By Worku Aberra January 21, 2021 Last December, in an article titled “Mind over matter: Abiy Ahmed’s aim to “Pentecostalize Ethiopian politics”, Rene Lefort engages in gratuitous ad hominem attacks against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He throws the kitchen sink at the Prime Minister with the hope that some of his smears would stick. Based on reports from anonymous interviewees, he accuses the Prime Minister of being a delusional theocrat with a shallow understanding of Ethiopia’s history and politics. I will address his most egregious slights about the Prime Minister. Since the individuals who expressed their views about the Prime…
