Recent events in Ethiopia in their real global context

Toward ever more honest self-evaluation

O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in it.

William Shakespeare, The Tempest.

The recent government atrocities against Muslims in Arsi region, the capital and other areas have received some coverage in the media. Most sources say Muslims have been angered by government interference in religious affairs and its attempts to impose on them the theology of the Al-Ahbash sect. Probably, the sect is backed by international circles eager to reform Islam or even change it if possible as to make it serve their global interests.

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What is the substance of the race for power in Ethiopia today?

The show men of Abyssinia will never show their real faces.

Ethnicity studies in history and the questions of how nationalities and nations come into being are not only the concern of the worlds of acadamia. They are still vital issues connected, among other things, to identity politics, to questions regarding social organization, access to political power and economic resources.

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