I think Ethiopia always had a very strong surveillance and intelligence apparatus. I think there’s a question mark over whether they were able to detect these types of threats ahead of time. When you talk to any marginalized group in Ethiopia about their grievances, inadvertently the census comes up. FP: I want to ask you more about the terms of nationalism in the Amhara region. FH: So in the Amhara region, there’s been this rise of Amhara nationalism.

Source: Ethiopian News June 24, 2019 22:41 UTC