Beyond Clannishness and Colonialism. Since 1991 Ethiopia has gone further than any other country in using ethnicity as the fundamental organizing principle of a federal system of government.
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Ethnic Federalism and its Discontents.

Ethnic federalism in ethiopia. The constitution aspires to achieve ethnic autonomy and equality while maintaining the state. The EPRDFs ethnic policy has empowered some groups but has not been accompanied by dialogue and reconciliation. Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia The federal system of governance was established along ethno-linguistic lines by the transitional government of Ethiopia after the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991.
Its new constitution created a federal system largely consisting of ethnic-based territorial units. The 1994 constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia Part2 SomaliNationalRegionalStatd JIJIGA Ethiopia October1999 ByMarcMichaelson TheSomaliRegionisamongEthiopiaspoorestleastdevelopedandmost politically-troubled areas.
Some donors appear to consider food security more important than democracy in Ethiopia. Ethnic federalism in Ethiopia has brought nothing but misery. Moreover the countrys very existence is.
Understanding Political Disorder in Ethiopias Somali Region 19912004. On the Question of the Nationalities in Ethiopia. For how is it possible for over 1000000 of them to have been on constant food aid for over 30 years while TPLF.
Somalis in the Ogaden and OLF Oromo Liberation Front. Unlike other federations where geography or administrative conveniences have been used to organize the federation Ethiopia has opted to take ethnicity as the point of departure for the remaking of the Ethiopian map. Ethnic Quest for Common Ethnic Identity and Self-governance in SNNPRS within the Context of the Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism.
Ethiopia must move away from its Soviet-inspired ethnic federation to achieve peace prosperity and democracyEthnic divisions have proved a major challenge to build national unity and achieve political stability in many African countries. 153 September 4 Brussels ICG 2009. Ethnic Federalism closely examines aspects of the Ethiopean case and asks why the use of territorial decentralism to accommodate ethnic differences has been generally unpopular in Africa.
While the concept has failed to accommodate grievances it has powerfully promoted ethnic self-awareness among all groups. Instability corruption andclanismhaveplagued the Regional Government. A Case study of Ale People.
In general ethnic federalism is a dangerous system that threatens the unity of the country that has been built over the past three millennia. The international community has ignored or downplayed all these problems. Ethnic Federalism and Its Discontents Crisis Group Africa Report N153 4 September 2009 Page ii Furthermore ethnic federalism has failed to resolve the national question.
This article examines the rise and fall of ethnic-based federalism in the Ethiopian state which has over 83 ethnic groups with distinct languages cultural practices and religious beliefs. For ethno-national rebel groups like the ONLF Ogaden National Liberation Front. Ethnic federalism as it is currently practiced in Ethiopia.
Van der Beken Ethiopia. Ethiopias ethnic federalism Upon a quick glance the political map of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia betrays its major foundation. Federalism and Extreme ethnic diversity in the south region 2002pp5unpublished 141 FDRE Constitution Art.
Beled as ethnic federalism Terminology Four terminological issues complicate a review of Ethiopias recent ex-perience. The federal system is significant in that its constitution provides for secession of any ethnic. See Hagmann Hagmann T.
Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia. In 1991 Ethiopia established an ethnic federal system that gave full recognition to ethnic autonomy while maintaining the unity of the state. It sure helped TPLF to stay in power for three decades to steal loot and turn brother against brother and sister against sister.
First the Western term ethnic is used here even though in Amharic Ethiopian officials use the term nation or nationality3 Second the term federal is used even though some knowledgeable ob- servers argue as demonstrated shortly that even if the 1994 Constitu. The transitional charter of the transitional government recognized Eritreas secession and the rights of nations and nationalities to self-administration up to and including succession. All this indicates that ethnic federalism has miserably failed in Ethiopia.
To mitigateand at times exploitsuch divisions political leaders in the continent have experimented with various political institutions ranging from banning ethnic. Ensconced in scandal andmismanagement the. University of Edinburgh PhD dissertation.
2 It presents the opportunities and challenges behind the imposition of the governments organizing practice of constitutionally backing ethnic-based governing entities using insider outsider views and taking. It did not solve the basic fundamental needs of even our Tigrean brothers and sisters. Factors Holding Ethiopia Together.
The Oromo ethnic federalism remains artificial. An Anthology of Peace and Security Research 2152-220. The factors that endanger the current system simultaneously suggest under what conditions the concept of ethnic federalism might succeed in the Ethiopian context.
48 2 stipulates that nation nationalities and peoples with in the states have the right to establish at any time their own states. Ethnic Federalism and its Discontents 15f.
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