From Ruin to Recovery: The Somali Region's Eight-Year Transformation
When the current government came to power in 2018, the Somali region was defined by political instability, humanitarian crisis, and developmental deficit, earning the region the infamous title "Ethiopia's backward region." With over 7,000 political prisoners in Jail Ogaden, high maternal and child mortality, and one paved road in the region's capital, the region remained a poster child for misgovernance for close to 80 years. Yet over a period of just 8 years, the Somali region has shed its old reputation for instability and emerged as one of Ethiopia's most dynamic and promising frontiers, and few could have predicted the speed and scale of such a transformation.
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When the current government came to power in 2018, the Somali region was defined by political instability, humanitarian crisis, and developmental deficit, earning the region the infamous title "Ethiopia's backward region." With over 7,000 political prisoners in Jail Ogaden, high maternal and child mortality, and one paved road in the region's capital, the region remained a poster child for misgovernance for close to 80 years. Yet over a period of just 8 years, the Somali region has shed its old reputation for instability and emerged as one of Ethiopia's most dynamic and promising frontiers, and few could have predicted the speed and scale of such a transformation.
