They became obsessed with their own narrative," said Tamrat Giorgis, the managing editor of the Addis Fortune, a privately-owned English-language newspaper. That, and a severe drought, means some 2.4 million people are currently displaced in Ethiopia, the United Nations says. Abiy has the right profile to reassure several disgruntled sections of Ethiopian society, analysts say. Near Seare's house in Addis Ababa, federal police crammed into a tiny hair salon to watch the ceremony live on television. "The EPRDF is the only tool that the prime minister has to govern - and it is not a reliable tool."

Source: Ethiopian News June 27, 2019 06:33 UTC