“Ethiopia’s political challenges probably cannot actually be solved through even truly free elections — and especially not polls held next…
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Tag: Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed’s Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control
Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonationalist militants. His amnesty may now be…
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Abiy must weave together multiple plot lines
Source: Ethiopia Insight Published in partnership with The Africa Report Beneath the latest neat international narrative of a democratizing Ethiopia…
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Ethiopia: Oromos must seize historic opportunity and avoid civil war
Now that oppression has finally ended, all Oromo political leaders need to set aside their grudges and work together to…
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The OLF is dead, but its Oromo struggle lives
Source: Ethiopia Insight January 19, 2019 by Abdurazak Kedir Abdu Daud Ibsa’s militia is not the Oromo Liberation Front. While the…
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Dr Abiy Ahmed: a biography
Source: AllaboutEthio Abiy Ahmed Biography: The Full Account of His Amazing Life Story Posted on July 18, 2018 at 05:03…
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Abune Makarios – President Isaias must consult the Eritrean people
Abune Makarios, Bishop general in the Orthodox Coptic Church, welcomed reconcilliation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. “We thank God for Dr…
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Ethiopia’s stark choices: negotiated compromise or total breakdown
Mob killings split Ethiopians as political fault lines test Abiy’s big tent Source: Ethiopia insight September 26, 2018 Fatal attacks…
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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister in his own words
Abiy Ahmed. Full translation of first press conference. September 7, 2018 by Negash Haile. Source: Ethiopia Insight (Editor’s note: This transcript…
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Will ethnic violence derail Ethiopia’s reforms?
Displaced people wait for water in West Guji, Ethiopia, in early August. More than a million Ethiopians have been driven…
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