Tigray

Ethiopian regions cannot hold elections without federal approval

Tigray ruling party's plan to proceed with polls before the rest of the country holds national elections may face legal…

6 years

COVID-19 and federal supremacy in the constitutional system

As it has no constitutional basis, regional governments can challenge the notion of federal supremacy introduced in the COVID-19 state…

6 years

Is Tigray’s COVID-19 state of emergency constitutional, practical?

Ethiopia needs a unified response to the pandemic, not overlapping emergency decrees.

6 years

Does Ethiopia really need another Tewodros II?

It is our failure to properly deal with the crisis of the Era of Princes, which ran from the mid-1700s…

7 years

Teflon TPLF

It is time for both the Tigray People's Liberation Front and its vociferous opponents to change their counter-productive ways.

7 years

TPLF’s last man standing

Three interest groups are competing to influence Debretsion Gebremichael, the veteran TPLF chairman and acting regional president.

7 years

The Republic of Tigray? Aydeln, yekenyeley!

While the reasons for the re-emergence of Tigrayan secessionism are apparent, the rationales of its proponents are far less compelling.

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

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