A leader’s admission of atrocities in Tigray fulfills a principle of accountability. By the Monitor’s Editorial Board Over the past quarter century, Africa’s…
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Attackers kill at least 20 in attack in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region, says official
Reuters – Gunmen killed at least 20 people last week in western Ethiopia, a regional government official said on Thursday, in what…
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Imperial, We are not one, we are different and our strength emanates from our differences. But I think it is time for…
How to Stop Ethnic Nationalism From Tearing Ethiopia Apart
BY ADDISU LASHITEW | First Published in Foreign Policy On Nov. 28, 2020, Ethiopia’s military took control of Mekele, the capital of Tigray…
What Happens Next in Ethiopia’s Political Turmoil
This week Ethiopia’s government entered the controversial sixth year of its five-year mandate. But the administration of Abiy Ahmed isn’t going anywhere… not even…
More than 9,000 arrests in Ethiopia since June killing of singer
Al-Jazeera Ethiopia has arrested more than 9,000 people after deadly clashes last month, the state-run human rights commission has told the Reuters…
Ethiopia is treading a political tightrope as its unresolved ethnic tensions erupt in violence again
By Yohannes Gedamu Oromia, one of the regions in Ethiopia’s ethnically constituted federation and the country’s most populated one, also happens to be…
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party is good news for Ethiopia
By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopian political party. It brings together three of the four ethnic-based…
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia
By Awol K Allo Last month, three of the four ethnic-based parties that make up Ethiopia‘s ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic…
Ethiopia’s Sidama vote overwhelmingly to form autonomous region
HAWASSA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Sidama people have voted overwhelmingly to form their own self-governing region as many of the country’s ethnic…