Ethiopia's Oromo Youth: Divided and Disaffected?

 Ethiopia Insight posted on 7 April 2021 a commentary titled "Ethiopia's Oromo Youth Are Disaffected--But also Divided, Coopted, and Demoralized" by an anonymous person who lives in Ginchi.  

The author argues that ideological splits among Oromo youth help explain why renewed Oromo discontent is not leading to a resurgent uprising.  

Ethiopia: Hunger Strike Leads to Protests

 Ethiopia Insight posted on 17 February 2021 a commentary titled "Trial Stutters as Bekele, Jawar et al's Hunger Strike Triggers Protests."

Ethiopia Insight warns that the hunger strike by jailed members of the political opposition could lead to growing political protests.

Ethiopia and the State of Emergency

The Washington Post published on 3 March 2018 an article titled "Under a New State of Emergency, Ethiopia Is on the Brink of Crisis, Again" by Paul Schemm.

The author commented that while the government of Ethiopia sees the current state of emergency--the second in two years--as necessary to restore order required for any reform, critics see it as a way of perpetuating the status quo.