The "joke" is that he is african and therefore is a con-man/scammer. It barely qualifies as a joke but it's definitely racist.
Nothing oversensitive about it. It's in poor taste.
Any leader trying to enact changes at his pace can expect it and should be prepared for it. It's sad but that's reality.
It would just be nice if countries that continue to interact with the continent do it to rise the tides there, not their own.
That user said "western countries", and there certainly happens to be a western country which has a bit of history with using its intelligence services to assassinate foreign leaders and install friendly regimes.
Be that as it may, how in the world would this man be perceived as a threat to the US, or for that matter any western government? He's not a dictator, a terrorist sympathizer or a human rights aggressor..
You think the US only kills those people? They certainly killed enough socialists leaders, even democratically elected ones.
Seriously, we are stuck with the same old people, atiku of all people is running for the pdp, we are really screwed.
You honestly think US hadn't tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein before that? Just because you don't like the example doesn't make it any less correct.
The most famous example is surely Chile, 1973: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d'état (which lead to Pinochet getting to power, a bloody dictator, but certainly sweet on that US money), there is also another famous murder, done by a CIA operative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara#Capture_and_death, though, the target wasn't the leader of any country). Generally speaking, the US pulled a lot of shady shit in Latin America, supporting the Contras in Nicaragua for example, a group that committed numerous human rights violations.
Yeah the amount of people here trying to argue it isn't racist/offensive is ridiculous. These are the kind of people that just view us all as simply "Africans", and nothing distinguishes us.
Or all Asians being Chinese in this instance. Nigeria and Ethiopia aren't even on the same side of the continent.
And the result?
Yes.
He actually is. Ethiopia's system of governance is modelled after China's. It is not an actual democracy so the Prime Minister can wield almost unlimited power.
Considering the previous regimes were holdovers from Stalinist days?
Ethiopia is actually a U.S. ally. The U.S. has been propping up their brutal regime for years with lots of aid.
Considering how he was a high ranking intelligence officer and politician in the ruling party, he would have already known about the torture chamber.
