Ethiopia: Tigrayans accused of taking over Afar resources - ION

•According to ION, more ethnic Tigrayan businesses are taking over ethnic Afar state resources in northeastern Ethiopia. Similar problems have been reported nationwide (particularly in the fertile SNNPR and Oromia regional states) since Prime Minister Meles Zenawi came to power in 1991. In the past, the OFDM Oromo opposition party has accused the Meles government for not implementing his own "ethnic federalism" policy in the country since only one ethnic group dominates the economy, politics and military of Ethiopia. PM Meles Zenawi's wife Azeb Mesfin currently manages the Endowment Fund For The Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), the business empire of the ruling party that dominates nearly all sectors of the Ethiopian economy. Read More