Abiy Ahmed

After running an election for Tigray's State Council in defiance of federal authority last month which the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) won by a landslide the party's latest gambit is to state that it no longer recognises Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government...

Although Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government says it is trying to unite a divided Ethiopia its opponents argue it is dismantling the multinational federation and replacing it with centralised authority...

Oromo nationalists had hoped that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration would address their demands after thousands of activists lost their lives in protests that paved the way for his premiership in early 2018...

While Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi runs a military regime to which no serious challenge is foreseeable Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is at the centre of a political maelstrom which could destroy the fragile federation...

Until Abiy Ahmed took the premiership of the nation the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was prominent in Ethiopia's government...

Arkebe Oqubay senior advisor to Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warns the effects of the coronavirus in Africa could be 'catastrophic'...

Many oppositionists believe the general election scheduled for 29 August has already veered from the fair democratic process promised by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when he took office especially in the largest federal state Oromia Abiy's home region (AC Vol 60 No 22 Prize fight)...

Soon after the Kenyan Security Minister Fred Matiang'i was dispatched to Mogadishu with a message for Farmajo followed by a brief stop in Addis Ababa where he met the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...

In Ethiopia Cowan argues that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed could push through the Homegrown Economic Reform strategy with IMF backing and further boost its fast-growing economy should his new Prosperity Party succeed at the polls in August (AC Vol 61 No 2 Regime reality check)...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's liberalisation moves such as the freeing of political prisoners and allowing exiles to return have been accompanied by a growth of ethno-nationalism...