Constitutions are supposed to bind citizens together, not drive them apart.
The emergence of feisty competitors has meant the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has finally had to up its democratic game.
By intervening post-election, the federal government would do nothing to slow the spread of COVID-19.
As Amhara nationalism emerges, it should not adopt the same divisive tactics as Ethiopia’s other competing ethno-nationalisms.
Further failure to finally grant Wolayta Zone a referendum on regional statehood may trigger further protests.
The threat to national integrity comes from those who fantasize about the past, not from those who promote hard-won group…
Competition for dwindling resources and vicious elite in-fighting threaten to send Ethiopia's melting pot up in flames.
By undermining self-determination, and allying with Isaias, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is pushing Tigray towards independence.
Authorities’ response to southern statehood demands will determine whether Ethiopia cultivates true unity in diversity or unravels further.