Killings and claims of an attempted putsch rock Ethiopia
The unrest shines a spotlight on opposition to Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister
ON JUNE 23rd 2018 Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s newly inaugurated prime minister, took to the podium wearing a bright green T-shirt. Smiling and waving, he offered hope of democratic change to tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the capital, Addis Ababa.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Coups and contradictions”
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