In June 2019 Borkena reported that Ethiopian universities were turning into places where ethnic-based violence was becoming entrenched instead of serving as shared socializing grounds for students from across the country.
Campus clashes and ethnic student conflicts had already forced closures and transfers in several regions, so the warning mattered for readers who track how national politics spills into higher education.
Kept as education and security archive, the Borkena piece dates the mid-2019 alarm that universities were absorbing Ethiopia’s ethnic conflict.
Sources: Borkena