The ruling party took a promising step towards greater stability when it elected Abiy Ahmed the head of its Oromia wing as its new Chairperson and Prime Minister on 27 March...
It was also telling that senior figures such as the prime ministerial candidate and new OPDO Chairman Abiy Ahmed stayed away from parliament...
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By promoting the Oromo cause he and his ally Abiy Ahmed who shares his security background have also capitalised to a certain extent on the open mayhem in Oromia over the past three years (AC Vol 57 No 6 Oromia erupts & Vol 58 No 22 Oromia on the edge)...
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