That, and a severe drought, means some 2.4 million people are currently displaced in Ethiopia, the United Nations says. “Abiy’s reforms removed the lid on many accumulated grievances,” said Rashid Abdi, an independent Horn of Africa analyst. Asamnew fanned those flames when he was released last year after nearly a decade in prison for a previous coup attempt. “At this moment we can’t say whether there was a coup,” Christian Tadele, spokesman for the new party, told Reuters. Near Seare’s house in Addis Ababa, federal police crammed into a tiny hair salon to watch the ceremony live on television.

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2019 08:14 UTC