ADP

Elections in End Times

Elections will be messy, but no elections will be messier. And Abiy's deconstruction of the Developmental State needs to be…

7 years

Abiy must weave together multiple plot lines

Beneath the latest neat international narrative of a democratizing Ethiopia lies a ruthless struggle among competing domestic plotlines.

7 years

The Rayan people want an end to rule by Tigray

A significant number of Rayan people have always opposed Tigrayan rule and now the struggle for autonomy is gathering strength…

7 years

TPLF hegemony has ended, but EPRDF power struggle is just beginning

When regional powers battled for control in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was called the Age of Princes. Is…

8 years

Violent Qemant dispute fueling explosive Amhara-Tigray divide

The lethal dispute over Qemant identity and autonomy is part of a bitter and dangerous political struggle between the leaders…

8 years