ytmn2 @AmbStesfamariam @SirakBahlbi @AlemuReeyot @Berhanu2006 @Amanbiede @am1951 @ShiferawAnteneh @ShebaPushStart @Tewodros_Tse @YeEthiopiaKurat @SemahagnAbebe @HOAAffairs @Be_LeYou @SenaitSenay @liyufkir @hawelti

Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia agreed to reject unilateral measures that harm existing uses of Nile waters and reaffirmed their commitment to international law and prior consultation over transboundary rivers, in a direct message to Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The four countries also stressed that the security and governance of the Red Sea are the responsibility of the states bordering it and rejected any challenge to Somalia’s unity and sovereignty. The positions were set out at the conclusion of a four-way consultative summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in New Alamein, attended by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The leaders reaffirmed respect for international law governing transboundary rivers, including the Nile, particularly the principles of avoiding harm, prior notification, consultation and consensus, and rejected any unilateral measures that could harm the existing water uses of Nile Basin states and downstream countries. They also declared their support for Sudan’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, rejected parallel entities and support for mercenaries, and backed the resumption of a Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led political process. On Somalia, the four countries reaffirmed their support for its unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity and rejected interventions or actions targeting them, including the recognition or support of “Somaliland,” which they said undermines Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial unity. The summit called for sufficient, sustainable and predictable funding for the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) to support the security transition and the orderly transfer of responsibilities to Somali forces. The four countries also reaffirmed freedom of navigation and stressed that the governance and management of the Red Sea are the exclusive responsibility of the states bordering it. They agreed to establish a mechanism to follow up on the summit’s outcomes and to hold the summit periodically or whenever necessary.

🚨 HANDS OFF ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 Egypt & Eritrea: 🛑Stop arming the TPLF. 🛑Stop fueling conflict. 🛑Stop backing armed groups. Ethiopia is building its future - not fighting proxy wars. Let Ethiopians live in peace. Let Ethiopia grow. Who stands with Ethiopia? Drop a 🇪🇹 and RT if you agree. #GERD #HandsOffEthiopia #PeaceForEthiopia #LetEthiopiaBuild

Excellent Read - #Eritrean Iconic Beauty Captured in a Smile; by Kidane Shimendi Eritrea remains an oasis of ethnic/religious cohesion and harmony within diversity - a rare commodity in the wider region often wracked by entrenched and endemic sectarian polarization and conflict. shabait.com/2026/09/16/eritr…

No free lunch!! Egypt must pay for the damage it inflicted on Ethiopians for over a century - and for the water that poured and is pouring downstream with no cooperation, no partnership, and no respect for the source. It is not 🇪🇹 that should be forced to accept Egypt's terms. It is 🇪🇬 that should be forced to accept Ethiopian terms. International rules do not give downstream states the power to dictate terms to upstream countries. No nation owns a river because it sits at the end of it. The law is equitable use and cooperation - not a veto from Cairo or colonial-era conspiracies dressed up as "historical rights." 🇪🇹, the source of the Blue Nile will not stay poor so Cairo can take life for free. Water is not a colonial entitlement. The Nile does not belong to Cairo. 🇪🇹 catches the rain, holds the Highlands, and feeds the river that keeps Egypt alive. For that Cairo has answered with multiple decades of sabotage: blocking finance, lobbying foreign capitals, bribing and buying influential politicians including in the American Senate, and working to keep Ethiopians landlocked, poor, dark, and divided. No partnership on planting trees, no shared fight against drought. No respect for the basin. Only pressure, proxies, and the demand that the upstream country stay weak so the downstream one can take the water for free. Ethiopia has paid in hunger for generations. 1983-85: drought + war left ~ 400,000-1 million dead and millions displaced. 2015-16 El Nino: more than 10 million needed emergency aid. 2020-2023 Horn of Africa drought: the worst in decades - over 24 million affected in 🇪🇹, millions of livestock dead, children wasted. The source country still starves while the river it feeds is treated as Egypt's property. These disasters were not fate. They were made worse - and in many cases would have been far less deadly - if Egypt had not spent decades sabotaging 🇪🇹 with hybrid pressure, blocked finance, and political warfare instead of helping the basin that feeds it. That era is ending. Transboundary rivers require cooperation, not coercion. Egypt must stop the hybrid campaign against 🇪🇹. Cooperate with the source of the Nile or pay for the damage and the water. #WithoutCooperationEgyptIsLost