Ethiopia: Eight Years After the Promise - Why Somali Region's Turning Point Stalled, Historic Opportunity Largely Squandered

Ethiopia: Eight Years After the Promise - Why Somali Region's Turning Point Stalled, Historic Opportunity Largely Squandered

Addis Abeba -- When Mustafa Mohammed Omer emerged as the face of political change in 2018, the Somali region was desperate for a new beginning. His rise followed the dramatic removal of Abdi Iley, whose administration had become synonymous with repression, arbitrary detention and grave allegations of human rights abuses. Mustafa, an activist and intellectual who had publicly challenged that system, appeared to represent something fundamentally d…