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                                                                                And that happened in Darfur region
                                                                                and unfortunately reproduced in
                                                                                Chad and others. And then the issue
                                                                                of ICC [International Crisis Com-
                                                                                mittee]came again and accused the
                                                                                Sudanese government and others.
                                                                                All these things not for the sake
                                                                                of Sudanese people, the sake even
                                                                                of the refugees, or the civilians, all
                                                                                these things led to the change that
                                                                                happened in Sudan. Yes it was revo-
                                                                                lution but this was not the first rev-
                                                                                olution for Sudan and it will not be
                                                                                the last revolution for Sudan. Sudan
          to Sudan, or happening to African   intervention to directly break the   did not take the track of democratic
          countries , because the focus is not   unity of African countries.    transformation and represent the
          economic. And this brings me back                                     will of Sudanese people clearly and
          to my point , I think the best recipe   If you just google the international   get out of the Western influence
          is not just to think whom to blame   humanitarian ngo`s and African   and other influence in the region.
          and to put the blame on either the   conflicts you will find a lot of arti-
          military side or the civilian side , I   cles written on that. They use the   A lot of things happening now
          think we as Africans, when we miss   humanitarian issues to prolong the   and a lot of them dangerous and
          the way of economic integration    conflict. So their approach to what   what I see about the conspiracy
          with each other, this will open the   is happening in Tigray is not for the   against Ethiopia now, this is what I
          door of international influence or   sake of Tigray people, it is not for   have seen in all African countries.
          other sides influence on our poli-  the sake of the human beings. They   A media led campaign supported
          cies.”                             want to use the crisis to break the   by internal led humanitarian ngo`s
                                             unity of Ethiopia.                 and covered by United Nation`s
          On the supposed neutrality that the                                   agencies and Western governments
          UN Security Council has regarding   United Nations agencies and the   and especially the United States of
          the regional disputes caused by the   West is behind them [ngo`s] and the   America.
          second filling of GERD:            spearhead of all these campaigns is
                                             the United States of America itself.   Still if we just look at this negative
          “…but if you ask me about the real   It is always behind all those players.   side of the problem we can do
          situation, is that they [Western pow-  The same happened for Sudan in   something on the positive side of
          ers] are still behind the problem and   the Darfur crisis.It started with max-  the issue. So we need to give some
          they are still pushing the campaign,   imizing the humanitarian crisis . Yes,   time to us, as African countries
          and pushing things against the unity   there was a real humanitarian crisis   and African nations to think deeply
          of Ethiopia and the unity of Sudan”  but they maximized that humanitar-  about our problems and to establish
                                             ian crisis and they build a world, a   and to create African solutions to
          On the demands by the UN to open   republic of refugees here and there   African problems.
          another humanitarian corridor to get   dominated [under the authority]
          access to the people in Tigray:    directly by the United Nations and   Source: OBN Oromiyaa [ Oromia
                                             not by the country itself.         Broadcasting Network]
          ” What is happening in Ethiopia
          now is , regarding the humanitari-     If you just google the international humanitarian ngo’s
          an crisis in the conflict area in the
          north of Ethiopia and the claims of   and African conflicts you will find a lot of articles written
          the United Nations to open humani-       on that. They use the humanitarian issues to prolong
          tarian corridors and others, I can say   the conflict. So their approach to what is happening in
          that whenever and wherever there    Tigray is not for the sake of Tigray people, it is not for the
          is a humanitarian crisis there is a   sake of the human beings. They want to use the crisis to
          Western intervention that is a united
                                                                                break the unity of Ethiopia.


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