By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan  Addis Abeba, July 27/2021 – Violence once again hit the border area between Afar and Somali regional states. Similar to previous incidents, contradicting narratives about the nature of clashes dominated the conversation over the weekend, with the Somali regional government accusing Afar Special Forces and a …

Addis Abeba, April 24/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has postponed voters’ registration by two and three weeks in various parts of the country. In a statement NEBE released yesterday, which was the original deadline for voters’ registration, it said registrations were ongoing in various parts of …

By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan &  Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba, April 20, 2021 – The Somali Regional State, which once was praised as the most peaceful region in the country in the advent of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ascension to power, is now confronted with with a cascade of voters …