THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL PEACE PROCESSES IN ETHIOPIA
Women in Ethiopia face a variety of political, security, economic and socio-cultural barriers. As is the case elsewhere, in Ethiopia violent conflict tends to result in women suffering disproportionate victimization and human rights violations. This underlines the importance of peace when it comes to ensuring the safety—and beyond that realizing the rights—of women and girls. […]
ኃይማኖታዊ ዋልተኝነት በኢትዮጵያ፡ የከተማ ግጭቶች እና የሰላም ዕድሎች
ማጠቃለያ • ይህ ዘገባ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ በኢትዮጵያ በተከሰቱት የማኅበረሰብ ግጭቶች ውስጥየኃይማኖት ሚናን ያጠናል። በመዲናይቱ ያለውን አለመግባባቶች እና አመለካከቶች ሙሉ በሙሉ ችላባይልም በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከአራት የክልል ከተሞች ማለትም ከድሬዳዋ፣ ከጎንደር፣ ከሐዋሳ እናከጅማ የተገኙ መረጃዎችን በማሰባሰብ ስለ ኃይማኖት እና ግጭቶች የተሟላ እና ሁለገብ ገጽታ ለመሳልይጥራል። ዘገባው በእነዚህ ከተሞች ውስጥ በተካሄዱ ዋና ጥናቶች ላይ […]
RELIGIOUS POLARISATION IN ETHIOPIA: URBAN CONFLICTS AND RESOURCES FOR PEACE
SUMMARY • This report studies the role of religion in recent inter-communal conflicts in Ethiopia outside of Addis Ababa. While not entirely neglecting disputes and perceptions in the capital, it seeks to paint a fuller and more versatile picture of religion and conflict in Ethiopia by drawing together insights from four Ethiopian regional cities: Dire […]
DHURASHADA KAYDKA SHIDAALKA OGADEN
Find the English version here and the Amharic summary here.
የኦጋዴን ተፋሰስን ማንጠፍጠፍ፡ የተንጓተተው የሶማሊ ክልል የነዳጅ ሐሰሳና የሥልጣን ፍትጊያ
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 […]
የጨው ፖለቲካ በአፋር ክልል፡ አግላይ የንግድ ሥርዓትና አንድምታው
ማጠቃለያ Find the English version of this report here.
የጠረፍ አካባቢዎች የአገር በቀል የኢኮኖሚ ልማት ጥያቄዎችና የስኳር ልማት
ማጠቃለያ Find the English version of this report here.
SUGARCOATING ‘HOMEGROWN’ DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERIPHERY
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 […]
BUILDING A NEW ETHIOPIAN POLITICAL SETTLEMENT
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 […]
AFAR’S SALTY POLITICS: MONOPOLIZATION AND MARGINALIZATION IN AFDERA’S SALT BUSINESS
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 […]