Ethiopia Insight published on 7 April 2023 a commentary titled "As Ethiopian Alliances Shift, Abiy's Anniversary Met by Amhara Protests and Violence" by Abel Tesfaye, Ethiopia Insight reporter.
Protests broke out across Amhara Region over a number of decisions by the Abiy Ahmed government, including its effort to disband regional militia forces and integrate them into the central government army.
Aljazeera published on 7 April 2023 an article titled "Ethiopia to Integrate Regional Forces into Central Army, Police."
Ethiopia intends to integrate local militias from its 10 regions into the national army or the federal or regional police force.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies published in August 2021 a study titled "Personal Ties: Measuring Chinese and U.S. Engagement with African Security Chiefs" by Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris and Alison Albelda.
The conclusions are based on an open source database measuring Chinese and U.S. engagement with 454 current and former African security chiefs. China engages with top African security chiefs at less than half the rate of the United States, with engagements peaking in 2019 followed by a sharp decline in 2020.
The Heritage Institute published in April 2021 a report titled "Structural Impediments to Reviving Somalia's Security Forces."
The report argues that the creation of a capable Somali security force is hampered by the irreconcilability of Somalia's political leaders, nepotism, inadequate funding, potency of al-Shabaab, and external actors with different agendas.
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