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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

Amhara civilians were massacred in Tole, but questions remain

While the authorities and OLA accuse each other of the killings, and Amhara groups blame both, the facts—as far they’re…

4 years

Jawar Mohammed: from ‘A luta continua’ to peace preacher

To the dismay of some Oromo nationalists, Jawar appears to be placating the government.

4 years

Imperial ambition is the main hurdle to peace in Ethiopia

The continued downplaying of Oromo concerns will only breed more violence.

4 years

Oromo and Amhara militants battle on western frontier

Civilians are caught in the crossfire of violence between rival political camps.

4 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

Abiy deserves our respect, not calls for resignation

A theologian’s criticisms of the Prime Minister are disingenuous and based on invalid reasoning.

5 years

Contextualizing an Ethiopian “terrorist” organization

Despite the government’s vilification of the TPLF to justify the war in Tigray, the party’s role in Ethiopia’s recent stability…

5 years

EIEP: Moo’ichi Paartii Badhaadhinaa, moo’atamuu Oromiyaa — fi Itoophiyaati

Xiyyeeffannoon muummicha Ministeeraa Abiy Ahmed tokkummaa ta’us, eenyummaa siyaasa Itoophiyaa fi kan Oromoo walitti araarsuu sababa dadhabeef, waadaa seene sanaaf…

5 years