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While the world’s gaze is fixed on the Middle East, another crisis is quietly brewing in the Horn of Africa—no less dangerous, yet largely ignored. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/07/16/red… on how fragile deals, factional rivalries, and maritime ambitions deepen the Horn’s peril. #Ethiopian

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A chilling repeat of tactics used in the #Tigray war signals that another devastating conflict may be in the making—unless the cycle is urgently broken. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/07/29/abi… on how Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appears determined to direct a familiar and ruinous sequel.



Four years ago, the sun rose over Garba-Isse like it had for centuries—golden, indifferent. By dusk, the earth was stained crimson. A day that began in ordinary rhythm ended in mass killing. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/07/eth… on how Garba-Isse remains buried in silence. #Ethiopia

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has splintered, with one faction seeking sanctuary from Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and another turning to Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/08/wit… on how a fractured TPLF is seeking refuge with old foes. #Tigray

Located along the border of Ethiopia’s two most-populous regions some 220 kilometres northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, Derra has long been a place of contention and violence. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/11/men… on addressing Ethiopia’s internal land disputes. #Ethiopia #Ethiopian

READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/11/men… on how disputes over territories in Ethiopia since the introduction of the country’s current ethnic federalist administrative arrangement in the early 1990s, have increased the structural politicization of ethnicity, tensions and violence. #Ethiopia

The recent exchange between Abrar Fitwi and Mulugeta Gebregziabher—has resonated with many of us who hold Tigray’s legacy dear. At the heart of their dialogue lies a crucial question: must democracy precede secession? READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/13/eth… #Ethiopia #Tigrayan #Ethiopian


In post-war #Ethiopia, one particular mantra has gained traction with unnerving speed: “Us for Peace vs You for War.” Beneath its pacifist veneer lies a calculated campaign to disarm, demoralize, and dismantle #Tigray's capacity for self-defense. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/14/eth…

Somalia’s Gedo region has become the nexus of proxy wars, clan rivalries, and Al-Shabaab resurgence, threatening to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/19/the… on the issues facing this tri-border area of #Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. #Ethiopia #Somalia

Violence in contested localities in #Ethiopia is hardly unprecedented. There have been several armed clashes, often going beyond communal conflicts to involve regional security forces. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/11/men… on how territorial disputes are becoming more consequential.

Territory, identity, and power collide in Ethiopia. Ethnic federalism has intensified long-standing disputes—and the stakes keep climbing... READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/11/men… on the recurrence of violent confrontations among state and non-state actors over disputed areas. #ethiopia



For decades in Ethiopia, communities have clashed over borders. But since the 1990s, when ethnic federalism reshaped the political map, ethnicity isn’t just identity anymore—it’s power and politics. The stakes? Higher than ever. READ: ethiopia-insight.com/2025/08/11/men… #Ethiopia #Ethiopian