Sowing tensions in Somalia with the help of Ankara and Doha may benefit Addis Ababa temporarily, but threatens to strike stability in the entire Horn of Africa.
LONDON – Qatar and Turkey found in Ethiopia a willingness to rebel against...
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Despite harassment from the EPRDF ruling party, the Ethiopian opposition coalition party "Medrek" held successful meetings in Hawassa and Adama. Meanwhile, the former Medrek member, the Unity for Democracy...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is once again at odds with the powerful TPLF branch of EPRDF ruling party, according to sources connected to his adminstration. This time the...
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By Shahira Amin
Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia have escalated in recent days. Relations between the two African countries, already strained since 2011 due to Ethiopia’s construction and filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile—a project Egypt...
Department for International Development will no longer back $4.9bn project that critics claim has funded a brutal resettlement programme
The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government fund a...
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Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken musician runs a high risk of falling foul of the authorities.
One such story unfolded last week – the inexplicable, and still...
Ethnic unrest in the aftermath of the killing of Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa has left at least 166 people dead, officials say.
A top police chief said 145 civilians and 11 security personnel died in Oromia region alone. Ten people...
At the Berbera container port in the internationally unrecognised state of Somaliland, employees of Dubai-based DP World unload 40-foot crates from a hulking cargo ship as more vessels wait on the horizon.
The facility on the Gulf of Aden has...
New evidence suggests Egyptian government is linked to the unrest in Ethiopia, according to a Hargeisa-based source.
The Addis Ababa government is "underestimating the impact of Cairo" on the violence particularly in Oromia region, said a Somaliland diplomat, speaking on...