An offensive in the Tigray region followed months of aerial strikes by the Ethiopian government. The situation could spark a wider regional conflict.
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Pretoria stopped one phase of one war. Its incomplete implementation left unresolved disputes that are now colliding.
A culture of solving political differences with conflict has led to persistent disagreements about the Ethiopian state.
An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.
The upcoming elections are arguably among the least politically competitive Ethiopia has experienced since the introduction of multiparty elections in the 1990s.
There is a risk of the upcoming election deepening existing regional and political fault lines instead of bridging them.
Despite the peace agreement in 2018 between the countries, critical fault lines persist.
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Ethiopia tried to transit to democracy in 1991 and 2018. Both attempts were unsuccessful.
Addis Ababa’s willingness to work with regional rivals in the Middle East shows its practical approach to foreign relations.
The 2020-2022 war and its lingering effects have thrown the Tigray region into chaos.
Fully implementing the principles of a ceasefire agreement is critical to post-war recovery in Ethiopia’s north.
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.
The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
The origins of Ethiopia’s food crisis can be traced to a bitter feud between Eritrean and Tigrayan liberation fighters.
Violence in Ethiopia could cause ripples across the Horn of Africa, destabilizing the region.
The UN Security Council resolution adopted to address the Yemeni crisis ended up constraining its efforts to bring peace.
Ethiopian politicians, both opposition and incumbents, have found it difficult to undo the political culture of winning by elimination.
The tensions that had been simmering between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Abiy administration eventually boiled over.
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