News came out of Ethiopia on Saturday night this week that an attempted “coup” had taken place in the country’s second-largest province, in which the governor of the Amhara province and his senior adviser had been killed and others wounded. The failed coup then extended to the capital Addis Ababa with the assassination of the Ethiopian army commander by one of his bodyguards. In his statement, Ahmed accused “hired parties” of carrying out the failed coup attempt in the northern province, adding that such hired mercenaries had attempted several other failed coup attempts over the past 30 years. Still at large is the man believed to have been the mastermind of the coup, General Asaminew Tsige, former security chief of the Amhara province. The attempted coup in Amhara could still have an impact despite its failure, since the province was in turmoil even before Ahmed came to power.

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2019 18:45 UTC