RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN GONDAR: LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLARIZATION AND PEACE-BUILDING
SUMMARY • Gondar city is known for centuries of peaceful coexistence between its Muslim and Orthodox Christian community members. These inter-religious relations have, however, deteriorated over recent decades, erupting into view in the April 2022 attack on Muslim mourners and subsequent inter-communal clashes that prompted demonstrations and counter-reactions in multiple cities across Ethiopia. • Study […]
የወርቅ ማዕድን ቁፋሮና የበረታው ቅሬታ : በኦሮሚያ ጉጂ ዞን በሚድሮክ እና በጎዱ የወርቅ ማዕድን ቁፋሮዎች ዙሪያ ያለው ውዝግብና ሥጋት
ማጠቃለያ በአገር አቀፍ ደረጃ የፖለቲካ ለውጥ ቢደረግም በኦሮሚያ ክልል በሚገኙት ሁለቱ የጉጂ ዞኖች (ጉጂ እና ምዕራብ ጉጂ) የማዕድን ቁፋሮ ሥራ የአካባቢውን ማኅበረሰቦች ማግለሉን ቀጥሏል። ይህ እውነታ በተለይ በሳውዑዲ ቢሊየነር ሼክ መሐመድ ሁሴን አል አሙዲ ባለቤትነት በሚተዳደረው የሚድሮክ የማዕድን እና የነዳጅ ኩባንያ ላይ ይስተዋላል። በብልጽግና ፓርቲ ወቅት የተቋቋሙ እንደ ጎዱ አጠቃላይ ትሬዲንግ አ.ማ. (GODU) ያሉ የሀገር […]
GOLD GLITTERS, GRIEVANCES GROW: CONTESTATION AND UNCERTAINTY AROUND MIDROC AND GODU GOLD MINES IN GUJI, OROMIA
SUMMARY • Despite political change at the national level, resource extraction in the two Guji zones (Guji and West Guji) of the Oromia Region continues to exclude local communities. This is particularly so in the case of MIDROC – a mining and oil company owned by Saudi billionaire Sheik Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi. • Local […]
EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEBATES AND IDEOLOGICAL FAULT-LINES IN ETHIOPIA
INTRODUCTION Social science knowledge production in Ethiopia, as elsewhere in Africa, has Eurocentric roots. This is because Ethiopian Studies was born outside of Ethiopia, with the first generation of scholars consisting mainly of academics from Western countries or Ethiopians educated in Eurocentric traditions. The knowledge they produced centred around Ethiopian exceptionalism, which was used to […]
RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY ETHIOPIA
HISTORY, POLITICS AND INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS INTRODUCTION Religious affiliation is almost universal in Ethiopia, which means that religions amass significant political capital but may also act as potential catalysts for conflict. After five decades of ostensibly secular politics—first under a socialist dictatorship and then driven by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)’s strict insistence that […]
ETHIOPIA CONFLICT TREND ANALYSIS: WESTERN OROMIA
This conflict trend report was produced by the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF). The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian experts with support for conflict sensitive programming in the country. It is managed by the Rift Valley Institute and funded by the UK government. INTRODUCTION Western Oromia […]
RELIGION, POLITICS AND THE STATE IN ETHIOPIA
This briefing was produced by the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF). The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian experts with support for conflict sensitive programming in the country. It is managed by the Rift Valley Institute and funded by the UK government. This briefing paper considers key […]
UNDERSTANDING ETHIOPIA’S REGIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY AFTER 2018
This briefing was produced by the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF). The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian experts with support for conflict sensitive programming in the country. It is managed by the Rift Valley Institute and funded by the UK government. SUMMARY
CONFLICT TRENDS ANALYSIS: BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA
This paper provides an analysis of the six-month conflict trends in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, particularly Metekel zone. As well as providing an overview of the conflict and its main actors, it also examines the political processes that have been put in place to try to resolve the conflict. This is particularly relevant due to […]