Ethiopia’s Unfinished War

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Ethiopia’s peace agreements have failed to resolve the political disputes driving insurgencies, regional rivalries and recurring cycles of violence.

Ethiopia’s wars often end without settling anything. Renewed fighting in Tigray threatens the 2022 peace agreement, while insurgencies in Amhara and Oromia continue to challenge the federal government. Relations with Eritrea have deteriorated, raising the risk that domestic conflict could spill across international borders.

Ethiopia faces not one war but several, rooted in different grievances. Their persistence points to a deeper problem: the country has yet to establish a political order that its competing constituencies broadly accept.



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