Amhara Nationalism Faces Historic Choice in National Dialogue

Ethiopia’s National Dialogue: Can It Shape Abiy Ahmed’s Political Project? - Wazemaradio

The dialogue may also have important implications within the ruling Prosperity Party itself. Read Wazema Memo below Ethiopia’s National Dialogue has entered its third week, with delegates deliberating some of the country’s most consequential political questions. Constitutional reform, the future of Ethiopia’s ethnic federal system, the administrative status of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, electoral

Amhara Nationalism Faces Historic Choice in National Dialogue

Constitutional reform could challenge decades-old assumptions about Ethiopia’s political order For generations, Amhara political thought rested on an implicit premise: Whatever ideological language successive governments adopted, the Ethiopian state remained familiar political territory. Regimes changed, but Amhara politics continued to see itself as closely tied to the country’s governing center. Today, that assumption is being […]