But it is ethnically fractured, with more than eighty distinct groups, many of them beset by old enmities and overlapping territorial claims. It is not enough to nod along with him; he wants to know what you think, if only to disagree. In November, 2020, just eleven months after he was awarded the Nobel, violence erupted in Tigray, a rebellious region in the north. From inside his motorcade, it was as if there were no war going on at all. Within days of coming to power, Abiy moved to overturn the status quo.

Source: Ethiopian News September 27, 2022 01:06 UTC