African Journal of
Political Science and International Relations

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0832
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 401

Full Length Research Paper

Politics by other means: Protests in Ethiopia (2015 -2018)

Yohannes Gebeyehu Alebachew
  • Yohannes Gebeyehu Alebachew
  • Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 17 July 2020
  •  Accepted: 13 August 2020
  •  Published: 31 August 2021

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