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Ethiopia

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Paris, France, on 17 April 2025. © Julien De Rosa/Pool/Reuters

Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, cancels his first African tour

Breaking news published on 22/04/25, at 08:40 GMT - Expected to visit Nairobi and then Addis Ababa, the head of US diplomacy has cancelled his planned tour, which was to have covered both security and trade issues. The Kenyan head of state could, however, visit Washington in the near future.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2025

At the closing of a polling station in the city of Bahir Dar, on 21 June 2021. © Eduardo Soteras/AFP

Financing of forthcoming elections in the balance

The 2026 general elections in Ethiopia could cost almost twice as much as the previous ballot in 2021. Yet budgetary constraints of Western backers may force Addis Ababa to rein in its aspirations.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2025

Oromo opposition cornered by government

The recent rapprochement between the two Oromo opposition parties has failed to lead to a breakthrough for the OLF and OFC. The Ethiopian government secretly orchestrated this alliance in the hopes of mobilising public opinion in the Oromia region.

Subscribers only Politics 07.04.2025

Central bank sounds out foreign investors before opening up sector

The National Bank of Ethiopia has sent out a first draft of its directive on the criteria for access to the Ethiopian banking market. But this long-awaited reform is now being met with some reservations.

Subscribers only Finance 04.04.2025

Mining companies in Tigray left in limbo due to leaderless administration

The political stalemate in the north of the country is intricately linked to mining activities in Tigray. An audit carried out by a senior member of the transitional administration was met with a lukewarm reception in regions under the TPLF's control.

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2025

Fano armed groups to announce merger in Amhara region

Amhara Fano militia fighters walk in the ransacked terminal at the Lalibela airport in Lalibela, 7 December 2021. © Solan Kolli/AFP

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 27.03.2025

Abiy set to reshuffle Tigray Interim Administration

Since the ousting of Getachew Reda on 11 March, senior TPLF figures have been negotiating their return to the regional Tigrayan administration. A concession the Ethiopian prime minister is willing to make, but only on certain conditions.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2025

TIA deputy president Tadesse Werede Tesfay (left) and ENDF Chief of General Staff Birhanu Jula in Nairobi on 12 November 2022.

Sesame stirs tensions in northern Ethiopia

A key export for the country, sesame has always been coveted. A clear reminder of this came this month when Amhara militiamen attacked a convoy of trucks transporting the precious seed with an army escort.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 18.03.2025

Tigray elites fight it out over EFFORT's financial resources

The Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray, once a pillar of the Ethiopian economy, was taken apart during the war. Leaders in the region are clawing at each other to get their hands on its resources, a battle in which the federal government could be a behind-the-scenes arbitrator.

Subscribers only Business 17.03.2025

Tigray escalation worries Western embassies

Skirmishes broke out on 11 March in Tigray, as tensions grow between the two rival factions in the Ethiopian region. Some countries have warned their nationals to take precautionary measures.

Free access Politics, Diplomacy 12.03.2025

Getachew Reda, President of the Tigray Interim Administration, in Nairobi on 12 November 2022.

Worthlessness of Oromo Liberation Army peace deal all too clear in Oromia

In December, a breakaway group of the OLA signed a peace agreement with the Ethiopian authorities. But the initial plan for demobilisation was quickly replaced by forced recruitment into the federal army.

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2025

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Tigray leaders dangerously torn between Addis Ababa and Asmara

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea are at their lowest point since the end of the war in Tigray in 2022. Amid fears of a new conflict, both governments are trying to win over the Tigrayan leaders, who are more divided than ever.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2025

TIA president Getachew Reda (l.) and TPLF president Debretsion Gebremichael (r.) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 February 2025.

Amhara region cracks down on Qemant minority suspected of backing rebels

The Qemant ethnic minority is in conflict with the authorities in Ethiopia's Amhara region over land disputes. Some of its representatives are being prosecuted on terror charges and are accused of supporting rebel groups.

Subscribers only Politics 24.02.2025

Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

The organisation of young people in exile opposed to head of state Isaias Afwerki's regime will open a local branch in the Ethiopian capital in the coming days.

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2025

Tension on the rise between Amhara's leading business magnates

The recent murder of a businessman from the northern region highlights the deep divisions among the business leaders of this part of the country, which is grappling with a bloody conflict.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 03.02.2025

Paris allocates €550,000 to help improve Ethiopia's prisons

France is set to finance a programme to modernise Ethiopian prisons. Costing €550,000, this two-year project will bring together the NGOs Prisoners Without Borders, Center for Justice and Lawyers for Human Rights.

Subscribers only Finance 28.01.2025

Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Africa's leading airline is aiming to quadruple the number of passengers flying in and through the country by building a new airline hub in Bishoftu. However, farmers in the Oromia region are unhappy about the compensation being offered by the local authorities and the plans for their resettlement.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2025

An Ethiopian Airlines plane at Addis Ababa airport, March 2021.

Post-war figures at the heart of the political tug-of-war in Tigray

Two years after the conflict in the region, an investigation is assessing the extent of the economic and social damage suffered there. But the committee is keen to avoid any political manipulation of its findings amid heightened tensions between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the local administration.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2025

A destroyed house in the village of Bisober, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, December 2020.

Eritreans detained in Ethiopia sue for release amid tense bilateral relations

In the midst of a verbal escalation between Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki, Eritrean nationals in Ethiopia seem to be targetted by the authorities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.12.2024

Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

The meeting between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 11 December in Turkey helped to ease relations between their two countries after a year of extreme tension.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 17.12.2024

Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

It's been five years since the French president's last visit to the region, but he is scheduled to return to Djibouti and Addis Ababa from 20 to 22 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.12.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and French president Emmanuel Macron in Addis Ababa on 12 March 2019.

Paris worries as Addis cracks down on rights groups it funds

Three human rights organisations subsidised by France were suspended days before a ministerial visit to Ethiopia.

Free access Politics 10.12.2024

Justice ministry stifles Tigray probe into MSF deaths

Soon after Médecins Sans Frontières marked the three-year anniversary of the murders of three of its employees in northern Ethiopia, the government quietly pulled the plug on its investigations and has released nothing about its findings.

Subscribers only Politics 29.11.2024

Exiled Eritrean opposition strives to protect refugee compatriots

The diaspora hopes to make the most of Ethiopia's apparent tolerance of Eritrean dissident groups to improve the lot of Eritrean refugees - and to prepare for a post-Isaias Afwerki era.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2024

Paramilitary defectors alter security balance between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu

A few months after Ethiopia released their leader, several members of the Liyu Police, suspected of numerous abuses, returned in numbers to neighbouring Jubaland in Somalia. And the Somali president has just appointed one of these ex-paramilitaries to head the army.

Subscribers only Defence 15.11.2024

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Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, cancels his first African tour

Financing of forthcoming elections in the balance

Oromo opposition cornered by government

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Fano armed groups to announce merger in Amhara region

Abiy set to reshuffle Tigray Interim Administration

Sesame stirs tensions in northern Ethiopia

Tigray elites fight it out over EFFORT's financial resources

Tigray escalation worries Western embassies

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Paris allocates €550,000 to help improve Ethiopia's prisons

Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Post-war figures at the heart of the political tug-of-war in Tigray

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Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, cancels his first African tour

Financing of forthcoming elections in the balance

Oromo opposition cornered by government

Central bank sounds out foreign investors before opening up sector

Mining companies in Tigray left in limbo due to leaderless administration

Fano armed groups to announce merger in Amhara region

Abiy set to reshuffle Tigray Interim Administration

Sesame stirs tensions in northern Ethiopia

Tigray elites fight it out over EFFORT's financial resources

Tigray escalation worries Western embassies

Worthlessness of Oromo Liberation Army peace deal all too clear in Oromia

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Amhara region cracks down on Qemant minority suspected of backing rebels

Eritrean diaspora's Brigade Nhamedu set to open Addis Ababa branch

Tension on the rise between Amhara's leading business magnates

Paris allocates €550,000 to help improve Ethiopia's prisons

Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Post-war figures at the heart of the political tug-of-war in Tigray

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Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

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