Members of the Amhara militia ride in the back of a pick up truck, in Mai Kadra, Ethiopia, on November 21, 2020. Amharas and Tigrayans were uneasy neighbours before the current fighting. Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images November 29, 2020 Drums of war were beating for almost two years. Why Ethiopia’s conflict was avoidable Yonatan T. Fessha, University of the Western Cape Had the national government and Tigray state government attempted to engage in intergovernmental dialogue, things might have turned out differently.
The thread that holds Ethiopia together could be unravelling. Stephen Morrison/EPA August 12, 2019 Why Sidama statehood demand threatens to unravel Ethiopia’s federal system Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College Calls for secession in Ethiopia could destabilise the entire nation.
Young men in the traditional attire of southern Ethiopia’s Sidama people. commons.wikimedia.org July 30, 2019 Ethiopia: why the Sidama secession demand needs to be negotiated Yonatan T. Fessha, University of the Western Cape The already extremely fragile political condition cannot handle any further instability and chaos.