Source: Ethiopia Insight April 12, 2020, by Mohamed Yimam “The agenda for change in the last 50 years was set by…
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With Abiy in his corner, Isaias eyes TPLF knockout
Source: Ethiopia Insight “We may be in for another devastating cycle of conflict, or even possibly the disintegration of Ethiopia”…
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Old enemies, old friends: the Eritrea - Tigray relationship
The complex and sometimes hostile relationship of the Eritrean and Tigrayan authorities appears to have hit another low. An official…
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Ethiopia’s dramatic political and economic transformation has left it with deep uncertainty
Source: Quartz Africa February 3, 2020 By Mulugeta G Berhe (PhD) Senior Fellow, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and…
Read moreThe anatomy of Ethiopia’s mismanaged transition
Source: Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 05/2019 – In his Selections from Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci famously wrote in 1930: “The crisis…
Read moreTPLF’s last-man standing
Source: Ethiopia Insight Three interest groups are competing to influence Debretsion Gebremichael, the veteran TPLF chairman and acting regional president…
Read moreEthiopia’s political rift widens
Since coming to power in April 2018, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia has been praised for his wide-ranging liberalising reforms. In…
Read moreEthiopia: An independent Tigray?
According to BBC Tigrinya, Weyn, the official voice of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), recommended that Tigray, the state in the north of Ethiopia,…
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Ethiopia: can the centre hold? An important contribution by Rene Lefort and William Davidson
“Ethiopia’s political challenges probably cannot actually be solved through even truly free elections — and especially not polls held next…
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Ethiopia and Eritrea’s peace must be rooted in past
Historical grievances between the two societies are a major barrier to a healthy relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea Source: Ethiopia Insight…
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