However, the introduction of modern education is a relatively recent development, beginning in the early 20th century. Prior to 1908, the country's educational system was primarily under the control ...

Sovereignty has several pieces, and they are all under powerful attack in Ethiopia. The concept and practical aspects of both state and people's sovereignty fell into disuse in recent times in part ...

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Sequestered in a dank prison cell here, ... He spent 20 months in jail before his release in July 2007. “But the political space is contracting again.

The Oromo, the Amhara, and the Tegaru, the three biggest ethnic groups in Ethiopia, collectively make up more than 2/3rd of the entire Ethiopian population.

This was partly convenient because Ethiopian emperors, regardless of ethnic origin, used Amharic as the language of their court. Ethnic politics was enshrined in law.

Police said in May that they had arrested 47 health workers for taking part in the nationwide strike, which has halted ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on all sides of the conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes.

Ethiopia was struggling with significant economic, ethnic and political challenges long before a feud between Abiy and the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front ...

The key lesson is that transitional justice is not an event but an ongoing process that ends only when its goals are met.

Fana Gebresenbet, Securitisation of development in Ethiopia: the discourse and politics of developmentalism, Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 41, No. 143, SPECIAL ISSUE: ROAPE 40TH ...

CARLO CONTI-ROSSINI, the greatest living authority on Ethiopian culture and history, has described Ethiopia as a "museum of peoples." For thousands of years diverse peoples have beaten against the ...