The spectacular upsurge of violence in eastern Ethiopia will be one of the main challenges of Abiy Ahmed’s tenure as PM.
Harry Verhoeven
Professor Harry Verhoeven teaches at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University. He is the founder and co-covenor of the Oxford Uni... versity China-Africa Network.
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