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

But the export-focused manufacturing parks are overseen by the TPLF's Arkebe Oqubay and Debretsion controls the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...

Other members of the TPLF old guard such as Debretsion Gebremichael and Arkebe Oqubay Metiku still dominate the key economic sectors of power transport and industry...

It included some of its most senior members such as founding member Seyoum Mesfin as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebrechristos; the former President of Tigray Regional State and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Tsegaye Berhe; and the former Mayor of Addis Ababa Arkebe Oqubay Metiku now a Prime Ministerial Special Advisor...

Leading potential candidates include Seyoum Mesfin Abay Tsehaye Addisu Legesse Tewodros Adhanom and Arkebe Oqubay...

Arkebe Oqubay: TPLF; State Minister of Works and Urban Development; ex-Mayor Addis Ababa 2003-05; fought in liberation movement but came to TPLF later than most of current leadership; very popular in the party...