Benishangul-Gumuz

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

Extrajudicial killings by Ethiopia’s security forces: rule or exception?

International focus on the war in northern Ethiopia has obscured state violence elsewhere.

4 years

EIEP: Lust for power trumped reformist zeal in Ethiopia’s election

The Ethiopia Insight Election Project showed that in spite of claims of a free and fair election, politics as usual…

5 years

ብልጽግና ፓርቲ እያንጸባረቀ ቢሆንም የአምባገነንነት ጥላሸት ግን አሁንም አለ

የህጎች መሻሻል እንዳለ ሆኖ ገዢው ፓርቲ የመገናኛ ብዙኃን ላይ ተጽእኖ ተቃዋሚዎቹ ላይ ደግሞ እንቅፋት ለመፍጠር የተለመዱ ስልቶችን ተጠቅሟል።

5 years

EIEP Podcast: Marginalization and persecution in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz

In this episode of the Ethiopia Insight Election Project podcast series, Juweria  Ali asks Tsegaye Birhanu, a former political science…

5 years

EIEP: While Prosperity Party shines, authoritarian stain remains

Progressive legal reforms aside, the incumbent employed familiar tactics to influence the media and obstruct its opponents.

5 years

ማግለልና እንግልት በቤኒሻንጉል ጉሙዝ

ብልሹ አስተዳደር የክልሉ ሕገ መንግስት ነባር ናቸው በሚላቸውና በሀገር ደረጃ በታሪክ የበላይነት ነበራቸው ተብለው በሚታሰቡ ወገኖች መካከል ግጭት እንዲፋፋም አድርጓል፡፡

5 years

EIEP: Marginalization and persecution in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz

Maladministration is fueling violence between groups that the regional constitution considers indigenous and those who historically held more sway nationally.

5 years

The spiraling situation in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

The dust of the violence in Metekel has not yet settled and threatens to spread into neighboring zones, raising fears…

5 years