Propaganda,
The Ethiopian government doesn’t control half of their country. This is a mere distraction, to convince the populace that the nation is making headway. When in reality, their economical output is non existent, civil war is rampant, cost of living has skyrocketed, the country is broke, so much so that they’ve borrowed a lot of money from the IMF, which has decimated their currency / economy, which in turn will see their descendent still paying off their loans. Abyie is single - handedly destroying the very nation he wishes to be the “emperor” of. The irony is hilarious