Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning Africa’s ...

Preventive diplomacy is vital to stop another devastating war in the Horn of Africa amid rising tensions over Tigray and ...

Ethiopia’s Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The ...

Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.

When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. Now, he is presiding over a protracted civil war that by many accounts bears ...

Ethiopia’s Tigray war was one of the bloodiest of recent times, killing hundreds of thousands and uprooting millions more. Forces from neighbouring Eritrea and Amhara were drawn into the fighting, ...

The strategic roadmap aims to enable the country set up one of the leading digital payment networks on the continent in the ...

Before he was a rebel, Asres Mare Damte was a lawyer. Today he fights for the Fano, a loose collection of groups taking on Ethiopia’s military in one of its most populous and powerful regions. The ...

Ethiopia's dream of a seaside port is fueling fears of war in the Horn of Africa. Some even fear an imminent Ethiopian invasion of neighboring Eritrea. https://p.dw ...

What if we told you that you are currently in 2017 and not 2024? I’m sure you’d be excited because that scrapes at least 7 years off your life. The Ethiopian New Year, Enkutatash, is an elaborate ...

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