Ethiopia Insight

With a new Tigray leader in place, Amhara dispute comes into focus

Getachew Reda’s interim administration likely to ramp up pressure over Amhara-controlled lands.

3 years

Somaliland and Ethiopia faceoff over Las Anod jeopardizes regional cooperation

Somaliland accuses Ethiopia of fueling conflict as the humanitarian crisis unfolds, further imperiling its stability and mediation efforts.

3 years

Deadly Adwa day shows Abiy’s struggle to shift focus from divisive Ethiopian emperor

Ethiopia’s socio-political tensions bubble over again in raging annual debate over external and internal colonialism.

3 years

Minority rights dilemma exemplifies Ethiopia’s brutal identity crisis

Ethiopia’s ethnofederal system was designed to counter coercive homogenization, but, as in the former Yugoslavia, it left minorities tragically exposed…

3 years

Uncertainty in the Horn as a wary Eritrea seeks new alliances

President Isaias Afwerki's recent statements suggest concerns about PM Abiy Ahmed’s deal with the TPLF, driving him to seek new…

3 years

Internal tensions could destabilize Tigray’s transition

Unless a compromise is found, tensions between the TPLF and opposition parties may destabilize Tigray’s post-war transition.

3 years

A rift in Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has been healed, but tensions remain

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church appears to have resolved a month-long schism that sparked deadly clashes after a rival synod…

3 years

The Ethiopian civil war that destroyed Tigray’s economy

Abiy, Amhara elites, and Isaias were keen on reducing Tigray’s economic power in their military misadventure. 

4 years

Podcast: William Davison – Development, division, and devastation

In this third episode of Bridge the Divide, host Emmanuel Yirdaw had a long chat with William Davison, the founder…

5 years