Which way for Ethiopia? Abiy cracks down on regional revolts ahead of elections

May 3, 2021 by News Desk

FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Which way for Ethiopia? Abiy cracks down on regional revolts ahead of elections” – below is their description.

Can the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia keep it together? Change has become increasingly bloody it seems since the 2012 death of longtime leader Meles Zenawi, Meles a Tigrean whose home region is now in open revolt against the central government. There, conventional fighting is morphing into guerrilla warfare with reprisals against civilians fueling a vicious circle. Elsewhere, regional and ethnic tensions are also on the rise.
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