Ethiopia A Genocidal State on the Brink of Collapse

Abstract

An ancient mainly Christian polity underwent immense expansion during the scramble for Africa to become modern Ethiopia, which has since been an incoherent and fragile state, prone to communal wars. Designed to address identity-related grievances, its 1994 constitution has become a battleground between unitarians and federalists. The unitarians (mostly the Amhara ethnic group), in alliance with foreign forces (Eritrea, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Somalia, and others), have committed genocide against the federalists (Tigrayans). With deeply polarized views, the specter of breaking up haunts Ethiopia.