Is Ethiopia on the brink of a long ethnic civil war? | The Hindu In Focus podcast

November 18, 2020 10:50 pm | Updated November 19, 2020 08:38 pm IST

A conflict is taking place in Ethiopia, where the country’s Nobel Prize–winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has started a military operation in the rebellious Tigray region earlier this month. Mr. Abiy has said it would be a limited campaign focussing on the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the militia-cum-political party that runs the region. However, almost two weeks into the conflict, Ethiopia risks falling into an ethnic civil war with major regional implications.

 

Guest : Stanly Johny , International Affairs Editor, The Hindu .

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