Decades after it lost its coast to Eritrea, the country has moved forces close to the border region—raising fears of another ...

Addis Ababa, March 7, 2026 (ENA)—Amid a week marked by significant global developments, including escalating tensions in the ...

💡 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 ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister sees himself as a renaissance man trying to reimagine the old greatness of his country.

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 ...

Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in... Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam amid regional ...

Ethiopia is the only African country that was never colonised by Britain. While many African countries were colonised by European powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ethiopia ...

In 2024, Ethiopia did something revolutionary. It banned the import of fossil fuel cars and cut tariffs on electric vehicles. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks with producer Oscar Boyd and ...

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 ...

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 -- ...