🟥🔥 Hemedti Breaks Silence | Eritrea & TPLF Media Spin as Ethiopia Walks Diplomatic Tightrope🗓️
Red Nile Media | June 3, 2025 – Geopolitical DispatchAs the war in Sudan intensifies, so does the
information warfare in the Horn of Africa.
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🗣️ Hemedti’s Explosive Speech
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), commander of the
UAE-/US-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF), delivered a defiant speech with sweeping claims:
RSF is quitting Jeddah peace talks, accusing
Saudi Arabia of pro-SAF bias.
The
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), he claimed, have deployed
restricted chemical weapons supplied by
Egypt.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and
Turkey’s army are reportedly advising SAF.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt continue to provide diplomatic and material backing.
RSF is preparing a major operation in
Northern State, with warnings to civilians to shelter indoors.
RSF has intelligence on
Islamic movement operatives within Northern State.
Ethiopia’s Sudden Spotlight
As Hemedti aired these claims, attention has also turned to
Ethiopia’s growing diplomatic role.
On
June 2, Red Nile reported a
high-level Ethiopian delegation — led by
Intelligence Director Redwan Hussein and
PM Abiy’s African Affairs Advisor, Getachew Reda — met with Sudanese generals in
Port Sudan.
That visit carried more weight than official statements suggest. Red Nile speculated that
Getachew’s presence likely signals
covert negotiations over
TPLF fighters reportedly being paid by SAF to fight RSF — a potential handover of Ethiopia’s own ex-insurgents.
Now that speculation is gaining attention.
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Eritrean Propaganda Machine Reacts
As Hemedti's speech went viral, the
Eritrean regime’s propaganda outlets jumped in with a familiar tone of
chest-thumping disinformation:
Claimed Eritrea “
crushed RSF” through covert battlefield operations (no evidence).
Dismissed Ethiopia’s Port Sudan visit as “
embarrassing,” alleging al-Burhan canceled the meeting (false).
Spread rumors that Hemedti “
fled Sudan through Bangui to Ethiopia” (unverified).
▪️Let’s be clear:
The
Eritrean regime is notorious for its
mercenary foreign policy—training and arming
separatists, extremists, and warlords in
exchange for hard currency.
Now, its media openly brags about these shadowy roles—while hypocritically accusing Ethiopia of being "
UAE’s right hand" in Sudan.
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🛑 Red Nile Media’s Editorial Stance
Yes,
Ethiopia maintains close ties with the UAE—on investment, logistics, and security. But
Red Nile Media does not endorse or support Ethiopia being used as a proxy instrument for UAE’s regional ambitions—
directly or indirectly.
Ethiopia must protect its
national interest, not become entangled in
foreign-led wars of attrition.
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📰 Meanwhile, TPLF Media Joins the Narrative
Tigrai Media House (TMH)—another mouthpiece with a clear agenda—mirrored Eritrean propaganda:
Claimed Eritrea was key to RSF’s defeat.
Claimed Ethiopia’s visit was part of a
UAE–Burhan–Abiy triangle, where Ethiopia mediates in exchange for
UAE recognition of SAF.
More subtly, TMH
focused on the fate of Tigrayan fighters in Sudan, implying Burhan might
hand them over to Addis Ababa.
But what’s really at stake is this:
Will General al-Burhan, under pressure and seeking legitimacy, sacrifice the TPLF fighters he once supported… in exchange for regional backing?
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🔍 Red Nile’s June 2 Analysis Reaffirmed
As we noted earlier:
Getachew knows who these fighters are—he helped command them during the northern war.
His inclusion in this mission may indicate
covert talks to extradite or neutralize
rogue TPLF elements now fighting as
SAF mercenaries.
This is Ethiopia’s possible
diplomatic leverage over SAF and a rare chance to clean up unfinished security threats.
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🎯 Bottom Line
While Hemedti rails against his enemies and foreign backers maneuver behind the scenes,
a new information war has begun, with
Eritrean and TPLF media exploiting the fog of war to manipulate narratives.
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