💡 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 ...

In response to an alleged attack by Tigrayan forces on a federal military base in west Tigray, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered the national army to launch operations to remove the Tigray ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed has announced he will lead his country’s soldiers on the front lines of the war against advancing rebel fighters, in the latest ...

21.3 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. 1.8 million people are internally displaced. 792,000 refugees are seeking safety, mostly from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. Ranked 84th of 195 ...

Food self-sufficiency and food security are crucial issues for Ethiopia, given its large population, agricultural-based economy, and vulnerability to recurring droughts and other environmental ...

The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) consolidated political control with a striking 99.6 percent victory in the May 2010 parliamentary elections. The polls were ...

Angelina Jolie, 44, has raised her children to be cosmopolitan travelers like herself, and did not leave them out on the latest excursion: a visit to Ethiopia. But this trip is extra special for the ...

As Tamu Shatallah walked past the inauguration stage draped in gold, his thoughts were on the deadly civil war that has plagued Ethiopia for nearly a year. It's a war "between brothers, between ...