Many Tigrayans remember that TPLF won the war against Derg not because of military might but as a result of…
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Tag: Rene Lefort
Mind over matter: Abiy Ahmed’s aim to “Pentecostalize Ethiopian politics”
Source: Ethiopia Insight December 24, 2020 by René Lefort The premier believes the power of positive thinking can help him save…
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Comment: “I expect this will not lead to a full-fledged war” - Rene Lefort
These comments from the long-time Horn Analyst, Rene Lefort. Always worth listening to. “Too optimist or naïve, I expect that…
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Is Abiy Ahmed driving the Ethiopian state into the ditch?
“Popular concerns are increasing about the government’s apparent powerlessness to curtail the growing climate of violence, as is the disillusionment…
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Ethiopia: Climbing Mount Uncertainty
“Abiy Ahmed has already gone down in history by breaking – in just a few weeks –almost every rule in…
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Pacified politics or risk of disintegration? A race against time in Ethiopia
René Lefort21 August 2018 Source: Open Democracy The dramatic changes of the last months have moved Ethiopia away from…
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