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#Election2026 - #Tigray at a Crossroads: war, fragmentation, and the prospect of elections without participation, once again As Addis Standard concludes its final in-depth assessment of electoral prospects in #Ethiopia’s three major regional states, the spotlight turns to Tigray, a region whose violent rupture from the Ethiopian federation continues to shape political discourse ahead of the 2026 general election. At the center of the debate is a question the current federal political dispensation has yet to adequately answer: can Tigray participate in the election, and if so, under what conditions? Tigray’s political landscape remains heavily influenced by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (#TPLF), once the dominant force in both regional and federal politics through its leadership of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (#EPRDF). But the party’s absence from..... Read Addis Standard’s full in-depth analysis for a closer look at what lies ahead. https://addisstandard.com/?p=56406

#Commentary: From #Derg to #EPRDF to Present: #Ethiopia’s unfinished nation-state-building journey In this commentary, Merera Gudina traces Ethiopia’s persistent instability to failed state-building across the imperial, Derg, and EPRDF eras. He argues each collapse stemmed from rulers prioritizing personal power over the "equality of Ethiopian peoples" and their "thirst for development." Merera recounts how Emperor Haile Selassie’s 60-year reign ended ignominiously, even as hundreds of thousands perished in #Wollo, while the Derg, despite abolishing feudal landholding, succumbed to an "extreme lust for power," enforcing Stalinist "#Red_Terror" and destroying movements. The EPRDF era, meant to resolve the "nationalities question," became a 27-year "crude joke." Today, Ethiopia faces a "final frontier," requiring an end to "political theater" and "sham elections" for genuine unity. https://addisstandard.com/?p=55338