Ethiopia’s recurring wars don’t stem from ancient ethnic hatreds, but from a failure to agree on the rules for resolving disputes.
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The upcoming elections are arguably among the least politically competitive Ethiopia has experienced since the introduction of multiparty elections in the 1990s.
In parliamentary democracies, prime ministers remain in office for as long as they retain the confidence of parliament.
Despite the peace agreement in 2018 between the countries, critical fault lines persist.
Ethiopia’s upcoming election provides an opportunity to allow for greater political representation.
The Fano insurgency is taking place in a territory three times the size of Tigray, stretching the army’s resources.
The 2020-2022 war and its lingering effects have thrown the Tigray region into chaos.
Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
A new government with popular legitimacy will have power to address lingering political, economic and security challenges.
Ethiopian history shows that the demands of its young people can’t go unaddressed for long.
Conflict between Eritrea and Tigray has long represented a destabilising fault line for Ethiopia as well as for the wider region.
The tensions that had been simmering between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Abiy administration eventually boiled over.
Ahmed Abiy has his work cut out to unify a nation divided along tribal lines
The country must urgently address the politics of ethnicity before it can move towards a workable democracy.
Abiy’s administration should stop talking about reform and liberalisation and focus instead on stopping the country from sliding into disarray
Ethiopia’s new political outfit could bring minority groups into the centre of power.
In practical terms. Sidama’s successful push has created more groups that aspire to homogenise the demography of their regions.
Ethiopia’s regional governance system is doing more harm than good.
There have been positive changes in Ethiopia but major challenges, including ethnic tensions, remain.
Tensions, both within Ethiopia and between Ethiopia and its neighbours, are rooted in history.
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