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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 ...
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Ethiopia’s sham election and the folly of western support
On 21 June 2021, millions of Ethiopians queued and voted in a shambolic election with a predetermined outcome. The ruling elite, its supporters, ...
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The National Bank of Ethiopia should apologize for its role in the Tigray war
In November 2020, a few days after the Ethiopian National Defense Force launched armed hostility in Tigray, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) ...
Ethiopia
To mend relations with the U.S., Addis Ababa must end hostilities in Tigray and launch dialogue
The worsening humanitarian tragedy in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now in its seventh month. Fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the ...
