Somali

Federal action needed to end Ethiopia’s Somali-Afar conflict

Constitution-based federal mediation must address persistent clashes over disputed land on the Djibouti trade corridor.

3 years

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

The mass exodus of Ethiopian Somalis to Sitti Zone

Residents in Sitti displaced by conflict, drought, and flooding are not receiving enough aid.

4 years

Al-Shabaab: the latest addition to Ethiopia’s woes

Ethiopia’s weakened security apparatus is increasingly being confronted by al-Shabaab militants.

4 years

Afar-Somali border dispute can be resolved peacefully

Efforts to resolve the dispute, including the 2014 agreement, have failed, and so new approaches need to be employed. 

4 years

The drought in Oromia has reached a crisis point

Misery is mounting in the hardest-hit zones.

4 years

The arbitrary detention of Abdifatah Mohamoud and other Ethio-Somali elites

A top opposition member from the Somali Region was released this past Saturday after spending over two months in jail…

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: 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