{"id":280122,"date":"2019-06-23T12:20:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMic2h0dHBzOi8vbW9iaWxlLm5hdGlvbi5jby5rZS9uZXdzL2FmcmljYS9FdGhpb3BpYS1iZXNldC1ieS1sb25nLXJ1bm5pbmctZGl2aXNpb25zLzMxMjYzOTQtNTE2ODk0OC1lOTRveGd6L2luZGV4Lmh0bWzSAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:14:50","slug":"ethiopias-ethnic-regional-fault-lines-stretch-across-ancient-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/280122","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2019s ethnic and regional fault lines stretch across an ancient state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s Nation published a backgrounder on Ethiopia as Africa\u2019s second most populous country still riven by ethnic tension. The piece sketched an ancient state whose modern politics run through federal regions drawn largely by identity. It placed the June Amhara crisis inside longer contests among Amhara, Oromo, Tigray, and other communities.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-601940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amhara-simien-1280-1.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia\u2019s ethnic and regional fault lines stretch across an ancient state\" \/>\n<p>The explainer noted Abiy Ahmed\u2019s 2018 rise, peace with Eritrea, and the release of prisoners, beside rising displacement and local violence. Readers were reminded that federal design, language policy, and control of regional security remain core disputes. Nation framed Ethiopia\u2019s size and diversity as both strength and strain.<\/p>\n<p>For East African audiences, the article served as a compact map of why a single weekend of assassinations could shake a whole neighbourhood of states. It stressed lasting divisions rather than one news spike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.africa\/kenya\/news\/africa\/ethiopia-beset-by-long-running-divisions-1802926\">Nation Africa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia: Ancient land beset by long-running divisions&nbsp;&nbsp;nation.co.keKey facts about Africa&#8217;s second most populous nation riven by ethnic tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":601940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amhara-simien-1280-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aS6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755381,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280122\/revisions\/755381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}