By Gregory September Ethiopia is not merely pursuing the 2028 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – it is wagering its political resurgence on it. This ambitious...
By Godfred Zina The diplomatic landscape in the Horn of Africa is shifting following Türkiye’s successful mediation between Somalia and Ethiopia over a contentious naval deal...
Reuters | Ethiopia’s parliament passed long-planned legislation on Tuesday allowing foreign banks to operate in the Horn of Africa country, part of government efforts to attract...
By Gregory Simpkins When Abiy Ahmed became Prime Minister of Ethiopia in April 2018, the country had been ravaged by a protracted conflict with its neighbor,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The secession of Eritrea from Ethiopia in the early 1990s technically made Ethiopia the largest landlocked country in the world by population...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Despite Africa having 54 sovereign countries, each with multiple borders, the continent’s state evolution has not been marked by many full-scale interstate...
Reuters | Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu One of the major reasons experts give for intrastate conflicts in Africa is the fact that states in the continent did not...
Reuters | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday discussed the Sudanese crisis, bilateral relations and Ethiopia’s giant dam on...
ENA | The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat extended the African Union’s honor to Ethiopia for its conviction to the principle of finding...
Reuters | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday for the first time since they signed a peace...
Reuters | The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough 2 years into a conflict that...
Reuters | Ethiopia’s government has decided to open up the country’s banking sector to foreign investors, the prime minister’s office said on Saturday, the latest measure...
Reuters | Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday,...
Bloomberg | Ethiopia’s wheat output will jump 70 percent this year as the populous Horn of Africa nation ramps up production to shelter itself from supply...
Bloomberg | Ethiopia’s council of ministers lifted a state of emergency in the Horn of Africa nation on Wednesday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said. “The...
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