{"id":273981,"date":"2019-04-24T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiJmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZvYW5ld3MuY29tL2EvNDg4OTkxMi5odG1s0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:22:50","slug":"voa-straight-talk-africa-asked-what-abiy-ahmeds-first-year-really-meant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273981","title":{"rendered":"VOA Straight Talk Africa asked what Abiy Ahmed\u2019s first year really meant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2019, VOA\u2019s Straight Talk Africa with Shaka Ssali examined the first year of Prime Minister <strong>Abiy Ahmed<\/strong>, weighing early openings against the challenges already visible in Ethiopia\u2019s federation.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-244316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-unveild-a-new-cabinet.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VOA Straight Talk Africa asked what Abiy Ahmed\u2019s first year really meant\" \/>\n<p>The broadcast frame was familiar abroad: Nobel-track diplomacy, prisoner releases, and a new tone, set against ethnic violence, contested regional bargains, and security forces whose loyalties were unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Listening later, after wars in Tigray and Amhara and the centralization of Abiy Ahmed\u2019s Prosperity Party project, the future of Ethiopia question sounds less speculative. The cracks were already on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as media archive, the VOA episode marks how international conversation still hoped the remodel would hold. Hope is not a governance plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/4889912.html\">VOA Straight Talk Africa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Ethiopia Under Abiy Ahmed &#8211; Straight Talk Africa&nbsp;&nbsp;Voice of AmericaIn this episode of Straight Talk Africa, host Shaka Ssali explores the first year in office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the challenges and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":244316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-unveild-a-new-cabinet.jpg?fit=1082%2C586&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19h3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601059,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273981\/revisions\/601059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}