Ethiopia’s Difficult Transition to Democracy

Ethiopia Insight posted on 2 December 2019 a commentary titled “Six Causes of Transitional Trauma” by Ahmed Mohamed, Addis Ababa resident who works on governance and security issues.

The author suggests there are six reasons why Ethiopia’s transition to democracy is so fraught: (1) EPRDF dissension (2) Prosperity Party confusion (3) politicized security forces (4) politicized civil service (5) weak opposition parties (6) weak democratic institutions.