By PETER MUNAITAAs far as names precede personalities, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s turned out to be quite inspired. A grenade exploded at a rally he was addressing in the capital Addis Ababa to mobilise mass support for his reforms. Foiled putschA week before the coup attempt in Amhara, news agencies reported that General Asamnew Tsige had, in a video on Facebook, advised the Amhara people to take up arms in readiness to fight other groups for influence in government and resources. The attack on the regional president, his attorney-general and an aide occurred at a meeting in Bahir Dar, the Amhara capital, where they were strategising on how to stop Asamnew from recruiting for an ethnic Amhara militia. On Thursday, speakers at Asamnew’s funeral in Amhara presented a martyr theme, warning against installation of regime apologists in Bahir Dar.

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2019 05:15 UTC