Archives African Woes - Page 14 of 16 - New Eastern Outlook

On November 2, 2022, Ethiopia seemed to be on the cusp of a new beginning when the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to a ceasefire that ended a brutal two-year war. However, a year after this truce, the situation in Ethiopia remains fraught with challenges and uncertainty. To understand the complexity of the situation, we must first look at the origins of the conflict. Ethiopia, a country with a diverse population and a complex political landscape, is characterized by its federal system of government, consisting of a federal government…

The West has always posed itself as the flag bearer of human rights. Even the ideology of democracy promoted by the West also predicates on these very rights. Most of the wars fought by Western leaders and countries were under the pretense of safeguarding human rights. However, a profound and in-depth study of history unravels some bitter truths about the Western history of wars and the atrocities committed by it during the occupation and colonization of different regions…

Africa has become the main arena of both colonialism and neo-colonialism. Most countries on the continent experienced a ‘traditional’ form of colonialism. However, the Republic of South Africa had a significantly different history of colonialism. It is not by chance that it is labelled as colonialism of a special type. Whereas in most states on the continent, colonialism was imposed by European states from the outside, in South Africa the colonialists lived in the territory they occupied permanently…