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 “Abiy [can] never deliver."

September 27 , 2020.

Michael Woldemariam, associate professor of international relations at Boston University, told Bloombergthat Abiy would be unable to deliver on all of his "ambitions and promises.”


PUBLISHED ON Sep 27,2020 [ VOL 21 , NO 1065]


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