In recent history, political processes in Somalia have been dominated by a narrow set of political and business elites, armed actors and external players. Following the collapse of the government in 1991, there were a series of conferences in the 1990s that engaged primarily with political elites and armed actors. All of these conferences failed. The Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) in…

In June 2018 and July 2019 violent clashes erupted in Hawassa, an important commercial hub in southern Ethiopian and the capital of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region. While the first attack appeared relatively spontaneous, the second was apparently well planned, with allegations that Sidama youth, known as Ejeto, received direction from Sidama politicians.

በሰኔ ወር 2010 እና በሐምሌ ወር 2011 በደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ቀዳሚ የንግድ ማዕከል እና የደቡብ ክልል ርዕሰ መዲና በሆነችው ሐዋሳ አሰቃቂ ግጭቶች ተከስተዋል። የመጀመሪያው ጥቃት ድንገተኛ ቢመስልም፣ የሁለተኛው ጥቃት በደንብ የታቀደ ይመስል ነበር። ጥቃቱ ኤጄቶ በመባል የሚታወቁት የሲዳማ ወጣቶች ከሲዳማ ፖለቲከኞች ትዕዛዝ ተቀብለው የቀሰቀሱት ጥቃት ነው የሚል ክስ ቀርቦባቸዋል።

The last twelve months have been a critical period for Ethiopia. The breakdown of the so-called ‘humanitarian truce’ between Federal and Tigrayan authorities in August 2022 marked the onset of another round of bloody fighting that shook the country and the region. These developments were not unexpected. The pause in hostilities in the country’s north had begun to crumble earlier in the summer…

Galmudug ayaa ilaa iyo dhawaanahan loo arkayay dowlad-goboleed ay colaado iyo kala qeybsanaan badani ka jiraan, oo ay qaabeeyeen colaadihii laga dhaxlay dagaalladii sokeeye ee Soomaaliya. Khilaafyada joogtada ah ee beelaha ku saleysanaa ee u dhexeeyay kooxaha siyaasadeed awgood, waxaa lagu sifeeyay in aysan ka jirin awood siyaasadeed oo mideysan. Xitaa iyadoo gobollada kale ee Soomaaliya ay…

Galmudug state in Somalia was, until recently, seen as a region of conflict and fragmentation, shaped by the legacy of violence passed down from the Somali civil war. Due to the constant conflict between clan-based political groupings, it has been characterized as lacking any unified political authority. Even as other parts of Somalia established basic state structures and began forming what…

ድሬ ዳዋ የኢትዮጵያ ሁለተኛ ትልቅ ከተማ ስትሆን በሀገሪቱ ምስራቃዊ ክፍል - በኦሮሚያ እና በሶማሊያ ክልል አዋሳኝ ድንበር ላይ የምትገኝ የብዝሃ-ብሔር እና የኃይማኖቶች የኢኮኖሚ ማዕከል ነች። ምንም እንኳን የከተማዋ ታሪካዊ ሥርዓት በኃይማኖቶች እና በብሔሮች መካከል ባለ ወዳጅነትና መተሳሰብ የሚታወቅ ቢሆንም ድሬ ዳዋ ከ2010 ጀምሮ በተከታታይ በተከሰቱ የማኅበረሰባዊ ግጭቶች ስትታመስ ቆይታለች።

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia’s second largest city, is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious economic hub in the country’s eastern region, sitting on the contested boundary between the Oromia and Somali regions. Despite an overarching sense that the city’s historical norm is one of inter-religious and inter-ethnic conviviality, Dire Dawa has since 2018 been afflicted by successive waves of inter-communal…

የጎንደር ከተማ ነዋሪዎች በሚያዝያ ወር 2014 በተከሰተው ግጭት ተጨባጭ እውነታዎች ላይ አሁንም ልዩነቶች ያሏቸው ይመስላል። የእስልምና እምነት ተከታይ የሆኑ የጥናቱ ተሳታፊዎች በአጠቃላይ ከኦርቶዶክስ ክርስቲያኖች የጥናቱ ተሳታፊዎች የበለጠ የተጎጂዎችን ቁጥር ሲገልጹ፣ የፒያሳ መስጂድ ሙሉ በሙሉ በእሳት ተቃጥሏልም ይላሉ። ይሁን እንጂ እነዚህ ገለፃዎች ከኦርቶዶክስ ተሳታፊዎች ገለፃ አንፃር የተለያዩ ሆነው ተገኝተዋል። እነዚህና መሰል ልዩነቶች ግጭቱ የመረጃ ፖለቲካ ላይ ምን ያህል ተፅዕኖዎች እንዳሳደረ ያሳያሉ። 

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…