In his highly acclaimed book Failed-States-Assault–The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy, 2006, Noam Chomsky defines failed states as “a nation-state whose governments have lost their ability to provide basic services, ensure security, and keep order within their territories. He argues that failed states are not necessarily failed due to inherent characteristics, but rather due to external factors such as imperialistic interventions, exploitative economic policies, and corrupt governance.”
This definition plus human insecurity, civil war, genocide, official and non-official corruption, nepotism, administrative malfeasance, diversion of resources, abductions for ransom, weaponization of famine and starvation, suffocation of civil society and independent media characterize the Ethiopian failed state of Abiy Ahmed. If you do not believe Abiy Ahmed is the principal actor in this failure, think again!! He is. Read more