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Vol 63 No 9

Published 28th April 2022


Ethiopia

Insurgents take on the state on all fronts

Prime Minister Abiy’s plan for a unitary state and a modern economy is challenged by myriad local and regional rebellions

The mushrooming Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) insurgency is just one of many security challenges to the federal government in Addis Ababa that have spread since Abiy Ahmed took over as Prime Minister in 2018. Promising to make peace and modernise Ethiopia, Abiy won international plaudits, including a Nobel Prize.

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