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Western concern mounts over Ethiopian crisis
©FT | UK, US and EU push for humanitarian relief to get to the war-ravaged Tigray region
Ethiopia’s reputation is “being tarnished” by the military conflict, UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said, ahead of his visit to the east…
Ethnic conflict could unravel Ethiopia’s valuable garment industry
Source: The Conversation | Dorothee Baumann-Pauly
Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa’s economic wunderkinds. Until recently, it had relative political stability in comparison to other countries on the continent. And, with an…
Ethiopians Flex Military Muscle During Orthodox Epiphany Holiday
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Outside a centuries-old stone church in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar, a drama troupe performed skits hailing the military defeat of the former leaders of the country's Tigray region.
As rifle-toting actors danced around…
Kapuściński and the Autocrats
Source: Book and Film Globe | Neal Pollack
The late Polish journalist, like no other writer, understood societies in crisis
Everyone’s busy checking Orwell out of the library and pretending to read 1984 right now, because apparently we…
‘Extreme urgent need’: Starvation haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — From “emaciated” refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
The first humanitarian workers to arrive after…
Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed ‘execution-style’
Source: BBC
The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock.
The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
The violence…
Ethiopia “neutralizes” 265 suspected OLF insurgents: State Media
Ethiopia's security forces have "neutralized" 265 suspected Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) mutineers in Oromia regional state, state media outlet Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported on Monday.
The 265 suspected insurgents were killed in…
Talking and fighting about self-determination in Ethiopia
Source: LSE | Alex de Waal
The political dispute that led to war in Tigray, Ethiopia, was sparked by contending interpretations of the right to self-determination in the country’s constitution. Drawing on a themed collection in the January…
Abiy Ahmed and the Consolidation of Ethiopia’s Dictatorship
As Ethiopia heads toward the delayed elections tentatively now rescheduled for June 5, 2021, Ahmed’s fight not only undercuts his chief rival, who happens to be Tigrayan but enables him to use emergency powers to further erode democracy.
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The Trouble With Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism
The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the country toward an interethnic conflict.
Source: NYT Opinion | Mahmood Mamdani
Abiy Ahmed, the 42-year-old prime minister of Ethiopia,…