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Ethnic federalism. Ethnic federalism, multi-ethnic or multi-national federalism, [1] is a form of federal system in which the federated regional or state units are defined by ethnicity. Ethnic federal systems have been created in attempts to accommodate demands for ethnic autonomy and manage inter-ethnic tensions within a state.
Jan 12, 2022 · Investigating how and why ethnic federalism treated as the source of ethnic trouble/conflicts and suggest ways of improvements/reforms in the current political–economic system to the end promote ethnic tolerance, peace, and development in the two regions as well as in the country.
Even now at the dawn of the new century and forty years after independence from colonial rule, ethnic differences continue to pose serious challenges for achieving national integration and political stability. In the past, the vast majority of African states have carefully avoided coming to terms with the heterogeneity of their ethnic make-up.
Adopted in 1991, ethnic federalism indeed paved the way for the recognition, accommodation, and institutionalization of ethnocultural diversity for the first time in the country’s history since its … Expand
Jun 29, 2022 · Abstract. This contribution explores how federalism is employed for multinational state-building and sheds light on the topic of federalism and ethnic relations at large. The specific objective is to explain fundamentals as to the functioning of some federal systems subsumed in the category of multinational or ethnic federalism.
Benishangul-Gumuz conflict. The United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces ( UFEFCF) was a coalition of six Ethiopian rebel groups, including the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) before 2022 and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), created in November 2021 during the Tigray War. [1] [2] [3]
May 19, 2022 · When federalism was introduced in Ethiopia in the early 1990s, it did not receive a warm reception. Although the militarily victorious, ethnic-based liberation movements presented federalism as the only viable path to democratization and stability, many others saw it as a ploy to disintegrate the country. The relevance of federalism as the ...
