Abiy Ahmed and the Consolidation of Ethiopia’s Dictatorship
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Africa has, for decades, been a democracy success story albeit one too often ignored in the West. When Ronald Reagan took office, U.S. exports to Africa accounted for only four percent of total U.S. exports and the share of American investment in Africa was even less. Strip away Morocco from the mix, and the proportion of U.S. trade with the continent’s then-fifty-two countries was even less. Freedom was a rare commodity. Freedom House’s
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Ongoing fighting in Tigray may cause secondary displacement, UNHCR says Addis Getachew | 12.11.2020
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
The UN Refugee Agency said on Thursday that the spreading war in Tigray region of Ethiopia may cause secondary displacements of Eritrea s refugees sheltered at various camps. UNHCR, in partnership with the Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), UN agencies and NGO partners has been extending protection and humanitarian assistance to over 96,000 Eritrean refugees who are mostly sheltered in refugee camps, and in the host communities in Tigray, the agency said in a situational update.
It said: The refugees are not in immediate danger from the current fighting. However, in the swiftly changing current situation, if the fighting spreads closer and into areas most refugees are currently housed, this may cause secondary displacement.
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