Next Africa: Ethiopia’s Fall From Africa’s Darling to Pariah

The under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. — The under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/Bloomberg

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By Antony Sguazzin

May 28, 2021 at 6:07 AM EDT

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It wasn’t long ago that Ethiopia was being hailed as an African economic miracle. That’s rapidly unraveling.

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