Abiy Ahmed was one of the very few African leaders given the invitation to make a speech in the Saudi - Africa summit.
Like many Arab servants in the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia believed the forced Arabization on their people and a fluency in Arabic language, as a ticket to respect in the Arab world. However, Issaias was denied any recognition of his servitude to Arabs in many Arab causes including the Yemeni war and his Arabic fluency, instead non Arab language speakers such as Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia and the likes of South Africa and Nigeria were given the podium to deliver speeches.
This is the reason that I keep on telling the Arab slaves and concubines in the Horn of Africa to respect your own languages and identity to be accorded respect in the Arab world. The Arabs only respect people who respect their own languages and identity, or else you will always be treated as their Abeed slaves and servants.
