Had the national government and Tigray state government attempted to engage in intergovernmental dialogue, things might have turned out differently.
The Ethiopian premier is manipulating ethnic rivalries to shift the agenda from democratic reform to authoritarianism.
The tensions that had been simmering between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Abiy administration eventually boiled over.
If the AU and ECOWAS reject coups as unconstitutional changes of government, shouldn’t the same apply to third terms?
Omar al-Bashir’s trial for seizing power in 1989 could mark a sea change in Africa’s political culture.
