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Ethiopia (Vol 15, 2018)

in Africa Yearbook Online
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Jon Abbink
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Ethiopia went through one of its most momentous years in recent decades. The ruling party effectively split and named a surprise new prime minister in April, after intense meetings meant to address a national crisis of ongoing mass protests and civil disobedience, as well as economic problems. The political climate notably opened up due to the liberalisation policies of the new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed – a member of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organisation (opdo), one of the four constituent parties of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (eprdf) – and waves of hope engulfed the nation.

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