The Status Of New Minorities In Federal Ethiopia The Case Of Benishangul-gumuz Regional State

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The right of minority protection particularly national minorities is guaranteed in bothrninternational convention and domestic laws (FDRE Constitution). However, the right of newrnminorities whether foreigners or internal migrants were/are not yet guaranteed in twornconsensuses. The main objective of this study is to Analyze, examine, assess, and address thernconcerns and interests of the new minorities in Ethiopian federation. In fact, the ethnicrnfederalization of territorial arrangements in Ethiopia was erected without taking into account ofrninternal migrants who are territorially dispersed ethnic groups in each region. Currently, theyrnlie to new minority status throughout the country. This research investigated the status of newrnminorities in areas of recognition, equality and non-discrimination, internal self-determinationrnand self-government, participation and representation rights in federal Ethiopia with particularrncase study of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State. For this critical looking down to the existingrnproblems in the study area, in order to interconnect, organize and recommend, the researcherrnused the qualitative research approach. In accordance with this, the researcher used bothrnprimary and secondary sources of data collection. As the result, the finding shows, the status ofrnnew or internal regional minorities were remained to less exercising group rights and lessparticipants in the key political position due to lacked consideration and commitments ofrnpolitical bodies, electoral formula, ethno-terrilorial and legal institutional arrangements in studyrnarea. So that, this research highly recommended that, both federal and regional governmentrnneeds to have structural changes. In sense that, the ethno territorial arrangements among thernnine federation is dangerous particularly for the new emerged minorities like in BGRS in thernareas of sharing and exercising fundamental human and democratic rights. So that, in order tornaccommodate them better to have establish non-territorial arrangement or personal autonomy inrnthe region. The new minorities need fair and equity representation in BG regional institutionalrnpolity. Therefore, to address their interests, the regional government needs to have erectrnproportional representation and upper house. The last but not the least, the new minorities in BGrnneeds special treatment and protection through independent bodies. So that, both federal andrnregional government shall be establish special new minority's protection commission bodies inrnthe two levels.

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