The rebels' demands had proved too much for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's negotiators...
One complication in Abiy's calculations is the conflict in Amhara Ethiopia's second-most populous region which is even further away from resolution (AC Vol 64 No 17 The avalanche catches up with Abiy Ahmed)...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's announcement on New Year's Day that his country would be granted access to the Red Sea by the breakaway republic of Somaliland illustrates his penchant for high-stake gambles and his willingness to make enemies (AC Vol 64 No 23 Abiy spells out expansionist plans)...
Many across the political spectrum fear that Abiy's policies are encouraging ethnic tensions largely between Amhara and Oromo and threaten the viability of the central state (AC Vol 64 No 17 The avalanche catches up with Abiy Ahmed)...
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The failure of Abiy Ahmed's government to make a US$33 million coupon payment on its only international government bond in late December confirmed Ethiopia's status as the third African state to default in as many years...
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After meetings and photos with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on 27 December to 'brief' him on the war the following day Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he had received Hemeti and his delegation 'to discuss peace and stability in Sudan'...
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It also reflects the mood after the multiple meetings attended by Burhan in November with regional leaders some of whom he was at loggerheads with: Kenya's William Ruto (14 November); Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed (on 15 November); Djibouti's Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Eritrea's Issayas Aferwerki (26 November)...
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed whose popularity has plummeted at home and abroad due to the war in Tigray the chaos in Oromia and now conflict in Amhara appears to have a new plan to pull the country behind him – by securing direct access to the Red Sea...
As violence surged across Amhara some former allies of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed such as Gedu Andargachew a former Amhara president and federal foreign minister chastised Abiy and his government for having not 'learned from the mistakes of the past five years' by always resorting to military means (AC Vol 63 No 6 Rivals set out their minimum conditions)...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shocked allies and enemies alike when he announced on 13 October that access to the Red Sea was an 'existential' issue for his landlocked country and Ethiopians needed to discuss it urgently...
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That could explain the presence in Riyadh of Eritrea's Issayas Afewerki and South Sudan's Salva Kiir in addition to regional heavyweights including Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Kenyan President William Ruto Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Ethiopian premier Abiy Ahmed...
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- SIERRA LEONE
Mercury has also been hired as lobbyists for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government (AC Vol 64 No 17 Abiy looks west)...
Initially Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won plaudits for recasting the system inherited from his predecessor Meles Zenawi who dominated Ethiopian politics from 1991 until his death in 2012...
THE POLITICAL FALL OUT AFTER AMHARA IMPLODED Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's efforts to disarm Amhara special forces have largely failed forcing the regional government to try to govern from Addis Ababa...
In a sign of growing resistance on 21 May Eskinder Nega award-winning journalist and ex-leader of Balderas party in Addis Ababa launched the Amhara Popular Front to liberate the region and oust Abiy Ahmed...
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