Ethiopia: “Deceptive Facelift” or “Full-Blown Change”?

Ethiopia: “Deceptive Facelift” or “Full-Blown Change”?

The election of Abiy Ahmed, the Muslim leader of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO), by the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) as the party’s chairman and presumably the country’s next Prime Minister could be more than just a “deceptive facelift” and might hint that full-blown change is on the horizon so long as…