Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
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Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
Ethiopia’s largest region is pushing for self-determination - it hasn’t gone down well with Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a centralised state.
Instead of fanning the flames, the West needs to be even-handed in bringing the warring sides to the table.
Ethiopian history shows that the demands of its young people can’t go unaddressed for long.
There needs to be greater clarity on the nature of the crisis for an informed and meaningful intervention.
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