Ethiopia and Protection of Minorities

 Ethiopia Insight published on 24 August 2026 a commentary titled "Minority Protection Is Ethiopia's Federal Test" by Abdi Edriss, a human rights advocate in Toronto.

As Ethiopia engages in its national dialogue process, the author emphasizes that smaller ethnic and religious communities need institutions they can rely on when their interests diverge from those of the majority.  A state becomes stronger when its minorities do not have to fear the majority.  

Ethiopia: Ethnic Conflict in Harar

Ethiopia Insight posted on 2 January 2019 an analysis titled "Anguish for Harari As Oromo Claim Rights" by William Davison and Leake Tewele.

The ongoing intimidation of Harari property owners by groups of Oromo in the walled city of Harar is the latest ethnic tension in Ethiopia. While Harari victims say they are being dispossessed, some Oromo activists claim historic wrongs need redressing.

The Fate of Darfurians in South Sudan

A new study titled Darfurians in South Sudan: Negotiating Belonging in Two Sudans looks at the issue of the rights of Darfurians living in South Sudan. The author is Lucy Hovil with the International Refugee Rights Initiative.

The author acknowledges that the presence of a relatively small number of Darfurians in South Sudan is a small part of a wider story. Yet their presence represents something of profound significance: their ability to remain in South Sudan, to be part of this new state, and for the South to be part of the solution to their longer-term desire to one day return to Darfur in freedom.

Click here to read the entire report.