Abiy Ahmed

The rounding up of around 70 individuals after a five-month investigation led by the Attorney General's Office demonstrates that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government intends to punish those responsible for some of the worst excesses of the past...

After disgruntled – and fully armed – troops marched into Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office in central Addis Ababa on 11 October initial reports unconvincingly suggested the head of government had simply discussed pay with the 250 or so men...

All told the violence and loss of life amounted to a spectacular own goal for both Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration and the returning political parties which were banned until Abiy reached out to them earlier this year (AC Vol 59 No 14 From the edge of war to the bridge of love)...

And he wants to step up the US role in Ethiopia whose reforming prime minister Abiy Ahmed was in Washington last month where he met Vice-President Mike Pence as well as teams from the State Department and the Pentagon...

Such views are most common among Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's opponents in the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) the most powerful member of the ruling coalition before Abiy's appointment indicating that the GERD has become a bone of contention in internal EPRF politics...

As soon as he was appointed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was as eager to embrace peace and normalisation with neighbouring states as to reform the regime at home...

The project was in the news just two days before his death after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said GERD might not be finished for a decade alarming those who had believed early estimates that it would produce its first power in 2015...

What to do about the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and how powerful the rebel faction is are among the most important 'known unknowns' as the political landscape takes shape following July's shock peace accord between Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki (AC Vol 59 No 14 From the edge of war to the bridge of love)...

The Ethiopian leader's previously inconceivable trip to Asmara on a mission of reconciliation on 8 July has reshaped regional geopolitics and crowned Abiy Ahmed's premiership with a hugely popular prize – peace with Eritrea and normalisation of relations...

The previous talks ended when President Salva Kiir and the Juba delegation insisted that Machar have no further role in the process – much to the chagrin of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who had organised their face-to-face meeting complete with the awkward but obligatory group hug...