BY ADDISU LASHITEW | First Published in Foreign Policy On Nov. 28, 2020, Ethiopia’s military took control of Mekele, the capital of Tigray…
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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…
Ethiopia postpones autonomy referendum for ethnic Sidama: Fana news agency
Reuters – Ethiopia postponed by a week a referendum on self-determination for its ethnic Sidama community that would have created the country’s…
Ethnic strife threatens church’s unity in Ethiopia
DW- Simmering ethnic strife in Ethiopia has reached the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Nationalists of the biggest ethnic group, the Oromo, are threatening…
Ethiopia faces more conflict with ethnic group’s push for region
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s destabilizing regional frictions may worsen this month if the small Sidama ethnic group carries out a threat to…
Rising misery as Ethiopia struggles to stem ethnic tensions
AFP – More than a year after his house in southern Ethiopia was razed to the ground, his coffee plantation destroyed and…
After years of repression, Ethiopia’s media is free — and fanning the flames of ethnic tension
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —From a collection of modest offices in a half-empty high rise, one ofEthiopia’s most prominent journalists publishes his weekly…
TPLF accuses Ethiopian government of ethnic crackdown
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A powerful party in Ethiopia’s government accused authorities of arresting members of its ethnic group in a politically-driven…