What Happens Next in Ethiopia's Political Turmoil

This week Ethiopia’s government entered the controversial sixth year of its five-year mandate.Covid-19 has produced plenty of political drama these last few months, but Ethiopia has experienced more than most—here’s why.Ethiopian politics operates in a system of “ethnic federalism”—while there is a central government to this federation, its constituent parts are carved out along ethnic lines and jockeyed over by parties promising the best deal for the ethnicit