Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Ali a Better Bet
Ethiopia new Prime Minister is a man of interest to me. There are many qualities that
make this Abiy Ahmed Ali a good bet for Ethiopia. He is an Oromo, he is a son
of a Muslim father and Christian mother, he is youthful, he has a history of
and experience of closely interacting with the Oromia crisis, he has served in
the military, he has served in the region, including as a peace keeper in
Rwanda in the wake of the genocide, he understands regional dynamics and the
regionalism of the Ethiopian conflict including its spillover having interacted
with the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict etc. And then part of his academic background
is peace and security. I do not want to harbour very high expectations but he
seems to embody many favourable qualities that can be exploited and deployed in
the processes and efforts to address Ethiopia’s perennial political crisis.
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Ali a Better Bet
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
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April 05, 2018
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