{"id":277464,"date":"2019-05-28T11:49:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiUWh0dHBzOi8vYm9ya2VuYS5jb20vMjAxOS8wNS8yOC9ldGhpb3BpYW5zLWZlZC11cC13aXRoLWFiaXktYWhtZWRzLWFkbWluaXN0cmF0aW9uL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:27:34","slug":"borkena-said-many-ethiopians-were-already-fed-up-with-abiy-ahmeds-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277464","title":{"rendered":"Borkena said many Ethiopians were already fed up with Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Borkena published a commentary arguing that public frustration with Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration was growing despite the early reform glow.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-271272\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ethiopian-opposition-parties-announce-plan-to-merge.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Borkena said many Ethiopians were already fed up with Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration\" \/>\n<p>The piece said rising insecurity, unresolved ethnic disputes, and unmet economic hopes were turning celebration into complaint in parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition-leaning diaspora sites often sharpened that critique, but the May 2019 timing still helps readers see when \u201cfed up\u201d language entered the open debate.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as politics archive, the Borkena essay dates early popular and elite discontent with Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/borkena.com\/2019\/05\/28\/ethiopians-fed-up-with-abiy-ahmeds-administration\/\">Borkena<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Ethiopians fed up with Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s administration&nbsp;&nbsp;borkena.comEthiopians seem to be fed up with Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s administration. Saftey and security has now become serious concerns in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":271272,"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-277464","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\/2019\/03\/Ethiopian-opposition-parties-announce-plan-to-merge.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1abe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277464","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=277464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754950,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277464\/revisions\/754950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}