Spotlight | Ethiopia
Challenged in Tigray and Oromia, Abiy Ahmed calls ranks to order

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
With his position disputed in several regions openly defiant of the federal power, the Ethiopian prime minister is trying to quell the dissenting voices within the central government and diplomatic corps. [...]
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