Abiy Ahmed

The dam is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries

Landlocked Ethiopia wants a port, any port. Somaliland has a coastline and wants someone to recognise the self-governing territory as a fully-fledged country. So a deal was made…

Thousands of indigent and homeless people have been picked up by authorities on the streets of the country’s capital Addis Ababa and taken to a camp where they are kept in…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world. As the International Crisis Group shows, several other crises loom

All parties must act responsibly to build a solid foundation for peace after signing an agreement on 2 November

A realistic evaluation of the power plays and political motives of the antagonists is needed to bring lasting peace to the country

At great personal risk, individuals and organisations are challenging the Ethiopian government’s war propaganda machine

The move marks a major reversal by the rebels, who previously dismissed the government’s insistence on their withdrawal from Afar and Amhara as “an absolute non-starter” for…

Most of Facebook’s features are designed to maximise meaningful social Interaction, which means the algorithm promotes extreme content

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

Michelle Bachelet insisted on the need to bring perpetrators of a vast array of rights abuses to justice

Last month Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, saying Addis Ababa had spurned its efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Tigray conflict.

The US treasury accuses the defence force of massacres, looting, rape and torture in Tigray

The vote is likely to inflame existing tensions in the country

Whistleblowers say the VOA’s coverage of the civil war in Ethiopia is slanted in favour of Abiy Ahmed’s government