Ethiopia’s populist leader Abiy Ahmed has been missing from TV for over two weeks and somehow missed the the closing ceremony of his own 40-day long National Dialogue forum, despite his favorite crisis managers, Uhuru Kenyatta and Olusegun Obasanjo showing up. Rumors say he’s in Abu Dhabi for a medical checkup, involving his head, allegedly. Apparently, even the head of state needs to have his head checked. ያው ፀሎቱን አታሳንሱ ... (Phot: AI-generated 🙃)

Prime Minister Corporal Abiy Ahmed Ali, PhD, declared on television that Barentu, a town deep in Eritrea’s western lowlands, belongs to the Oromo. He skipped Amhara, Tigray and Afar and landed straight in Eritrea. This was meant to be a threat. “I can convince sixty million Oromos of anything, and I can march them to war.” He insults the Oromo far more than he threatens anyone else. Most of them already know how little he thinks of them. The rest of the world knows how little he thinks at all. Ethiopia is reduced to being governed by a man who performs these imbecilic tricks and imagines no one notices. Clowns at least know their station. This grotesque impostor has no self-awareness.