Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa over the past decade. The countries in this region include Sudan, Ethiopia, ...
From the waters of the Red Sea to the Ethiopian plateau, a file is taking shape that could redraw maps of influence in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia’s renewed ambition to secure maritime access.
To link the north, east, south, and west of Ethiopia is not merely to trace expansion, but to recognize a shared sacred geography shaped by refuge, patience, learning, and movement. Negash, Harar, ...
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sees himself as a renaissance man trying to reimagine the old greatness of his country.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's deal to lease a port in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of ...
As you might expect from a place that exports some of the world’s finest coffee, Addis Ababa is a city of cafés. It’s also a town of spooks. Whether huddled over tiny glasses of Arabica in luxury ...
To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force supporting the Somali army against the jihadist threat by al-Shabaab. Egypt’s potentially destabilising presence in the ...
Speaking at a joint press briefing held by Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos and himself, the Minster noted that “Ethiopia showed us a great responsibility for peace and security in the ...
We flew through Addis Ababa Ethiopia last Sunday on our way from West Africa. We almost changed our flight plans going by the media reports. Yet I never noticed anything unusual at the country’s main ...
Quoting Israeli officials, Israeli media outlets have reported over the past week that President Isaac Herzog is due to make an official visit to Addis Ababa ...
Herzog’s Ethiopia visit follows Israel’s Somaliland move, intensifying geopolitical fractures in the Horn of Africa.
The day he left Ethiopia in June, after a 10-month sabbatical in that country, geography professor Johnathan Bascom served as the external examiner for a dissertation at a the University of Addis ...