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‘Sheger City’ plan will fuel Ethiopia tensions

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ETHIOPIA

Notably, this includes the new ‘Sheger City’, which consolidates several towns and villages surrounding Addis Ababa. The move is controversial due to fears the Oromia government…

Sidama’s birth heralds breakup of Ethiopia’s south

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ETHIOPIA

While this fulfils long-held Sidama aspirations, it also opens a Pandora’s box that will likely see the further fragmentation of the SNNPR.

Ethiopia's Amhara-Tigray talks may build confidence

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ETHIOPIA

The visit represents a milestone for the two regions, which have been divided by longstanding tensions that fuelled the two-year civil war in northern Ethiopia. The visit was…

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.