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ETHIOPIA

Behind the scenes of the army and security appointments

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has proceeded with the appointments [...] (180 words)
Issue dated 05/07/2019
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © Annegret Hilse/SVEN SIMON/picture alliance/SvenSimon/Newscom/MaxPPP
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ETHIOPIA Defence Politics 22/02/2021

Abiy purged his military high command to prepare for his war against the TPLF 

As soon as he arrived in power in 2018, the Ethiopian prime minister announced that he planned to reform the Ethiopian army high command, which he saw as a Tigrayan leadership stronghold. The reform, which was carried out quietly over two years, enabled Abiy to remove officers too closely linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front. [...]

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