Ethiopia - A brittle Western ally in the Horn of Africa

Ethiopians remain mired in the most wretched poverty. Officially, about 80% of them live on less than $2 a day. Often it is a lot less than that....youth unemployment, some experts reckon, may be as high as 70%...The mood of the young is often restless and despairing .... Economic failings are Ethiopia's biggest long-term challenge; but its worst short-term problems are political...recent events have reignited the threat of ethnic, and thus political, instability...“the ethnic groups are on a collision course.”...Ethiopia's future could get much bumpier. In that case, its friendship in a dangerously volatile region would be of little use to the West. Read Article from Economist click here

The past and the future of Ethiopia