Post by @ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social

2026-05-08 06:24 UTC

THREAD: Hello friends. So depending on your exposure to African news, you may or may not recognize the girl in the photo. But with the Iran Hormuz deadlock, and global powers looking elsewhere for trade corridors, it is timely to know about her. Especially if you are American. Her story may (should!) become very relevant in the near future. Her name is Ciham Ali Abdu and she is an American citizen. She hasn&#39;t been seen or heard from since 2012.

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@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social 2026-05-08 06:27

Ciham was born in April 1997 in Los Angeles, California, to Eritrean parents. She moved to Eritrea as a child when her father, Ali Abdu, became the Eritrea's Minister of Information in 2002. Under Eritrea's totalitarian regime, Ali Abdu was known for threatening critical voices and defending the regime's record. He was a feared man and anyone with remotely critical views risked jail by angering him.

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@citc@zotum.net 2026-05-08 06:52

@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social Too many posts to click. Unfortunately, the wrong colour for american media...

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@Lgo@hostux.social 2026-05-08 09:10

@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social Thanks for the interesting read, most of this information was new to me. Good luck!

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@donray@mastodon.online 2026-05-08 13:06

@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social The story reminds me of another American girl, Nawar (Nora) Al-Alwaki, killed in the US raid on Yakla in Yemen. She was 8 years old. This happened during tRump’s first week as President in 2017, and as far as I can tell no one in the Administration and very few in US society really cared. It’s very sad. This article is from Feb. 2017, when the tRump Admin was still lying about every aspect of the deadly and useless raid. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/01/yemen-strike-eight-year-old-american-girl-killed-al-awlaki

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@adamantichrist@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 13:16

@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social Sounds like somebody needs a regime change... oh wait you said they are cooperating with the west? In that case, all is forgiven. Great thread btw.

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