Ethiopia’s political landscape remains tense due to prolonged conflicts and security challenges. The civil war in Tigray ...

Opinion - In a recent and provocative statement, U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed that "America funded the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)" and that the dam "has cut off water from ...

In a popular parlance, peace is usually defined as the absence of war or to use AU's popular expression as silencing the guns. In reality however, the concept of peace goes far beyond the creation of ...

Ethiopian politics operates in a system of “ethnic federalism”—while there is a central government to this federation, its constituent parts are carved out along ethnic lines and jockeyed ...

People mourn the death of Dinka Chala who was shot dead by the Ethiopian forces the day earlier, in the Yubdo Village, about 100 km from Addis Ababa in the Oromia region, on Dec. 17, 2015.

Ethiopia’s government gave Tigrayan fighters a week to surrender and warned that if they don’t, it will use “all necessary measures” to end the conflict in the north of the country.

Then, at the 18-second mark in the altered footage, Abebaw appears to imply that the current ruling party has caused political instability. In reality, he was again talking about the TPLF.

The Ethiopian political arrangement faces two strong conflicting opposing perspectives which are jeopardizing the unity of the country. These conflicting views should, I belive, be compromised and ...

Emezat H Mengesha (PhD) teaches and researches on women and governance and women’s economic empowerment issues in the context of Ethiopia and Africa. She has over a decade of experience in advisory ...

Ethiopia’s year-long conflict is intensifying, with nine opposition groups saying they will form a new anti-government alliance Friday. Follow live updates here.

The long-drawn conflict over nearly 20 years may have ended, but ethnic politics and overcoming economic hurdles are issues that the Nobel Laureate and Ethiopian reformist confronts, especially as ...

One major target is Getachew Assefa, a Tigrayan hard-liner and former head of Ethiopia’s intelligence service, who has been on the run since 2018, when Mr. Abiy’s government issued a warrant ...