Mr. Rights Blog

Ethiopia Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, the youngest head of state in Africa became PM on April 2, after the resignation of former PM. Mr Rights bring you his accomplishments within 6 months period. 1. 2 April - becomes prime minister after unexpected resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn 2. 19 April - replaces the head of the police and internal security 3. May - frees thousands of political detainees, including opposition leader Andargachew Tsege 4. 5 June - lifts state of emergency two months early 5. 5 June - agrees to accept border ruling giving disputed territory to Eritrea 6. 9 July - alongside the Eritrean president declares the end of war between the two countries 7. 11 September - reopens land border with Eritrea 8. 10 October- Ordered soldiers who came to kill him to do press ups and also joined them in doing it 9. 16 October - appoints women to half of ministerial posts, appoint Aisha Mohammed as Ethiopia's first female defence minister and appoint firs...

‘’the peaceful action of a sincere peacemaker can melt the strongest heart of a brutal murderer’’ Abiy Ahmed One man has capacity to inspire peace against all anti-peace forces, no matter how long and bitter the war has been fought. This is what we have learned from Abiy Ahmed (41), the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia in his quest to end his country’s 20 years war with neighboring Eritrea. Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia in 1993 after many years of struggle and internal rift which started in 1974. Five years later, both countries fought over disputed territory along their border. In that unfortunate battle, which signifies the beginning of a long term conflict between the two countries, more than 80,000 people were reportedly killed. Several attempts by the international community to resolve the dispute didn’t yield any result, including a UN backed boundary commission in 2002, which resolved that Ethiopia should cede the town of Badme to Eritrea. Ethiopia refused to honor the ...

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Abiy Ahmed, Ethopia prime Minister Ethopia’s new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed (42), who took office in April as Africa’s youngest ruler is currently leading the world with love. He often preach, “Love wins” even when he was attacked with grenade by hostile enemies and narrowly escape death. In June 2018 for example, csmonitor reported that, ‘’after he gave a speech to a large and adoring crowd in the capital, Addis Ababa, someone threw a grenade toward him, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred. However, rather than respond with condemnation of attack as his usually done by most leaders across the world, Abiy simply responded with a love message that says, “Love always wins. Forgiveness will win. Killing others is a defeat.” But this is not the first act of love and forgiveness Abiy has done since coming to office. He has been demonstrating a rare kind of love, similar to the kind of love Kanye West preaches during his recent rant on Twitte...