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Optimism of a More Open Ethiopia Fades, Expelled Journalist Says
Drawn by its natural beauty and cultural heritage, British journalist Tom Gardner covered Ethiopia for more than five and half years. When he first arrived, Gardner said, there was “the feeling that it was on the brink of peaceful, epochal transformation.” “There were obviously huge tensions [and protests], but in 2015/2016 it still seemed as though Ethiopia was progressing, and was the vanguard of east Asian-style industrialization in Africa,” he told VOA via email, before adding, “I'm much less optimistic now.”
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