Showing posts with label Qemant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Qemant. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Ethnic Minorities from Northern Ethiopia Afraid to Return from Sudan

 The New Humanitarian published on 16 February 2023 an article titled "Ethiopian Minorities Remain Fearful Despite Peace Deal" by Claire Wilmot, London School of Economics.

Minority Kunama, Irob, Qemant, and Agew from northern Ethiopia who became refugees in Sudan are still fearful about returning to their homes.  The article also sheds light on the broader concerns of these small ethnic groups.  

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Ethiopia: Parties Struggle to Gain Political Advantage

Ethiopia Insight posted on 9 January 2018 a commentary titled "TPLF Hegemony Has Ended, But EPRDF Power Struggle Is Just Beginning" by Mastewal Dessalew, a US-based software engineer.

The author argues that the ruling EPRDF parties have lost a unifying political ideology. In the meantime, the author says the EPRDF "is a collection of factions engaged in medieval-like political intrigue in order to become the country's dominant force."

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Ethiopia: Ethnic Conflict in Amhara Region

Ethiopia Insight published on 16 December 2018 an article titled "Violent Qemant Dispute Fueling Explosive Amhara-Tigray Divide" by William Davison, Solomon Yimer, Kibreab Beraki.

The status of the Qemant people, a group of less than 200,000 in Amhara region, has become one of the most recent areas for ethnic conflict. The violence is tied to the deteriorating relations and territorial disputes between the Amhara and Tigray governments.