Ethiopia Insight published on 22 January 2023 a commentary titled "Ethiopian Nation-building Is Haunted by Its Troubled History" by Muktar Ismail, former advisor to the Somali Regional government and former UN staff member.
The author argues that Ethiopia has not had a history of a deliberate program to build national unity. Internal conflicts that arose over a century ago continue to this day. The wars in Tigray and Oromia are examples of this history. Ethiopia needs to launch a transitional justice and reconciliation process with the aim to end its culture of impunity around past and present abuses.
