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Ethiopia

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    The Ethiopia protesters’ struggle moves to the athletics track

    By Kalkidan Yibeltal
    March 6, 2017
    While a state of emergency is still in place at home, global sporting events are providing an irresistible opportunity for protesters to be seen ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    Never Again? Inside Ethiopia’s “retraining” programme for thousands of detained protesters

    By Kalkidan Yibeltal
    January 26, 2017
    Detainees rounded up in the state of emergency were treated to a six-part course that included units in “Constitutional Democracy”, “Colour Revolutions” and “Ethiopian ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    What Ethiopia’s withdrawals from AMISOM mean for Somalia

    By James Barnett
    October 27, 2016
    Why is Ethiopia bringing back some of the best-trained and best-equipped soldiers fighting al-Shabaab? This month has seen multiple withdrawals of Ethiopia National Defense ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    Ethiopia: How popular uprising became the only option

    By Michael C. Mammo
    October 7, 2016
    In theory, the Oromo and Amhara are well-represented by parties in government. But they have never been perceived to have either legitimacy or autonomy. ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    “The blood flowing in Oromia is our blood too”: Why Oromo-Amhara solidarity is the greatest threat to the Ethiopian government

    By Awol Allo
    September 27, 2016
    For decades, the ruling party has governed by pitting the Oromo and Amhara against one another. Now the two groups are joining forces against ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    Behind the Ethiopia protests: A view from inside the government

    By Juneydi Saaddo
    September 16, 2016
    An ex-cabinet minister in the Ethiopian government and former president of Oromia Regional State explains why the current turmoil has come as no surprise.  For over ...
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  • EthiopiaPolitics

    Ethiopia’s unprecedented nationwide Oromo protests: who, what, why?

    By Awol Allo
    August 6, 2016
    There are reports of dozens of deaths and thousands of arrests as protesters took to the streets today in unprecedented numbers and with unprecedented ...
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  • EritreaEthiopiaPolitics

    Why the skirmishes between Ethiopia and Eritrea won’t spiral into full-scale war

    By Seyoum Y. Tesfay
    June 23, 2016
    There is fighting talk on both sides, but neither would benefit from actual war. International attention has once again been drawn to the fraught ...
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  • EconomyEthiopiaPolitics

    Ethiopia: new cabinet, new plan, new direction?

    By Fadil Elobeid
    October 21, 2015
    Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has started his second term and the country is embarking on the next phase of its grand development plan. Has anything ...
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