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A Dangerous Fault Line: Ethnic politics and authoritarian repression in contemporary Ethiopia http://wp.me/p3Hkjq-1ba

A Dangerous Fault Line: Ethnic politics and authoritarian repression in contemporary Ethiopia Since the removal the socialist regime (Derg) in 1991, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has radically reformed Ethiopia’s political landscape. The regime has claimed to have transformed the hitherto centralized authoritarian state into the Federal democratic Republic and also redefined citizenship, politics and identity on the grounds of ethnicity. According to its sponsors and supporters, the said transition is a democratic reconstitution of the state and society by ending authoritarian rule and creating an ethnically egalitarian nation-state of equals. [ 733 more words. ]

The political connection to Ethiopian plane hijack http://wp.me/p3Hkjq-VQ

The political connection to Ethiopian plane hijack It is definitely the first time an international carrier jet has been hijacked by its own crew member. Answering ‘why’ is not a simple matter. The act by the co-pilot is intertwined with all that is wrong with our country. It is the crystallization… [ 784 more words. ]

Ethiopians return home to a bleak future http://wp.me/p3Hkjq-Vw

Ethiopians return home to a bleak future Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ahmed, 20 years old, weakly sits down in a chair under the hot sun, dazed, as young men and women jostle in the yard around him. He has just been deported from Saudi Arabia after a month-long imprisonment, like the others at this… [ 1018 more words. ]