Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, walks during the first congress of the ruling Prosperity Party, in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2022. (Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images/File) When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor, Hailemariam Desalegn, had overseen strong economic growth during his nearly s

Abiy speaking during the opening summit of the AU meeting. [Photo: Ethiopia's foreign ministry] The Tigray Defense Forces [TDF] has faulted the speech delivered by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the 25th Ordinary session of the African Union, arguing that it was full of hypocrisy and fell short of expectations. Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2019, seemed to laud the African nations for their support throughout the Tigray conflict, adding that the crisis was "interna