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Amhara unrest strains Ethiopia’s political faultlines

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: ETHIOPIA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Ethiopia AF

Topical: politics social decentralisation election ethnic government human rights opposition party protest security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "Amhara unrest strains Ethiopia’s political faultlines", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB261319

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Significance

The protests also took aim at the Amhara branch of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) for failing to protect Amharas.

Impacts

‘Provincial’ rifts could emerge within the Amhara PP, amid factionalism among elites from the former provinces that joined to form Amhara.
Tensions could undermine the credibility of regional polls, which will be hard fought despite a likely clear PP victory.
Rhetoric among ethnonationalist hardliners nationwide may contribute to an escalatory dynamic.

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