In May 2019 Borkena published a commentary arguing that public frustration with Abiy Ahmed’s administration was growing despite the early reform glow.
The piece said rising insecurity, unresolved ethnic disputes, and unmet economic hopes were turning celebration into complaint in parts of the country.
Opposition-leaning diaspora sites often sharpened that critique, but the May 2019 timing still helps readers see when “fed up” language entered the open debate.
Kept as politics archive, the Borkena essay dates early popular and elite discontent with Abiy Ahmed’s government.
Sources: Borkena