The fate of the country balances on a knife edge
By Peter Yeung15 Nov 2020 Aljazeera.com
As deadly fighting between federal government troops and regional Tigray forces intensifies, the fate of the country balances on a knife edge.
Coming to power on a wave of optimism in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was at the time cautiously seen as a remedy to decades of effective one-party rule with his promised programme of radical reform.
But now, as nearly two weeks of deadly fighting between the federal government and a defiant northern leadership that for decades dominated Ethiopia’s politics intensifies, the future of the country balances on a knife edge.KEEP READINGEthiopia: Tigray leader confirms bombing Eritrean capitalIn Pictures: Ethiopians flee war across a river into SudanEthiopian refu...