Author:
Abstract:
The article for the first time analyses complex ethnopolitical situation in the most heterogeneous Regional State of Ethiopia. The author shows the roots and causes of inter- and intraethnic relations and conflicts, struggle of ethnic groups for self-determination and identity, as well as competition of ethnic elites for power and recourses.
Keywords:
Ethiopia, ethnic federalism, interethnic relations and conflicts, identity, self-determination, protest movements
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