They have a revolutionary government that keeps a very tight grip on power and a ruling elite from a small ethnic group called Tigray. This small ethnic group constitutes just six per cent of the whole Ethiopian population estimated at about 85 million. The small ethnic group fought a guerrilla war and removed Col Haile Mariam Mengistu. Ethiopia is, therefore, a big lesson to our revolutionary leaders who led a guerrilla war and removed a government. We are hardly two months into 2018 and already three leaders have left power in South Africa, Ethiopia and Liberia, circumstances of their departure notwithstanding.

Source: Ethiopian News February 21, 2018 15:30 UTC