Robbie Corey Boulet

Much is at stake for the wealthy, US-friendly Gulf states, whose expensive economic diversification plans rely on a peaceful environment for business and tourism

Residents acknowledge some anxiety about the changes in a neighbourhood strongly associated with the annual hajj pilgrimage and Ramadan markets

Festivities were stained with signs of the war’s toll: Gondar’s hospitals teemed with wounded combatants, while families like Arega’s confronted the absence of the deceased.

Some 29% of children are acutely malnourished, up from 9% before the war

A United Nations spokesperson said the latest detentions had occurred in the capital of Afar province, on the only functional road leading into famine-threatened Tigray.

Far from Ethiopia war front, mass arrests ensnare fearful Tigrayans

In recent days Abiy’s office has instructed the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority to call journalists working for foreign media outlets to pressure them not to cover the vote

During his African tour this past week, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked up Washington’s ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent.

At present, Ethiopia is partitioned into nine semi-autonomous regional states

The violence is unfolding ahead of elections next year in one of the country’s most volatile and ethnically diverse areas

Abiy is leading by example as Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October

The Sidama say they plan to unilaterally declare their own federal state this week

Violence flared on Saturday afternoon in Amhara, one of nine autonomous regions, when a ‘hit squad’ attacked a meeting of top officials