Mourners carry the coffin of Amhara president Mekonnen and two other officials during their funeral in the town of Bahir Dar. Regional leader Ambachew Mekonnen and two of his advisors were shot dead on June 22. Several hours later, Ethiopia’s military chief of staff, General Seare Mekonnen, and a retired officer were shot dead by a bodyguard. Now it appears Ethopia’s new path of democratic reform may also be under threat. In the former, the one-year-old National Movement of Amhara has challenged the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front’s (EPRDF) Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) by presenting itself as the standard bearer of Amhara interests.

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2019 16:30 UTC