Ethiopia’s PM sworn in for a second term as war spreads
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in Monday for a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly year-long war. Abiy’s Prosperity Party was declared the winner of parliamentary elections earlier this year in a vote criticized and at times boycotted by opposition parties. The prime minister now faces major challenges as war in the Tigray region spreads, deadly ethnic violence continues and watchdogs warn that repressive government practices are on the return.