Rebalancing Ethiopia’s Federal Order: Multinational Federalism, Self-Government, Equal Citizenship, and Shared Prosperity

By Faisal Omer; Former parliament member of Somali region Abstract Since 1991, Ethiopia has transformed from a highly centralized state into a federal order that constitutionally recognized the rights of the country’s “nations, nationalities, and peoples.” The 1995 Constitution established extensive regional self-government, collective rights, and self-determination while seeking to preserve…