Assassinations Challenge Ethiopian Premier's Reform Agenda: Q&A

Attacks in Ethiopia at the weekend left the head of the army and the president of the country’s Amhara state among at least five government officials dead.

The killings mark the most serious assaults on Ethiopia’s leadership since the days of the military junta that ruled the country from 1974 until 1987. They come as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to implement political and economic reforms aimed at attracting more foreign investors to one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.