Major achievements
• Ethio-Eritrea rapprochement
• Mass release of political prisoners
• Appointment of women in half of the ministerial posts
• Nomination of impartial individuals to democratic institutions
• Amendment of some oppressive laws
• Return home of exiled politicians including armed fighters
• Real practice of freedom of speech
• Reconciliation of religious communities
• Creation of larger political landscape
Challenges in store
• Administrative flaws
• Long lived grievances
• Identity based clashes
• Breach of rule of law
• Resistance from old guards and opportunists
• High rate of youth unemployment
Challenges ahead
• Conducting credible elections
• Reducing Identity-based tensions
• Sustaining the promising reforms
• Adjusting trade imbalance
The Ethiopian Herald, April 2/2019
