Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr AbiyAhmed. Analysts say even though he has been cast as a reformer, they warn that his pursuit of change may not prove smooth sailing. AFP PHOTO | SUMY SADRUNI
Two decades ago, Ethiopia's leaders took a gamble: give the country's many ethnicities their own autonomous regions in the hope greater prosperity would forge national unity.
For a time it worked, but now simmering inter-communal disputes have erupted into bloodshed, with violence displacing 1.4 million people this year, the most globally, according to the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
