It also reflects the mood after the multiple meetings attended by Burhan in November with regional leaders some of whom he was at loggerheads with: Kenya's William Ruto (14 November); Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed (on 15 November); Djibouti's Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Eritrea's Issayas Aferwerki (26 November)...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed whose popularity has plummeted at home and abroad due to the war in Tigray the chaos in Oromia and now conflict in Amhara appears to have a new plan to pull the country behind him – by securing direct access to the Red Sea...

As violence surged across Amhara some former allies of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed such as Gedu Andargachew a former Amhara president and federal foreign minister chastised Abiy and his government for having not 'learned from the mistakes of the past five years' by always resorting to military means (AC Vol 63 No 6 Rivals set out their minimum conditions)...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shocked allies and enemies alike when he announced on 13 October that access to the Red Sea was an 'existential' issue for his landlocked country and Ethiopians needed to discuss it urgently...

Mercury has also been hired as lobbyists for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government (AC Vol 64 No 17 Abiy looks west)...

Initially Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won plaudits for recasting the system inherited from his predecessor Meles Zenawi who dominated Ethiopian politics from 1991 until his death in 2012...

THE POLITICAL FALL OUT AFTER AMHARA IMPLODED Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's efforts to disarm Amhara special forces have largely failed forcing the regional government to try to govern from Addis Ababa...

In a sign of growing resistance on 21 May Eskinder Nega award-winning journalist and ex-leader of Balderas party in Addis Ababa launched the Amhara Popular Front to liberate the region and oust Abiy Ahmed...

Pushing ahead with a pro-market reform programme as it tries to restructure its foreign debts and secure a loan from the IMF Abiy Ahmed's government is fighting on many fronts...

The harsh realities of most people's living conditions in the country contradict Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's resolute optimism that within two years the economy will be 'free from chaos and fully healthy...

In parliament last month Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed credit for reducing debt service costs to 38% of GDP this year from 59% in 2018...