Contemporary Governance Challenges in the Horn of Africa Edited by Charles Manga Fombad, Assefa Fiseha and Nico Steytler First published in 2023 ISBN: 978-1-032-20792-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-20799-5 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-26530-6 (ebk) Chapter 4 Federalism, devolution, and territorially-based cleavages in Africa Does institutional design matter? Assefa Fiseha CC-BY-NC DOI: 10.4324/9781003265306-4 This OA chapter is funded by Addis Ababa University.