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Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed Ali's diplomats await assignment as tensions over GERD escalate

Ethiopia's top diplomatic postings in Europe and Africa lie empty at a time they are desperately needed to help ease the mounting pressure over the future Nile River dam.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Renaissance Dam 10.06.2020

Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

Though Paris put on hold negotiations over the sale of 18 helicopters and two Airbus C-295 cargo planes to the Ethiopian Air Force at the start of the year, German diplomats may succeed in putting the project back on the table.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2020

African Union medics side with Trump against Beijing

The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted plans for a new Africa CDC building, with China and the United States at odds over the saga. The leadership of the AU's public health agency is taking a stand against Beijing.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.05.2020

Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

Fitsum Abadi, managing director of Ethiopian Airlines Cargo & Logistics Services. © STAT Media/Youtube

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2020

Ex-Thani Stratex execs stay on in Horn with Shiraz Resources

The UK's Thani Stratex has pulled out of Ethiopia to concentrate on its activities in Egypt and Djibouti but a posse of its former executives have returned to explore the country's mineral wealth with Shiraz Resources.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2020

Grob Aircraft to supply six additional trainer planes to Ethiopian Air Force

For a long time in the balance, it has finally been confirmed that Grob Aircraft will supply a second consignment of six G 120TP turboprops to the Ethiopian Air Force (EAF).

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.05.2020

US Air Force beefs drone capacity against al-Shabaab

The American military is set to expand its Chabelley airfield to increase flights of the unmanned aircraft that lead its fight against al-Shabaab militants.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 19.05.2020

Abiy Ahmed Ali harnesses technical expertise to boost chances of general election victory

The Ethiopian prime minister is leaving nothing to chance as he plots his path to victory in the general election, which should take place at some point later this year. He is relying in particular on allies with a sound technical grasp of Ethiopia's electoral system and its political landscape.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2020

TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

The political opponents of the Ethiopian prime minister are seeking to prevent him from postponing the elections originally scheduled for August.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2020

Continuing clashes over ethnic federalism

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) recently published the ethnic breakdown of the 547 seats in the federal parliament [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2020

Ethiopians demand internet for all in face of pandemic

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is coming under increasing pressure [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2020

Ethio Telecom soon to face new competition

The minister of transport and communications, Dagmawit Moges, working in [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2020

Abiy Ahmed Ali still being forced to recycle his diplomats

Amid major upheavals in the diplomatic service, an Afar ambassador has fallen victim to his own clan.

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2020

Who are Abiy Ahmed Ali's business world backers?

A number of businessmen are donating to the Prosperity Party in the run-up to the August general election.

Subscribers only Business 13.03.2020

Tirfu Kidanemariam to add Tigrayan touch to government?

Of the eight ambassadors recalled to Addis Ababa on 3 March, Ethiopia's ex-representative in Australia and New Zealand, Tirfu Kidanemariam, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2020

Ethiopian diplomats play musical chairs

Just a few months ahead of the general election scheduled [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2020

Prosperity Party gears itself up in Oromia and Amhara regions

With the general election of 29 August just months away, there have been changes at the top of Prime Minister [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.02.2020

Potential political fallout from IMF pressure

According to our information, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ethiopian authorities have agreed on a three-year aid plan [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.02.2020

Djibouti fearful of exclusion from regional cooperation

Having not received an invitation to the meeting held on 27 January in Asmara that was attended by the Ethiopian [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2020

Djibouti fearful of exclusion from regional cooperation

Having not received an invitation to the meeting held on 27 January in Asmara that was attended by the Ethiopian [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2020

Sound of boots on ground in Mekele spooks Addis

Tensions are mounting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and the leaders of the TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front), who [...]

Free access Politics 14.02.2020

Abiy Ahmed Ali will have to wait for his Airbus military helicopters

The plans of the Ethiopian Air Force (EAF) to equip itself with Airbus helicopters, which were set into motion last [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2020

Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

On 15 January, the press officer at the prime minister's office, Billene Aster Seyoum, issued a statement announcing that the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

Eyob Tekalign Tolina set to get top finance job?

According to our information, the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali may be about to reshuffle his ministerial team in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

ADB and NEPAD to study feasibility of Addis-Port Sudan rail link

A rail link could be constructed between the Kenyan port [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 31.01.2020

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Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed Ali's diplomats await assignment as tensions over GERD escalate

Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

African Union medics side with Trump against Beijing

Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

Ex-Thani Stratex execs stay on in Horn with Shiraz Resources

Grob Aircraft to supply six additional trainer planes to Ethiopian Air Force

US Air Force beefs drone capacity against al-Shabaab

Abiy Ahmed Ali harnesses technical expertise to boost chances of general election victory

TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

Continuing clashes over ethnic federalism

Ethiopians demand internet for all in face of pandemic

Ethio Telecom soon to face new competition

Abiy Ahmed Ali still being forced to recycle his diplomats

Who are Abiy Ahmed Ali's business world backers?

Tirfu Kidanemariam to add Tigrayan touch to government?

Ethiopian diplomats play musical chairs

Prosperity Party gears itself up in Oromia and Amhara regions

Potential political fallout from IMF pressure

Djibouti fearful of exclusion from regional cooperation

Djibouti fearful of exclusion from regional cooperation

Sound of boots on ground in Mekele spooks Addis

Abiy Ahmed Ali will have to wait for his Airbus military helicopters

Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

Eyob Tekalign Tolina set to get top finance job?

ADB and NEPAD to study feasibility of Addis-Port Sudan rail link

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