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The way forward for Ethiopia: A genuine dialogue leading to transitional government
The conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has caused unimaginable destruction and human suffering. The war and ...
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Ethiopian elders and religious leaders failed to stop the Tigray war. Can they end it now?
The conflict in northern Ethiopia is entering a new phase as federal forces wrest back control of vast territories in Amhara and Afar ...
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Africans should reject Abiy Ahmed’s veil of Ethiopianism
Over the last three years, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed fell from grace to grass. Major western media outlets have covered the unfolding ...
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Abiy Ahmed must step aside to avert Ethiopia’s violent disintegration
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday announced he would deploy to the war front in northern Ethiopia to take the fight to his ...
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Reform and resistance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is once more staring into the abyss. The Horn of Africa country is in the throes of a ruinous civil war and ...
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Ethiopia: Is Metekel the next battleground after Tigray?
The political and security crisis in northern Ethiopia continues to expand. It has pulled in all states in the Ethiopian federation as regional ...
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NEBE’s election fiasco could unravel the fragile peace in the Somali region
In twice-delayed Ethiopian national elections, held on June 21, the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) amassed over 94 percent of the 436 seats in ...
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Ethiopia’s massive war mobilization echoes the final days of the Derg
The civil war in Tigray has entered a new phase, ensnarling ethnic militias and security forces from several regional states in Ethiopia. Amhara ...
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Is Ethiopia already a failed state?
Ethiopia is at a dangerous crossroads. The ill-fated war in Tigray, which started in November 2020, has morphed into a civil war involving ...
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Ending the civil war in Ethiopia
Two weeks after triumphant Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) captured Mekelle, the capital of Tigray State, peace remains elusive. Addis Ababa’s proclaimed humanitarian ceasefire ...
