Politics in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Insight posted on 18 March 2020 a commentary titled "A New Dominant Party Delays Democratization" by Rebecca Zerihun.

The author argues that long-standing discontent in Ethiopia has always centered on the right to self-rule at the local level. The questionable implementation of Ethiopian federalism under the EPRDF has led to a misdiagnosis of this root problem. The author continues that the nationally-based Prosperity Party could potentially undermine any prospect of Ethiopian democratization because it signifies little if any change from the way the EPRDF functioned.