by Iman Mohamed | Mar 24, 2021 | Georgia State University
Communication and social interactions are critical tools that can either solidify polarization or depolarize democracies at risk. Social relations inherently trickle down into the political discourse of every nation. This means that the status of these social...
by Reshi Rajan | Dec 10, 2020 | University of Georgia
A new brand of Autocratic Consolidation: A Case Study in Ethiopia He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, but Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is now on the cusp of dealing with a civil war. Three weeks ago, the PM sent troops to the Tigray region in the...
by Rickeil Topiwala | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
Ethiopia’s democracy has been slowly backsliding. What started as a successful new era for leader Abiy Ahmed with sweeping government reforms and even a Nobel Peace Prize has dissolved into near authoritarianism. So what happened? In 2018, Abiy Ahmed took office...
by Soleyana Gebremichael | Apr 26, 2018 | American University
Ethiopia is a country in the horn of Africa that failed under communist military junta even though it successfully conducted a revolution that toppled the 42 years old monarch in 1974. It took 17 years of civil war to bring the current electoral autocracy regime....
by Soleyana Gebremichael | Mar 28, 2018 | American University
Befekadu Hailu, a renowned blogger; was taken from his house by civilian clothed security forces on November 11th, 2016 morning. He spent the followed 33 days in a detention camp, being forced of corporal punishment and food deprivation. Befekadu is not the only one...
