LinkedIn Email Share ShareWhat is Ethiopia’s political backdrop? Ten years later, however, Ethiopia annexed it; Eritrean liberation fighters would spend the next three decades fighting for an independent state. Eritrea gained independence in 1993, making Ethiopia a landlocked state and bringing to a head long-standing border disputes. In September 2018, Abiy hosted rival South Sudanese factions for the signing of a long-awaited peace agreement to end the country’s civil war. Despite rapid economic growth, Ethiopia is still one of the world’s poorest and most drought-wracked countries.

Source: Ethiopian News October 05, 2018 18:39 UTC