Ethnic federalism was formally introduced in Ethiopia in 1995 by the Ethiopian People Democratic Front (EPRDF), after toppling the Derg military junta that ruled the country between 1974 and 1991.

Peaceful regime change through dialogue or credible democratic elections have rarely been recorded in Ethiopian history, if ...

Ethnic Tigray people all over the country report an increase in discrimination and abuse from the authorities. By Simon Marks and Abdi Latif Dahir ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — On a bright day in mid ...

Mr. Abiy has been celebrated as a reformer, but his transformative politics has come up against ethnic federalism enshrined in Ethiopia’s Constitution. The resulting clash threatens to ...

Relations between neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea have deteriorated in recent months over access to the Red Sea. Eritrean ...

Local authorities and Amhara forces in Western Tigray Zone in northern Ethiopia have continued an ethnic cleansing campaign against Tigrayans since the November 2, 2022, truce agreement.

Ethiopia’s multi-ethnic composition has long been the source of feuds and blood‪ that‬ now pose a threat to the fragile Horn of Africa Reports have indicated widespread violations in the war ...

Abdi escaped by hiding on a rooftop, a horrified witness to one of the worst mass killings in Ethiopia in recent years. Hundreds of people, mostly ethnic Amhara, were slaughtered in Tole village ...

In particular, the Oromo Liberation Army (ola), a rebel group which says it is fighting for the self-determination of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, has been weakening the grip of the federal ...

On the verge of becoming the tenth state in federal Ethiopia, 10 ethnic groups in the Southern Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS) continue on their ...

Since then, serious human rights violations by government security forces against ethnic Tigrayans in Addis Ababa have escalated. “Ethiopian security forces in recent weeks have carried out ...