Ethiopia’s Flag Day highlights a crisis of national identity. From the Somali region’s forced celebrations to the exclusion from Ogaden gas projects

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Flag Day in Ethiopia: Identity, Repression, and the Struggle of the Somali People

Flag Day in Ethiopia: A Celebration Without Identity Flag Day in Ethiopia is meant to symbolize unity — but who really identifies with the current Ethiopian flag?Under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Prosperity Party (PP), national identity has become…

Dr Abdi Mohamed Abdi
October 21, 2025