Ethiopia’s torn Orthodox church reunites after 27 years

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world’s oldest Christian churches, his top aide said on July 27. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) removed the Derg military junta from power.

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