Ethiopia
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The one country that could mediate in Ethiopia
South Sudan is not seen as a threat by any of the warring parties and has close personal relationships with leaders in Addis, Mek’ele, ... -
Tigray: How Ethiopia reached this crisis point and how it could get out
Virtually all Ethiopia’s neighbours and partners are against the conflict in Tigray, but can they stop it? The current crisis in Tigray has not ... -
More questions than answers: Whither Ethiopia’s transition?
Ethiopia’s democratic transition was already precarious. Two developments have made it even more uncertain. When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in April 2018, ... -
Sweeping powers and a transition on ice: Pandemic politics in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s state of emergency gives it both vague wide-ranging powers and an impending political headache. Read all our COVID-19 coverage On 8 April, Ethiopia’s ... -
Africa Insiders: Egypt finds itself downstream without a paddle
The essentials: Egypt and Ethiopia failed again to find a compromise on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive construction project on Ethiopia’s ... -
Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism
The system designed to fuse an unwieldy nation together is now tearing it apart. When the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling coalition ... -
Ethiopia must stop hate speech, not free speech
Tackling disinformation requires a subtle balance between different sets of values, not vaguely defined punitive laws. On 23 October, the prominent public figure Jawar ... -
Africa Insiders: Is Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize premature?
The essentials: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the world’s most prestigious award for those who have “done the ... -
Insiders Insight: Ethiopia sets new tree-planting record
African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ... -
Ethiopia: Whatever happens, Sidama needs negotiations
Within five months, the Sidama will get the chance to vote on whether to establish their own federal state. But that won’t be the ...