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Critics will contest Ethiopia’s identity issues body

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia's identities and boundaries commission.

Afar-Somali conflict expands Ethiopia’s security woes

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ETHIOPIA

The conflict adds to the multiple points of insecurity the country faces, amid ongoing conflict in Tigray and spiralling inter-ethnic violence elsewhere.

African secessionism will challenge national unity

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AFRICA

An increasing number of African countries have secessionist movements that challenge existing state boundaries. However, few have the potential to secure their stated goals either…

Puntland crisis underscores Somali election dilemmas

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SOMALIA

Deni and the Puntland electoral commission seek to hold direct elections, while the opposition demand a return to a clan-based electoral system. Meanwhile, with the election…

Tigray-Amhara claims may delay Ethiopia peace process

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ETHIOPIA

Territorial disputes between Amhara and Tigray require delicate negotiations. This will likely delay, and could even derail, the peace process.

Wolayta may frustrate restructuring of south Ethiopia

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ETHIOPIA

The arrests triggered protests in which security forces killed at least 17 people and may entrench the crisis over statehood demands in the multi-ethnic Southern Nations…

Sidama state will deepen Ethiopia’s political tensions

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ETHIOPIA

Implications of the Sidama bid for their own state.

South Sudan state governance poses threat to stability

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SOUTH SUDAN

State governance in South Sudan and its implications for peace prospects.

Politicisation may worsen unrest in Kenya’s North Rift

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KENYA

Under this authority, the military has been deployed alongside police and multi-agency security forces to combat a spike in armed banditry that has resulted in over 100 civilians…

Abiy may struggle to settle Ethiopia’s Somali east

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ETHIOPIA

The decision follows weeks of unrest in the Ethiopian Somali National Regional State (ESNRS), capped by the August 6 resignation of regional President Abdi Mahmoud Omar ‘Iley’…