Muktar Ismail

Ethiopia’s Abiy may have opened the door to al-Shabaab

WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN DO MORE Federal authorities’ dismantling of regional paramilitaries has created an opportunity for al-Shabaab to…

3 years

Ethiopian nation-building is haunted by its troubled history

Discriminatory and exclusionary policies continue to disenfranchise ethnic groups in the state’s periphery.

4 years

Al-Shabaab: the latest addition to Ethiopia’s woes

Ethiopia’s weakened security apparatus is increasingly being confronted by al-Shabaab militants.

4 years

Afar-Somali border dispute can be resolved peacefully

Efforts to resolve the dispute, including the 2014 agreement, have failed, and so new approaches need to be employed. 

4 years