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Ethiopia

  • In Aksum, Tigrayan region of Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaSocietyTop story

    As a Tigrayan, my bond with Ethiopia feels beyond repair

    By Temesgen Kahsay
    January 12, 2021
    We’re told the war is not with ordinary Tigrayans. Yet as thousands suffer and our compatriots remain silent, that’s how it feels. As a ...
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  • eritrea Adigrat Street in Tigray, Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EritreaEthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Eritrea in the Tigray war: What we know and why it might backfire

    By Martin Plaut
    January 8, 2021
    The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea’s president. There is ...
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  • In a town in Tigray, Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Why the third layer of Ethiopia’s conflict may be the most worrying

    By Mohammed Girma
    November 26, 2020
    Amid widespread hateful rhetoric, intercommunal mistrust and violence could spiral out of control. The conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation ...
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  • Despite struggling with its own peace process, South Sudan may be the one country that all warring parties could accept as an honest mediator. Credit: UNMISS.
    EthiopiaPoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    The one country that could mediate in Ethiopia

    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 23, 2020
    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, ...
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  • Debating IdeasDemocracy and ElectionsEthiopiaEthiopiaWar and War Crimes

    Stop War Crimes in Ethiopia Today

    By Alex de Waal
    November 23, 2020
    Ethiopia war and war crimes
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  • Tigray crisis Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Tigray: How Ethiopia reached this crisis point and how it could get out

    By Nick Westcott
    November 13, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) with President Paul Kagame (right) in February 2020. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    More questions than answers: Whither Ethiopia’s transition?

    By Tsedale Lemma
    September 10, 2020
    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, ...
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  • Ethiopia during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
    Covid-19EthiopiaPolitics

    Sweeping powers and a transition on ice: Pandemic politics in Ethiopia

    By Yoseph Badwaza
    April 16, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Egypt Ethiopia GERD dam
    Africa InsidersEgyptEthiopia

    Africa Insiders: Egypt finds itself downstream without a paddle

    By Africa Insiders
    January 15, 2020
    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 ...
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  • What could replace Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism?
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism

    By Olivia Woldemikael
    December 9, 2019
    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 ...
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