Part Two By Tesfaye Demmellash In the wake of recent widespread protests and resistance actions triggered by the Oromo state’s attempt to disarm and disband Amhara regional forces and militia, the state has entered a period of intense crisis and instability. With the Abiy regime’s all-out military campaign in Amhara regions after the assassination of Girma Yeshitila, a top Amhara politician loyal to the Abiy regime, the situation has become all the more critical. Ethiopians have credible reasons to blame the misguided, faltering assault on the government as a plot and a pretext to carry out further brutal repression against … Continue reading Contradictions of Predatory Tribal “Rule” in Ethiopia: Implications for Resistance and Change – Part II