After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
The rhetoric that presents the Amhara people as a national enemy has gone on, unchallenged, for far too long.
Abiy Ahmed’s use of the military to address a critical challenge is likely to fail.
A new government with popular legitimacy will have power to address lingering political, economic and security challenges.
Ethiopia’s party system is extremely volatile due to the prevalence of weakly institutionalised and fragmented political parties.