What lessons have we learned from the Middle East and North African (MENA) people-powered
movements to free their country of despotic rule?
What are the conditions Ethiopia has in common
with the MENA dictatorships, and what are our country’s peculiar aspects?
How can the various
political and civic organizations, public institutions, and pro-democracy individuals channel their
efforts and constitute a concerted and effective power that could achieve the goal: toppling the
Meles Zenawi dictatorship similar to the successful people-powered removal of Egypt’s dictator
Mubarak and Tunisia’s dictator Ben Ali?
To what extent should we start thinking about the postdictatorship
phase before the Ethiopian Spring has even started?
The conference will address these
and other issues and factors that could transform the Ethiopian people’s struggle to a successful
Ethiopian Spring.
Renowned international as well as Ethiopian pro-democracy experts, scholars, and activists will be
speaking at the conference and holding an open discussion with the public on the topic.
