These include the gruesome massacre that tragically took the lives of over 1,000 innocent ethnic Amhara civilians on June 18th. There have also been reports of sporadic protests in Addis Ababa and Amhara region. A long-term solution that is not being talked about is the abolition of the ethnic federal system and ethnic politics in Ethiopia. This system of ethnic states and ethnic identity cards is the only such system left in the world. It seems that much of the recent violence in Ethiopia has taken place near Ethiopia’s central-western borders, near the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a huge hydropower resource with the potential to transform Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2022 17:08 UTC