Moving from being an authoritarian state to democracy is bringing to the fore the challenges of the federal system, where serious ethnic tensions threaten the security of a unified Ethiopia. His efforts to move from an authoritarian state to a liberal one were heavily undermined by this coup attempt. But at the heart of this development are fissures in the federal system and fights "over the balance of power between the regions and the centre in Addis Ababa." But these moves have not solved the ethnic tensions that are rife in Ethiopia. The ruling party before Ahmed came was dominated by Tigrayans, the ethnic group that led the 1991 revolution.

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2019 21:22 UTC