Friday, July 5, 2019

Ethiopia: The Genie Is Out of the Bottle

Foreign Policy published on 4 July 2019 an analysis titled "Abiy Ahmed's Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control" by Nizar Manek, Addis Ababa correspondent for Bloomberg News.

The author argues that following the opening up of Ethiopia's political system fractious forms of ethnonationalism are emerging across the country with its more than 80 ethnic groups, raising the prospect of a Yugoslav-style breakup.