| ID | 185759 |
| Title Proper | Anatomy of Ethiopia’s civil war |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tronvoll, Kjetil |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The civil war that erupted in November 2020 in Ethiopia was a culmination of several overlapping, long-running conflicts. The main conflict involves the nature of the Ethiopian state: whether it should be a unified structure reflecting a singular national identity, or a multiethnic federal system preserving autonomy for regional states. The discrete conflicts involve tensions between the central state and the regional states of Tigray and Oromo; territorial disputes between different ethnic groups; and an old rivalry between the regime of neighboring Eritrea and the ruling party in Tigray. The complex layers of the war make peace all the more elusive. |
| `In' analytical Note | Current History Vol. 121, No.835; May 2022: p.163–169 |
| Journal Source | Current History Vol: 121 No 835 |
| Key Words | Ethnic Conflict ; National Identity ; Ethiopia ; Eritrea ; Civil War |