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All sides but it could now aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriote state aljazeera investigations the cyprus papers on the cover. When ethiopias Prime Minister abu ahmed came to power in 28 he promised to new era of democratic reforms and did a nice to use of photocells Political Prisoners were free opposition parties were allowed to operate and abby ahmed even won the nobel prize for securing peace with neighboring eritrea but since then the future of this complex country has become more uncertain earlier this year we went to find out what. 2 years ago ethiopia seemed on the cusp over a mockable paradigm shift. And widespread antigovernment protests which many once feared could develop into all out civil war had instead forced an entrenched authoritarian regime from power. Amid the euphoria a new young and charismatic Prime Minister ahmed came to power. He promised to unify a nation divided on ethnic lines and splits by factional battles between powerful individuals. But since his election its become clear thats a formidable challenge. In march this year just as the coronavirus was taking hold we arrived in ethiopia to find out why. The 2018 appointment of r. B. I. Met galvanized ethiopia. Almost immediately the new Prime Minister began a Reform Program to end 27 years of increasingly autocratic rule under the previous e. P. Large e. F. Regime. Being released tens of thousands of Political Prisoners make peace with neighboring eritrea after 20 years of easy arms to win a Nobel Peace Prize in the process and promised free and Fair Elections in 2020 though these have now been bespoke to 2 coronavirus undamped abbes government holds the idea of ethiopia as one in divisible sovereign nation forged over centuries of proud history but some ethnic leaders and politicians disagree they say ethiopia is actually a Diverse Group of subjugated ethnicities and nationalities 1st forged into uneasy union 130 years ago by ethiopias then the ruling royal family although since 1995 the country has officially been a federal republic based on one ethnic regions many of the underlying historical tensions between the states remain to bridge these divisions abyei created his new dawn ethnic Prosperity Party open to all the ethnic groups we wanted to ask the Prime Minister about these issues but our 5 requests for an interview were deployed so instead we turned to his ministers and Party Officials dr tackling to lena is a state minister of finance this is the kind of the form that silence the question of nations in nationalities you know the eyes of the left is the question of strong unified. The most high mission stick and if you talk to an average person in egypt and thats exactly what they want they want a unified strong can see but where. Everybodys tricep on a spec that where everybody felt they are part of it so this this transformation isnt falling you have all the opposition groups that are never to you know step foot in this country for 40 or 50 times they are only in town so what they expect all that is that in turn all the media that will close that open so you would feel some sort of. Fervor. For our idea of lets Work Together were much better off today that one should feel the pain of the other would transform this nation to create a strong. Multinational state. Unified and creates a pushy to fall into a well who i am to feels much the same at the time i spoke to him he was the Public Relations chief of our base Prosperity Party and he was equally dismissive of its opponents both of the parties focus on the local agenda not a national agenda. So while we are focusing on our local agenda including about our clients it in a groove in is unlike the big national at the top and is forgotten so police better come together make a unified party make a National Party is what theyve been the problem created by the last 3 jim. Because they want to explode they want to suppress. And so now this you know we need a strong. Where is that right is off individuals in the groves effectively its outside. But some opposition voices have been difficult to ignore a year ago supporters of joe were mohamad a controversial politician and media gathered outside his home in ethiopias capital addis ababa he had just posted a claim on facebook that his life was under threat from the new National Government a claim the authorities later rejected an influential figure from the countrys a romo people the Largest Single Group an ethiopian kaleidoscopic ethnic mix joa rejects Prime Minister how those National Unity agenda and seeks self rule for his people. In that. Jour is the figurehead of a new romel Political Movement known as the kero. In april 28th the movement was at the forefront of protests that forced the resignation of ethiopias then Prime Minister and police and the grip on power held by a rival ethnic group the to graylands which had long dominated the countrys governing coalition. The new Prime Minister of am it is also under roman general and the abac were once happy to be seen together but their relationship subsequently turned sour as Ethnic Violence has flared many including the Ethiopian Government say is to blame my opponents havent most accuse me the previous government remember china did newest season in terrorism and havent explored any bomb thought that was vocally agonist violent means of struggle i was i going to start my struggle still accused i was facing that is a sentence he follows convicted. The i fought for the little more people who i never made that this secret about him not the ones that had 500 or more people in this movement the bin. 50 s. Im going but in another part of this interview talked more revealing about the power of the care of the Political Forces in this country or in it in his care elph their evolution of course the get us there in part has begun crackdown it has that have rethought into the old days off suppressing opposition suppressing the population. Last october protests spread through the region and led to at least 86 deaths some at the hands of jour supporters the carol. Here and adama a romo protesters clashed with local police and young people from a neighboring ethnic group called the on power but once tempers cool these youth in a down a pool bar began wondering about the motives of those behind the protests. Among. Us we did that in the only way that has the added and. What that what they got was a vendor better than they. Should at the name of god and it was it took. A lot to put us all there were a lot of openness of bias i dont get it when they are all in im gonna nail it on them you know im like an indian guy feeling. That they took up a southbound looked because its shallow ready ready. Yet the violence hasnt just been in oral mia across the nation hundreds have been killed in clashes within them between different ethnic groups its come as a shock to a nation in which the vast majority has been yearning for quieter times. With some i romo unhappy about the direction hes taking the country may have hoped to counterbalance their own ease with support from howrah ethiopias 2nd largest ethnic group. Not only did they help put abbate into power but they supplied many of ethiopias routers over centuries of imperial rule and might have been expected to sympathize with the Prime Ministers plan ethiopian ambitions. But over the last year they too have been affected by the ethnic tension that in some minds stems from a threat of a row move again many and a breakdown in National Security incidents in 2019 made things worse. These come higher up parents want to know whats happened to their children last december 20 of them were kidnapped well stood university in or romeo there were protests across some horror demanding the government do more to rescue them sooner i mean in the not however much in the weather that im mistaken because theyre going to think that the man who are going to be the head of. That group going to get in one of the nuns cooking the book and you and him to this day no one knows whos holding their children a whether theyre still alive for somehow or a people still sometimes maligned for their once dominant role in ethiopian history such incidents are a painful reminder that they no longer control their own destiny the narrative that the big people pursing other nations. Is our only matter and that is what does it resulted in the killings and discrimination of thousands of americans the. Narrow local politicians are listening to peoples concerns about this rising insecurity Yousif Abraham is the vice chairman of the National Movement of m harra a newly formed ethno nationalist party thats fighting to protect them how to run the country its a dick politics has already brought if i did the only dom are a people would love to be on day in the to enterprise finding the perfect establishment in this turbulent situation was necessary for our people and we came forth to stop this now there are Security Problems in many locations in the country there are groups. Particularly running for me our region even threatening the government oversight and the fear. That such a situation is will. Disintegrate the nation cannot be ruled out at the state Parliament Building in the regions capital badar senior m how reporting from across the spectrum came together to listen to be hell be as deputy Prime Minister to me chemical know who derived from the capital to urge them to Work Together for peace because of the ability to get out. Of. It in. The community. Although you. Mean. If you just go for the what. You say if abraham from nam i was one of those in attendance. The amarah groups in the 1st victims are working together things are getting improved this culture should be. The baseline for working in addition. Today with political elites struggling to find consensus both within their own ethnic groups and with others many worry that young ethiopians are becoming radicalized. In that concern is focused on local vigilante youth groups called the final like the kero they have also been accused of killings but their members insist theyre filling a security void left by a government that no longer patrols their neighborhoods and villages i meant. No indoor during that. Year and my going to touch other bless a little more lebanon solemnity cherish it interesting he added but he needed to think about the churchs drug assessor quickly acquired a cafe so lazy tarring blend in lager and. Not tarring actionable any minimum which it. Said i love and its a lazy just said elephant and im a honest as i said challenge a modern association you know what thats what thats marketed rushed in and limited in. These young activists believe in a united ethiopia and see themselves as both the beneficiaries and defenders of m how has imperial traditions the biggest worry here is the divisive rhetoric they say is coming from other parts of the country. Yeah and on the other some. Credible music a database. Does it greatly or i meant that i might have got a mixed imogen but thriller with a less chips who looks beautiful lovely. For more than 30 years the im higher have been labelled as the foal in rulers of ethiopia but now that title belongs to the people of the tea great region here in northern ethiopia. Having been ousted from a central role in the countrys affairs 2 years ago by the a romo protest movement and subsequently sidelined by some here are worried about what the future may hold for their Minority Ethnic Group numbering only 6000000 of ethiopias 115000000 population. Have not been for months not if its an answer from the phone i now live no. Been. Badly i just want to hug and kiss it will not get at that. And i learn a little need to look and i miss i was so i turned out to fit in i. Thought as a lot of the sea. Mr donahoe in the north and the other one of them. As honest as i was one of the lot of the other one and i got through without a lot of them. Although the idea of leaving the ethiopian state is gaining some traction here its not yet a position supported by the recently i stood to grand leadership the t. P. L. F. Which led the National Coalition government to post and 28 team. They were the key architects of the current constitution here which n 1995 divided the country into 9 ethnically based regions. To grans say this federal system gave marginalised ethnic groups a measure of self rule after a. Century of imperial and autocratic rule headed by the arm her. Prime minister are based reforms particularly his move to create an on ethnic party of National Unity have been met with strong opposition here to grains we spoke to said they fear that they will dismantle the federal system they created any decision that stands in the way of our selfgovernment is absolutely unacceptable his chili that cheerleaders clearly want the Federalism Good and if he tries to do that hes going to create a conflict. That. I. Wouldnt want to imagine to get it to read is an executive Committee Member of the team left and was the spokesman for the previous government he believes theyve been unfairly scapegoated for the difficulties now facing the nation so for us it was a matter of admitting to having failed as a party as a coalition to address the problems of the that have been be dividing this country and the leadership of the Prime Minister. Is now willing to to really come to terms with the fact that the country is sliding towards killed. Last month despite being told not to by the government the ticker a region ran their own elections the t. P. O. Left won a landslide victory putting them on a collision course with government which could further threaten the stability of the federal system. But Prime Minister abbott has been pushing back against his critics in particular taking a tougher stance and his own ethnic state in western south orania the Ethiopian Army has been engaged in a decades old conflict with the romo separatist insurgents a conflict that abyei has as yet been able to resolve. Indeed his critics accuse him of failing to prevent human rights abuses by state Security Forces against armed insurgents and civilians. In variety a time on the outskirts of the capital addis ababa we met a number of a romo men who claimed theyd been beaten by police after a local officer was gunned down in a suspected attack by a roamer separatists. 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Its over the its tekken now or the diversity its also the case that the governments attempts of reform have find support amongst key sections of a romo society these are all more elders say they understand why some of their youth are unhappy but they also see a wider vision for peace and a unified country. Cumbia. Gonna get the other you. Know the leno show lemony making. Him better but be given a. Highly motherly. Nevertheless even some of our base supporters worry that his efforts to bring law and order to vote for mia the country at large could have been playing into the hands of his most significant opponent joe mohamad whom we met at the start of this photo. If they beat us in their feelings without restricting our Movement Without killing members will accept. We have no problem or not accept is. A process whereby they. Even before the election date my advice to leaders by members of. The by blocking out of gaza things of that there right now or not accepting. That particular standoff seemed to come to a head in june this year when the murder of a hugely popular romo singer a child and theres a set of more protests in our amir that led to over 200 deaths in the mass arrests that followed joe mohamad and some of his supporters were detained allegedly and possession of a large cache of weapons hes now in prison awaiting trial on charges of terrorism charges he describes as baseless. But not all is always as it seems. In these tense times its friday morning in mccalla the capital of t. Great amid worsening relations between the field be as ethnic groups even football takes on a political dimension today a team from a high rise in time and passions are ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha its. Not limitless its the one. As the match kicks off a heavy security presence keeps a watchful eye. The match ends with an ill troll but as the final whistle blows the away fans make a rush towards. The the was there was. Everyone here welcome to the reaction of the fans of both sides in this coming together they saw a glimmer of hope that ethiopia can still find a peaceful route towards a Better Future lets not put. The results on they were not voted to cut it out. Im. Not disputing that thats. Going to go to the left i know youre not going to look so you and i can hide it recently. They are for me. As im a good singer i was like its not i was a new part of me wanting money to be you and the to know i said that i did and im so damn good talking about. How i. Want. 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