The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp and ceremony as Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was officially ...

Almost three years after Ethiopia's civil war ended, Tigray remains tense and dangerous for journalists, who have been shot at, detained, raided, and swept up in a local power struggle that could ...

Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after ...

A comprehensive gender analysis of Ethiopia's sixth general elections has exposed a stark deficit in women's political ...

In a part of the world where air superiority can determine political influence, Addis Ababa’s reported acquisition of up to ...

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of joining forces with a hardline opposition faction in preparing to launch a war, according to a letter from the foreign affairs ministry obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country's northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa's second most-populous nation is already spilling over into Ethiopia's ...

Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a closed-door meeting in Addis Ababa on Sunday with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to discuss bilateral and regional issues, amid escalating tensions ...

How the Tigray crisis is affecting families in the U.S. As chaos envelops Kabul after Afghanistan's government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, horrific stories and heartbreaking images also ...

In an exclusive interview, USAID's team leader urges better humanitarian access. The Biden administration is voicing increasing concern about the reported atrocities committed in Ethiopia's Tigray ...

Extracted from: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Moscow, 26-29 August 1986 (Moscow: Nauka Publishers, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1988), pages ...