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The Institute publishes books, research reports, research papers, briefings and meeting reports in a range of formats. Publications cover policy, research, arts, culture and local knowledge in the countries of eastern and central Africa. Research publications—books, reports and papers—are peer-reviewed. Some RVI publications are also available in French and/or Arabic. Blogs can be read here.

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2023
ማጠቃለያ

የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሌ ክልል 350,000 ካሬ ኪሎ ሜትር የሚሸፍነው የኦጋዴን ተፋሰስ ነዳጅና የተፈጥሮ ጋዝ ክምችትን ጨምሮ በተፈጥሮ ሀብት የበለፀገ ነው። እነዚህ ሀብቶች በአግባቡ እና በፍትሃዊነት ጥቅም ላይ ከዋሉ ለክልሉ እና ለሀገሪቱ አጠቃላይ ልማት አስተዋፅዖ የማድረግ አቅ ምአላቸው። ይሁን እንጂ በፌደራል መንግስት አማካኝነት በሶማሌ ክልል ተጓዳኝ ሀብቶች ለማግኘት የሚደረጉ ጥረቶች በረመዥም ዓመታት የአመጽና ከንብረት የማፈናቀል ታሪክ ጋር የተሳሰሩ ናቸው።

የሶማሌ ክልል ከ2010 (እ.ኤ.አ. ከ2018) መጨረሻ ጀምሮ - ማለትም የቀድሞ የክልሉ…

2023

Dowlad deegaanka Soomaalida ee itoobiya waa mid qani ku ah khayraadka dabiiciga ah, ee ay kamid yihiin saliidda iyo gaaska dabiiciga ah ee ku kaydsan dooxada Ogaden kaas oo ku fadhiya bad qiyaastii dhan 350,000 KM sq oo ka kooban badiba DDS. Haddii si sax ah oo caddaalad ah loo maamulo khayraadkan waxa uu awoodaa inuu wax ka taro hormarka degaanka iyo si guud dalkaba. Tijaabooyin ay samaysey…

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2023

ማጠቃለያ

የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሌ ክልል 350,000 ካሬ ኪሎ ሜትር የሚሸፍነው የኦጋዴን ተፋሰስ ነዳጅና የተፈጥሮ ጋዝ ክምችትን ጨምሮ በተፈጥሮ ሀብት የበለፀገ ነው። እነዚህ ሀብቶች በአግባቡ እና በፍትሃዊነት ጥቅም ላይ ከዋሉ ለክልሉ እና ለሀገሪቱ አጠቃላይ ልማት አስተዋፅዖ የማድረግ አቅ ምአላቸው። ይሁን እንጂ በፌደራል መንግስት አማካኝነት በሶማሌ ክልል ተጓዳኝ ሀብቶች ለማግኘት የሚደረጉ ጥረቶች በረመዥም ዓመታት የአመጽና ከንብረት የማፈናቀል ታሪክ ጋር የተሳሰሩ ናቸው።

 

የሶማሌ ክልል ከ2010 (እ.ኤ.አ. ከ2018) መጨረሻ ጀምሮ - ማለትም የቀድሞ የክልሉ…

2023

ማጠቃለያ 

ብልጽግና ፓርቲ በ2010 (እ.ኤ.አ. በ2018) ወደ ሥልጣን ከመጣ ሲመጣ፣ መንግሥት ብዙ ሺህ ሄክታር የሚሸፍኑ የአገዳ እርሻዎችን ጨምሮ ስምንት የስኳር ፋብሪካዎችን ወደ ግል ይዞታ በማዘዋወር የኢትዮጵያን የስኳር ኢንዱስትሪ ያነቃቃል የሚል ግምት ተስፋፍቷል። ይህ አመለካከት የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢሕአዲግ) መራሹ መንግሥት መንግሥት-መር የልማት ስትራቴጂ ዋና አካል የሆኑት የስኳር ልማት ፕሮጀክቶች በተከታታይ ያስከተሉት ከዕቅድ በላይ ወጪቸች፥ የንድፍ/ዲዛይን ግድፈቶች እንዲሁም የቴክኒክ ማሻሻያዎነን ተከትሎ የመጣ ነው…
2023
SUMMARY

• Since the Prosperity Party (PP) came to power in Ethiopia in 2018, expectations have grown that its government will revitalize Ethiopia’s sugar industry through the privatization of eight sugar factories, including plantations of several thousand hectares in peripheral areas of the country. This comes in the context of the country’s sugar estates—a central…

2023

ማጠቃለያ 

ብልጽግና ፓርቲ በ2010 (እ.ኤ.አ. በ2018) ወደ ሥልጣን ከመጣ ሲመጣ፣ መንግሥት ብዙ ሺህ ሄክታር የሚሸፍኑ የአገዳ እርሻዎችን ጨምሮ ስምንት የስኳር ፋብሪካዎችን ወደ ግል ይዞታ በማዘዋወር የኢትዮጵያን የስኳር ኢንዱስትሪ ያነቃቃል የሚል ግምት ተስፋፍቷል። ይህ አመለካከት የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር (ኢሕአዲግ) መራሹ መንግሥት መንግሥት-መር የልማት ስትራቴጂ ዋና አካል የሆኑት የስኳር ልማት ፕሮጀክቶች በተከታታይ ያስከተሉት ከዕቅድ በላይ ወጪቸች፥ የንድፍ/ዲዛይን ግድፈቶች እንዲሁም የቴክኒክ ማሻሻያዎነን ተከትሎ የመጣ ነው…
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2023

Ethiopia’s transition under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the latest attempt to build a stable political settlement – an agreement over how power will be distributed and wielded – between key actors. In its efforts to do this, Abiy’s government set out to redefine the state, polity and citizenship, and reorganize state-society relations under the new Prosperity Party (PP) and a loosely defined…

2023
SUMMARY

• Ethiopia’s Afar region, especially around Lake Afdera, is the country’s main source of salt, accounting for 80 per cent of the national market. The salt sector in the region has been dominated by non-Afar investors from neighbouring regions—so-called ‘highlanders’ from the country’s political and economic centre—since extraction started in 1998, with the Afar playing only a marginal…

2023
SUMMARY 

• Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State (SRS) is rich in natural resources, including oil and natural gas reserves in the Ogaden Basin which covers an area of approximately 350,000 sq km comprising much of the SRS. If managed properly and fairly, these resources hold the potential to contribute to development in the regional state and the country at large. Attempts by the federal…

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2023
Overview

The current political dynamics seen in South West State (SWS) have been shaped by the state collapse of 1991, the civil war, and subsequent fraught efforts to establish a Federal Member State. Initial ‘bottom-up’ efforts by the Rahanweyn Resistance Army to form an autonomous entity ultimately collapsed into infighting, following which al-Shabaab established a…