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PM Abiy Tells Religious Leaders, Stakeholders to 'Act Now' to Prevent War in Tigray - Warns It Will Be 'Worthless After Conflict Begins'
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today issued a call to all religious leaders across Ethiopia to immediately intervene to prevent the escalation of conflict in Tigray, warning that any efforts to speak after ...
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Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s transition to democracy has hit a rough patch. It needs support from abroad - Los Angeles Times
The ascent of Dr. Abiy Ahmed to the post of prime minster in Ethiopia a year ago was a rare positive story in a year filled with grim news globally. Within months of taking office, his ...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
In this July 15, 2018 file photo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, second left, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, hold hands as they wave at the crowds in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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PM Abiy Responds to Parliamentary Queries On Key National and Economic Matters
Members of the parliament (MPs) are directing questions to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today at the session of the House of People's Representatives, on a spectrum of pressing national issues and ...
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Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed. So was war
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed left Ethiopians breathless in 2018 by making peace with enemy Eritrea. Now he's girding the country for possible civil war. Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed ...
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The Nobel Peace Prize That Paved the Way for War
This is the story behind how Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, won a Nobel Prize for making peace with his country’s longtime enemy — and then used the alliance to plan a war.
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PM Abiy Repeats Pursuit of Sea Access Peacefully, Dismisses War Specters With Eritrea
In a briefing delivered today to parliamentarians, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed repeated Ethiopia's pursuit of access to the sea "peacefully" while underscoring the country's sovereign right to the ...
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A crisis in Ethiopia has been looming for months. Now, it’s here.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma, Ethiopia, in June. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters) For months, there have been warnings of the disaster that might befall Ethiopia if Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed could not ...
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From Nobel Hero to Driver of War, Ethiopia’s Leader Faces Voters
Mr. Abiy’s Prosperity Party, formed in 2019 from the rump of a former governing coalition, is widely expected to win the election easily. But there will be no voting in 102 of Ethiopia’s 547 ...
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Abiy Ahmed Betrayed Oromia Before He Went to War in Tigray - Foreign Policy
Abiy Ahmed participates in the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. (From left) Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, ...
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Nation's Diversity Testament to Unity - PM Abiy
Urges broad participation in Nat'l Dialogue processADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) stated that Ethiopia's centuries-old tradition of harmonious coexistence among diverse ethnic and ...