💡 Why is Abiy such a compelling figure to write about? What sort of access were you able to get? Abiy is without doubt one of the most enigmatic, confounding and contradictory figures in contemporary ...

Landlocked Ethiopia is set to secure access to the sea as part of a “historic” deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Under the agreement, Addis Ababa will lease a 12.4-mile stretch of the self ...

Arguably the worst armed conflict of the twenty-first century so far is not the one unfolding in Gaza or in Ukraine, but rather the catastrophic civil war in Ethiopia that ended 18 months ago. Also ...

GEOPOLITICS IN THE Horn of Africa is already off to a combustible start in the new year. On January 1st Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, and Muse Bihi Abdi, his counterpart in the would-be state ...

In this Friday, May 7, 2021 file photo, a fighter loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) mans a guard post on the outskirts of the town of Hawzen, then-controlled by the group but later ...

Addis Ababa, July 28, 2025 (ENA) -- Ethiopia has undergone significant economic transformation over the past decade by focusing on rural development, poverty reduction, and modernizing key production ...

Introduction: Images of the Country and its History -- The Coming of Photography -- I. Historic Personalities: from Tewodros to Haile Sellassie -- II. Historic Towns: North, South, East and West -- ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 19 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday that Ethiopia has overtaken Kenya to become the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 629,718 ...

‘The sweeping nature of this state of emergency is a blueprint for escalating human rights violations’ - Deprose Muchena Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a human rights and humanitarian ...