What Ethiopia needs is less, not more, ethno-nationalism
The TPLF, not the Abiy government and its allies, is responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. On November 29 of last year, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of…
Ethiopia Under Pressure for the Election Deadline, Postponement Might be on the Cards
Police officers stand in front of a billboard of the political party of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, The Prosperity Party, during the electoral campaign for the general elections in Addis…
US envoy in Egypt for talks on Ethiopia’s dam dispute
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. CAIRO…
On Gerd Sudan talks tough with Ethiopia because of the Military
Sudan is caught in the middle of a decade-long row between Ethiopia and Egypt over the dam Ethiopia is building on the River Nile and in recent months it has…
Solutions for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock
For several years, political tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been escalating in a conflict over the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD is Africa’s largest hydropower plant. It dams the…
Ethiopia to go on filling the GERD Dam despite Egypt and Sudan
Ethiopia said Wednesday it would not be deterred from impounding water at its Nile mega-dam, despite a persistent impasse with downstream countries worried about their water supply. The Grand Ethiopian…
Breaking News: Unconfirmed reports suggest An Ethiopian-Eritrean Federation Soon
Unconfirmed reports suggest Federation talks are said to start soon between Ethiopia and Eritrea. “You are our leader!” It is important to remember that when President Isaias made his first…
A New Railway Line Linking Ethiopia to Somaliland On The Cards
The Government of Ethiopia has revealed plans for a new railway line linking Ethiopia to Somaliland. This was disclosed in a meeting held in Addis Ababa which the Ethiopian gov’t…
Calls for international probe into fire at Sanaa detention centre
A blaze that tore through a migrant detention centre in Yemen’s capital last week killed dozens of people, mostly Ethiopians. A leader of the Ethiopian community in Yemen’s capital has…
Can agriculture be Ethiopia’s growth engine?
Ethiopia is a net exporter of agriculture commodities. However, the low level of industrialized agriculture means that the country exports very little higher value processed food. Despite strong growth in…
Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki’s 2021 Interview (Video)
In an exclusive, two-hour, interview that was broadcast live on Eri-TV and Radio Dimtis Hafash at 8;00 pm this evening, President Isaias Afwerki elaborated at length the genesis and current…
Rising tension as Ethiopia and Sudan deadlocked on border dispute
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right), head of Sudan’s ruling council [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] Bickering over contested farmland along the border has in recent…
Ethiopia arrests 15 over Plot to attack UAE Embassy
The country’s intelligence and security service said suspects were working on direction of foreigners, local media report. Ethiopia’s state-run media have said authorities arrested 15 people over a plot to…
What is Happening with Ethiopia and Sudan Border dispute?
The Sudanese transition was one of the silver linings in the country’s politics following waves of public uprising that deposed one of the longest-serving leaders on the African continent. Hassan…
Ex-Somali spy deputy boss reiterates Somalis fighting in Tigray war, calls for probe
MOGADISHU (HOL) – A former deputy spy chief in Somalia has called for an independent investigation into the alleged participation and killing of Somali trainee soldiers in the ongoing battle…
