Friday, 15.04.2022 - Bahir Dar

Workshop on "The Upcoming National Dialogue: Prospects and Challenges"

 

FES in collaboration with Bahir Dar University, as part of the Bahir Dar Workshop Series, organized a consultative forum on the prospects and challenges facing the national dialogue process in Ethiopia.

Prominent historians presented discussion papers outlining the historical context informing the nature and applicability of meaningful political settlements in the country. Policy makers, renowned researchers and representatives of the community collectively assessed the overall implications of historical contestations on the planned dialogue and reconciliation process.

Presentations and the ensuing discussions underscored the importance of dissociating the value of history as a means to justify the power-identity claims of political elites from the scientific construct of the country’s past. It was underlined that these dynamics have fully unraveled in current conflict cycles, including in northern Ethiopia and Oromia. Deciphering the very nature as well as implications of this trend, therefore, remains critical.

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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Ethiopia Office

Postal address
P.O. Box 8786
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Location
Kebele 13, House No. 579
Queen Elizabeth II Street
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

+251 11 123 3245
info.ethiopia(at)fes.de

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