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 […]
SQUEEZING THE OGADEN BASIN: POWER AND PROTRACTED OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN THE SOMALI REGION
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 […]
የኃይማኖትና የብሔር ግጭት በሐዋሳ፡ ኃይማኖታዊ ክ ፍፍልና ማኅበረሰባዊ ሰላም
ማጠቃለያ Find the English version of this report here.