The most significant glimpse into those discussions came from Jawar Mohammed the influential Oromo commentator and former architect of Abiy's rise who has since become one of his fiercest critics (AC Vol 63 No 9 An Oromo rebellion constrains Abiy)...
Oppositionist Jawar Mohammed argues visa restrictions are unlikely to change the TPLF's stance...
Among those warning of escalation is Jawar Mohammed the exiled activist-politician who helped orchestrate the protests that brought Abiy to power in 2018 (AC Vol 59 No 19 Rallies shatter fragile peace)...
Jawar Mohammed and other commentators issued similar warnings...
As opposition leader Jawar Mohammed notes ‘Abiy's fortress was Ethiopia...
This combative tone argued rivals such as Jawar Mohammed was attempting to mask heavy setbacks...
' Fraying coalition The erosion of the federal government's legitimacy has been compounded by the online activism of Oromo and Amhara figures such as Jawar Mohammed and Lidetu Ayalew...
They see prominent Oromos notably Jawar Mohammed trying to place Oromo nationalists at the centre of Ethiopian politics instead of pushing to secede...
Then the government cracked down hard on the OLF and the Oromo Federalist Congress the other main Oromo nationalist opposition party arresting the most influential Oromo opposition figure Jawar Mohammed (AC Vol 61 No 15 Oromia cracks open again)...
It was his key ethnic support base and he may have been trying to win it back on 7 January when the government released political prisoners including regional leaders Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba of the Oromo Federalist Congress (AC Vol 63 No 2 Prisoners' release sparks war cries)...
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Also freed were leading Oromo politicians Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba of the Oromo Federal Congress (OFC) and Eskinder Nega chair of an Amhara political party based in Addis Ababa Balderas for True Democracy (AC Vol 62 No 13 War casts shadow over Abiy's election plan)...
Abiy also detained many Oromo and other opposition leaders including Jawar Mohammed ahead of last year's election (AC Vol 62 No 13 War casts shadow over Abiy's election plan)...
