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Toronto – This week Mike Hammer, U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, was in Ethiopia and had a meeting with Taye Atske-Selassie, Ethiopia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
While the security situation in the Horn of Africa, Tigray and the implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostility Agreement were agenda items, the Ethiopian government seems to have picked an economic topic for discussion.
According to a disclosure from the Ministry, Taye “called for the restoration of Ethiopia’s status in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). ” AGOA is a U.S. legislation that was introduced in 2000 to allow African countries to have duty-free access to the US market for their export items that fall within the lists of products (over 1,800) that are allowed.
However, there was no positive response from the United States. Mike Hammer, on Friday during his presser from the U.S. Embassy, remarked why it will be difficult to restore AGOA. He made a reference to his country’s law related to human rights that will make the restoration possible. what he called the “unfortunate situation in the Amhara region” and the conflicts in Oromia , and the human rights abuse as factors.
The U.S. decision seems a confirmation that government forces have been engaged in extensive human rights abuse in the Amhara region. There have been multiple human rights organizations (in the country and abroad) report.
The United States activated AGOA related sanction regime against Abiy Ahmed’s government during the war between his government and TPLF forces.
The volume of Ethiopia’s export to the United States has been under $1 billion and the bulk of it was from coffee export. Garment export was started but it was affected by the restriction that the U.S. imposed. There were reports that manufacturers operating from Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks left the country due to a combination of factors and AGOA restrictions seems to be one of them.
Despite all that, the U.S. government and Abiy Ahmed’s administration seems to have a subtle cordial relation. Some speculate that Abiy Ahmed’s government would have collapsed a long time ago had it not been for the support from the U.S. government and its allies.
Currently the U.S. government is secretly working to mediate between Fano forces and Abiy Ahmed led government but the Fano forces have not confirmed about it.
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Well, Ethiopia needs more United States persons of African ancestry involved in their political leadership for national and international relations.
The US is enabled various human rights and human trafficking in its own homeland. Why are they judging Ethiopia for its status without accepting how criminal their justice system is and they’re involvement in other human rights violation war crimes. Racism is still terrorizing Blacks. And they’re not a holy nation. The US is connected to a lot of destabilization and destruction. Be careful within that ally partnership. The US should give Ethiopia duty-free access to the US market for their export items. Or go home. Let really African US citizens create these level of economics without the have of the United States government, which is a very racist propaganda organization. No disrespect to no one, but it is true that foreigners are causing the instability of Africa’s development at this time
Seems you are accusing the US. But before pointing to the others, first look at the mirror and do your homework.
Even an Ethiopian living in the US has his/her civil rights and is well protected by the law than in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has become a hell even to its own citizens, and the situation is getting worse every day, thanks to this government.
Just you need to ask simple questions:
– Why are many people detained endlessly? Are the people the criminals or rather the authorities?
– Does the government listen to the people it is supposed to protect and serve?
– do you have a guarantee for your private property?
The basis of democracy is the freedom of the individual.
Now be honest.
Here’s a typical masonic lodge comments textually used under pretense of some African black intellectual anticolonial dispensation ready to serve Chinese military Intelligence and their generals in the Soviet Russian defense occupying Africa dunce the late 60 ties of the past century. World Parliament of Peace President Vitali Druzhinin and his Nigerian American wife Kate Grace Druzhinin GOLIK ZAGURSKY THOMAS GARCIA believe that US special envoy for the Horn of Africa was justified in his approach to human rights abuses by the Ethiopian government. We don’t need another BRICS GROUP of Peace smacking of Wagner GRU KGB warfare missions.
@ PII Press Team
September 20, 2024 At 11:14 am
Seems you are accusing the US. But before pointing to the others, first look at the mirror and do your homework.
Even an Ethiopian living in the US has his/her civil rights and is well protected by the law than in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has become a hell even to its own citizens, and the situation is getting worse every day, thanks to this government.
Just you need to ask simple questions:
– Why are many people detained endlessly? Are the people the criminals or rather the authorities?
– Does the government listen to the people it is supposed to protect and serve?
– do you have a guarantee for your private property?
The basis of democracy is the freedom of the individual.
Now be honest.