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Ethiopia

Uncomfortable Truths

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Ethiopia's total population has grown from 38.1 million in 1983 to 109.5 million in 2018

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The country's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups
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According to Ethnologue, there are 90 individual languages spoken in Ethiopia
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Population growth, migration, and urbanization are all straining both governments' and
ecosystems' capacity to provide people with basic services

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About 16% of the population in Ethiopia are living on less than one dollar per day (2008). Only
65% of rural households in Ethiopia consume the World Health Organization's minimum
standard of food per day (2,200 kilocalories), with 42% of children under 5 years old being

underweight.
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The average family size is six or seven, living in a 30-square-meter mud and thatch hut, with

less than two hectares of land to cultivate “
"Ethiopia" 122
Wikipedia
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" Ethiopia's governing party and its allies are poised to control every seat in the nation's

Parliament, according to official results announced Monday by the country's electoral board.
In the last election, held five years ago, only one opposition member and one independent
candidate won seats in Parliament.This year's results are even more one-sided: The governing

party and its allies have won 100 per cent of the races announced so far, giving them control of
546 seats.

The results from one remaining constituency, where polling was delayed by violent skirmishes,
have yet to be disclosed.
Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country, is constitutionally a multi-party democracy.

But the governing party has long dominated political life in the country, with opposition figures
and international groups saying that everything from aid to jobs is doled out to maintain

political loyalties. “
"Government in Ethiopia Is on Track to Win With 100% of Vote " 123
Fortin, Jacey, The New York Times, (June 2015)
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The Trouble With Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism
" The reforms by the country's new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and
could push the country toward an interethnic conflict.