{"id":5176,"date":"2026-10-06T11:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:50:43","slug":"pm-abiy-calls-for-unity-to-overcome-potential-national-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/pm-abiy-calls-for-unity-to-overcome-potential-national-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Abiy Calls for Unity to Overcome Potential National Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/833835433_2151999255745190_5128774964290352180_n-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/833835433_2151999255745190_5128774964290352180_n-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/833835433_2151999255745190_5128774964290352180_n-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/833835433_2151999255745190_5128774964290352180_n-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/833835433_2151999255745190_5128774964290352180_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN PLUS-October 6, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his inaugural speech, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (PhD) expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Ethiopian people who participated in the general election and placed their trust in the legal electoral process to establish legitimate government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the 54 million citizens who voted for the establishment of popular government placing their trust in legal election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He recalled the challenges citizens faced during the election period, noting that, despite threats from armed groups and misleading propaganda disseminated through various media outlets, citizens exercised their right to vote and expressed their will under difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/834939193_1071487765650475_3460485275504804687_n-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/834939193_1071487765650475_3460485275504804687_n-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/834939193_1071487765650475_3460485275504804687_n-767x511.png 767w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/834939193_1071487765650475_3460485275504804687_n-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/834939193_1071487765650475_3460485275504804687_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the election period, the citizens did not vote easily. They exercised their will despite numerous challenges and confusion. There were threats from armed forces in the jungle, as well as misleading propaganda disseminated through various media outlets, along with threats intended to intimidate them. Despite these challenges, the citizens exercised their will by voting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister stressed the importance of strengthening national unity to overcome potential challenges, saying, \u201cWe can overcome the national challenges ahead of us only when we move forward together as equals, united as brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/hashtag\/%E1%8B%A8%E1%88%98%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%98%E1%88%AD%E1%88%98%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%A5%E1%89%B5?__cft__[0]=AZguzRvAmF6bmP0wMt7cIdz5DuDqrpl8ptnunh79bo6vYBajH_84XqOKBwJzJwyaKY7IX8mAYhC5rvED8J6zp86YjlCgXun89zYt2xD8OtbEgqLvs6PyEs-8b0jsyxiRAloIdL_1Tw4&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#\u12e8\u1218\u12f0\u1218\u122d\u1218\u1295\u130d\u1225\u1275<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/hashtag\/greatnation?__cft__[0]=AZguzRvAmF6bmP0wMt7cIdz5DuDqrpl8ptnunh79bo6vYBajH_84XqOKBwJzJwyaKY7IX8mAYhC5rvED8J6zp86YjlCgXun89zYt2xD8OtbEgqLvs6PyEs-8b0jsyxiRAloIdL_1Tw4&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#GreatNation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/hashtag\/noblepeople?__cft__[0]=AZguzRvAmF6bmP0wMt7cIdz5DuDqrpl8ptnunh79bo6vYBajH_84XqOKBwJzJwyaKY7IX8mAYhC5rvED8J6zp86YjlCgXun89zYt2xD8OtbEgqLvs6PyEs-8b0jsyxiRAloIdL_1Tw4&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#noblepeople<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/hashtag\/grandvision?__cft__[0]=AZguzRvAmF6bmP0wMt7cIdz5DuDqrpl8ptnunh79bo6vYBajH_84XqOKBwJzJwyaKY7IX8mAYhC5rvED8J6zp86YjlCgXun89zYt2xD8OtbEgqLvs6PyEs-8b0jsyxiRAloIdL_1Tw4&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#GrandVision<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-October 6, 2026 In his inaugural speech, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (PhD) expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Ethiopian people who participated in the general election and placed their trust in the legal electoral process to establish legitimate government. \u201cI would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the 54 million citizens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethiopia","category-politics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5179,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions\/5179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}