Oromo

Like every dispute in Ethiopia, Sidama statehood must wait

Attempts by the authorities to resolve sensitive issues should only occur after elections and the emergence of a new national…

7 years

Old habits die hard

EPRDF leaders return to faking threats to silence dissidents, this time dressed up as a rather unlikely coup d'tat régional.

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

Rival capital camps must face Finfinnee facts

Before addressing the highly charged issues surrounding the status of Addis Ababa, there needs to be agreement on some fundamental…

7 years

Raya: a category error, and a catalog of errors

The people of Raya have diverse origins and so defy simple categorizations. A more accommodating federation can resolve their disputed…

7 years