The International Crisis Group’s decision to flag Eritrea–Ethiopia as a “conflict to watch” exposes precisely this failure. Equally absent from the Crisis Group’s framing is a serious examination of Ethiopia’s internal condition. The problem with the Crisis Group’s approach is not caution but false equivalence. The Crisis Group’s warning would be more credible, and far more useful, if it reflected this reality rather than obscuring it. ConclusionWhat ultimately discredits the Crisis Group’s framing is not caution but corruption of purpose.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2026 08:39 UTC