Tension between ethnic federalism and a centralised Ethiopian identity threaten the unity of Ethiopia. Ethiopia has 99 problems but ethnic federalism is the least of them. He uses two recent events to illustrate the supposed dangers posed by ethnic federalism. Besides, in Ethiopia, like elsewhere in Africa, sporadic clashes over scarce resources predate the advent of ethnic federalism. Despite the lack of its full implementation, however, ethnic federalism allowed a generation of young Ethiopians to learn in their native tongues.

Source: Ethiopian News October 17, 2017 14:15 UTC