Speaking after casting his ballot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed "Ethiopia’s historical enemies" were trying to undermine ...
A national vote alone can’t address all challenges in the country, but it can be a step toward democratic consolidation.
When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, ...
The vote comes at a critical moment for the country, which faces fears of renewed conflict in the Tigray region and tensions ...
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The same summer, he struck a peace agreement with Eritrea, resolving a border dispute that since the late 1990s had produced a two-year war and several smaller-scale clashes. That effort earned Abiy ...
We produce wheat ourselves and have become self-sufficient.” If once Ethiopia was a byword for famine, now it was rapidly ...
The TPLF announced last month that it would restore pre-war political structures, accusing the ⁠federal government of ⁠provoking armed conflict with Tigray, withholding funds ...
On a recent day in July, travelers along one of the busier roads in Ethiopia — the highway between the capital of Addis Ababa and Debark in the northern highlands — fell prey to the newest scourge in ...
We write in advance of the 98th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Ethiopia. This submission focuses on children’s rights violations in the context of armed ...