Ethiopia’s Prime Minister resigns amid political turmoil

[RadaMillz]

“ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn submitted his resignation in a televised announcement on Thursday amid political turmoil in Africa’s fastest-growing economy.

The announcement came just after the government released hundreds of political prisoners, including some of the most prominent opposition members in the country, sparking massive celebrations in the cities and towns around the country.

A staunch U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism and the second-most populous country in Africa, Ethiopia is a regional powerhouse with grand economic ambitions but it has seethed with social unrest for the past few years that has killed hundreds and thousands have been imprisoned including top opposition figures.”


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First it was South African President

And now Ethiopian PM

 

[thatrapsfan]

Oromos have finally woke up. If next PM isn’t Oromo country will fall over the cliff. They already got them to release all their political prisoners.

 

[FAH1223]

Oromos have finally woke up. If next PM isn’t Oromo country will fall over the cliff. They already got them to release all their political prisoners.

The largest group in the Horn but the most toothless people

 

[thatrapsfan]

The largest group in the Horn but the most toothless people

Not anymore they’ve got TPLF in a chokehold now.

 

[Serious]

@Elle Driver

 

[Serious]

“ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn submitted his resignation in a televised announcement on Thursday amid political turmoil in Africa’s fastest-growing economy.

The announcement came just after the government released hundreds of political prisoners, including some of the most prominent opposition members in the country, sparking massive celebrations in the cities and towns around the country.

A staunch U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism and the second-most populous country in Africa, Ethiopia is a regional powerhouse with grand economic ambitions but it has seethed with social unrest for the past few years that has killed hundreds and thousands have been imprisoned including top opposition figures.”


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa...3fc10a-1246-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html






First it was South African President

And now Ethiopian PM

no first was Zimbabwe

 

[Max B]

The largest group in the Horn but the most toothless people

They are toothless people. They already took over Harar and I swear dire dawa and jigjiga is next. Liyuu police need to get these people in check. I prefer tplf in power cause if oromos take over its a wrap for somali galbeed

 

[Max B]

I wonder if tplf will activate article 39

 

[thatrapsfan]

I wonder if tplf will activate article 39

Why would they do that? Their region is rural and landlocked, theres no way secession would be in their interest.

 

[Max B]

Why would they do that? Their region is rural and landlocked, theres no way secession would be in their interest.

So what's the point of this resignation. Even if the next pm is oromo he will be controlled by tplf just like desalegn. I thought these oromos wanted to take over the whole country and topple this current regime.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Former Communications Minister and TPLF member saying the next PM should be Oromo.

 

[thatrapsfan]

So what's the point of this resignation. Even if the next pm is oromo he will be controlled by tplf just like desalegn. I thought these oromos wanted to take over the whole country and topple this current regime.

Thats what TPLF hopes, but the release of the prisoners and early resignation of Desalegn shows they dont control things like they used to. The OPDO used to be puppets, but they are flexing their muscle a lot more because the TPLF seems weak. We will see if having an Oromo PM will keep the Oromos happy or the protests continue.

 

[JDH]

How will the Amharas react if the new prime minister is Oromo?

 

[88m3]

 

[thatrapsfan]

This was written last year. “Ethnic clashes” in Ethiopia: setting the record straight

Four scenarios
At least four scenarios merit consideration. The EPRDF is in the midst of preparations for its next Congress, set for March 2018. The first possibility is that it reaches an agreement on a way out of the crisis that is sufficiently substantive, credible, innovative and unifying to defuse at least the most radical opposition and to rally the various ethnic governing elites. Its primary focus will need to be a response to the eternal “national question”, or rather the “nationalities question”.

To this end, the only road to success is for the ANDM and OPDO to join forces, acquire allies among Tigrayans and Southerners in the upper levels of the EPRDF, perhaps also take advantage of their majority in the Parliament, and begin to establish a remodelled federal system consistent with the spirit and the letter of the constitution.

To do so, they could capitalize on two strengths. First, the unprecedented size and scale of the popular protest. Second, even the most activist of the younger generation have at least until now largely proved their non-violence and that they are not lured with a call to arms like the revolutionaries of the 70’s and 80’s, while they could have plenty of reasons and opportunities to do so.

If this were to fail, even leading lights of the EPRDF have been predicting for years where the country might be headed: towards a Yugoslavian scenario. That’s the second scenario.

However, a third scenario is possible, arising from a relative balance of forces: none of the elements in place – the civil opposition or the regime as a whole, the federal centre or the centrifugal ethnic forces, the “reformists” or the “hardliners” – would be strong or determined enough to get the upper hand. The power system would continue to stumble along, the country would more or less hold together, and thus the key problems would remain if not deepen.

Unless – fourth scenario – the military decided that it could and should take responsibility for countering the remodelling of the federal system, the risk of a Yugoslavian outcome, or the decay of the regime. Which raises another question: the military as a whole, or one of its factions?