Are coups contagious?
Coups have a nasty track record of prompting more coups. Transitional governments in Africa are still struggling with entrenched military privileges — and insurgent and extremist violence continues to proliferate,… Read more »
Category: Ethiopia
Can U.S. avoid ‘huge strategic setback’? Democracy summit must support transitions
U.S. officials are concerned by democratic backsliding across Africa, which has seen a wave of military coups in recent months — notably including in Sudan, where a coup last month… Read more »
Where is Ethiopia’s transition headed?
Following the first round of general elections, and three years after the beginning of a hopeful transition to a democratic Ethiopia, the country is at a critical juncture. Civil war… Read more »
Africa: ‘Repression and resistance the two key trends heading into 2021’
For all the economic successes of countries like Ethiopia and Rwanda, three major questions about authoritarian development in Africa remain, Nic Cheeseman writes for the Carnegie Endowment: First, there is… Read more »
Ethiopia ‘crumbling before our own eyes’?
Leaders of Ethiopia’s restive northern Tigray region said on Monday the federal government led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had launched more than 10 air strikes against them in recent… Read more »
Ethiopia’s political turmoil: What happens next
This week Ethiopia’s government entered the controversial sixth year of its five-year mandate. But the administration of Abiy Ahmed isn’t going anywhere… not even after a particularly violent summer, notes… Read more »
Ethiopia’s democratic transition ‘in peril’
Ethnic tensions and state violence – Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril https://t.co/3n2pYfN2u3 — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 17, 2020 “Freedom is not a gift doled out to people by… Read more »
Ethiopia’s template for monitoring rights in Covid-19 crisis
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has announced that it will conduct a “rapid assessment” of the details of the state of emergency measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus…. Read more »
Could Ethiopia’s transition be ‘derailed’?
Africa’s second-most populous country is heading into its first multiparty campaign season after Ethiopia’s prime minister, Nobel Prize-winner Abiy Ahmed, lifted a ban on opposition parties, dissolved his own ruling party… Read more »
Accountability, democracy, good governance imperative for Africa’s development
For Africa to accomplish the ambitious but laudable Sustainable Development Goals, strong institutions and good governance must be in place to ensure inclusion, democracy, and security, according to Brookings’ Foresight Africa…. Read more »