Weldeabrha Niguse Gebreslassie
Contributing Analyst — Ethiopia/Horn of Africa
CSIORS
Biography
Contributing analyst specializing in Ethiopian domestic politics, religious dynamics, and the Horn of Africa. Co-author with Jan Záhořík on "Ethiopia's New Religious Wars: Pentecostal Power, Orthodox Resistance, and Abiy's Theological Politics" for CSIORS, examining the intersection of religious power and state politics in the Tigray context. Brings on-the-ground Ethiopian perspective to CSIORS analysis.
Publications 2
The Horn of Africa at a Crossroads: Geopolitical Rivalries, Proxy Conflicts, and the Struggle for Regional Influence
The Horn’s danger is no longer foreign competition alone but its fusion with unresolved local wars, from Tigray and Sudan to Somaliland, as Türkiye, Israel, the Gulf states and Egypt pursue overlapping and contradictory agendas.
November 10, 2026Ethiopia’s New Religious “Wars”: Pentecostal Power, Orthodox Resistance, and Abiy’s Theological Politics
Ethiopia’s new conflict lines run through theology, not just ethnicity. Pentecostal rise, Orthodox resistance, and Muslim anxiety reshape state power.
December 1, 2025