Bomb at Rally 'Proves Ethiopia Isn't Out of the Woods Yet'
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed emerged from within the ruling party amid disarray. His message was markedly different. He spoke the language of the people and tapped into society's aspirations and fears. While it was expected that he'd be a safe pair of hands for ordinary people as well as the ruling elites, nobody expected him to be as direct and decisive as he has turned out to be in his reform efforts, Ethiopian scholar Mohammed Girma tells The Conversation Africa.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
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The number of officials detained in connection with a bomb attack at a rally in Addis Ababa has reached about 30, the Addis Standard reports, quoting state telev Read more »
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The explosion struck a huge rally for reformist new prime minister Abiy Ahmed shortly after he spoke to the crowd that had turned out in numbers unseen in recent years in the East ... Read more »