JOHANNESBURG – Ethiopia remains in a state of emergency after its prime minister resigned last week. Ethiopia has over 80 different ethnic groups, with the Oromo and Amhara the second and third largest groups, comprising over 30 percent and over 32 percent of the country’s population respectively. However, the EPRDF governing coalition has been dominated by the minority Tigrayan ethnic group, which represents just over six percent of the country’s population. This coalition comprised parties that represented three ethnic groups, including the Amhara, Oromo and a mix of southern ethnic groups. However the minority Tigrayan ethnic group was firmly in control, Lovise Aalen, a research director at CMI, the Chr.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2018 15:22 UTC