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Amhara coup attempt: Is the honeymoon over for Ethiopia’s PM Abiy?

Ethiopia's Prime minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference at his office in Addis Ababa, on August 25, 2018. Barely two months in office, there were warning signs of a simmering rebellion. A grenade exploded at a rally he was addressing in the capital. PHOTO | MICHAEL TEWELDE | AFP

By  PETER MUNAITA

As far as names precede personalities, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s turned out to be quite inspired.

Born in 1976 in the vast Muslim region of Oromia, his father named him Abiy, short for Abiyot which means revolution in the local language.

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