Africa Business Radio

The Ethiopian authorities have described as impotent an alliance of nine anti-government groups formed to fight federal forces and their allies. Government spokesman Kebede Desissa claimed the new coalition had no support and was the weakest political force in the country. He says the rebel groups are baseless, have no social bases and they have no capacity to change anything. Mr Kebede added that he regarded current events as normal Ethiopian politics because whenever there is a need for political stability in the country, Ethiopian diasporas come together and form an alliance thinking that the government cannot stay in power and the government is weakened.