How Corrupt Is Ethiopia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__X4dH5Sj8&list=PLS0CO0PT_kEKX_DstNIBydmSNtJeMfHhm Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml From political protests to a crippling drought,...
========== During President Barack Obama’s 2015 trip
to East Africa, he praised Ethiopia as a symbol of political stability and economic prosperity
in Africa. However in the time since, the country has
seen dramatic changes. Economic growth has slowed, a ongoing drought
has threatened food security, and clashes between citizens and government forces have
left hundreds dead. The United Nations, the US government, human
rights organizations and most recently, an Ethiopian athlete at the 2016 Summer Games
have all spoken out against the violence. So why is Ethiopia falling apart? Well, much of Ethiopia’s domestic dissent
is aimed at its ruling party - the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front,
or EPRDF. Soon after they took power in 1991, the EPRDF...