Early reforms of Abiy Ahmed

Early reforms of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed were largely the setback of the former EPRDF regime policies. Since he toke office in April 2018, Abiy made secure for the release of thousands political prisoners, dissents and journalists domestically and aboard. Many exiled opponents of the former regime returned to the country and parties like Ginbot 7, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been delisted from terrorist database.

Ethiopia's relations with Eritrea was friendly during his premiership, with ultimate peace agreement signed in September 2018. The July 2018 summit of the two countries ended the two decades of Ethiopia–Eritrea border conflict. For those contributions, Abiy was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In economy, Abiy made major reforms toward liberalization of companies and firms. Among these, companies like Ethio telecom and Ethiopian Airlines have been partially privatized under monopoly.