Ethiopia Insight published on 17 December 2025 a commentary titled "Why Transitional Justice for Tigray Is a Fiction" by Gidey Amare, a public servant in the health sector.
The Pretoria Agreement section on transitional justice for Tigray was predicated on the idea that the Ethiopian federal government, which was accused of many of the violations, would investigate itself. The author argues that this was never realistic and the current policy cannot deliver justice for Tigray.
African Arguments posted on 29 October 2024 a commentary titled "Power Struggle in Tigray" by Gerrit Kurtz, German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
An intergenerational power struggle is taking place within Tigray Region that pits Debretsion Gebremichael against Getachew Reda. It has little to do with ideology. Some Tigrayans believe Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is encouraging the division behind the scenes.
Ethiopia Insight published on 22 September 2021 a commentary titled "Playing for Keeps: The Struggle for Political Finance in Ethiopia's Transition" by Guido Lanfranchi and Jos Meester, both researchers at Clingendael's Horn of Africa program.
The commentary analyzes the struggle for control in Oromia and Tigray Region over key economic resources used to finance political activity: state or party-owned businesses and independent regional budgets.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published on 18 June 2021 an analysis titled "Ethiopia's Crisis Runs Deeper than Tigray" by Jason Mosley.
The conflict in Tigray Region is part of a broader political crisis in Ethiopia. External pressure on Ethiopian officials to de-escalate the conflict in Tigray and expand humanitarian access, without reference to the broader context, risks exacerbating the factors driving the conflict in Tigray.
