National Election Board of Ethiopia personnel patrol a warehouse stacked high with boxes of polling kits in Addis Ababa in October 2020.
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Ethiopia’s party system is extremely volatile due to the prevalence of weakly institutionalised and fragmented political parties.
Garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia.
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The new conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could be the tipping point for foreign investors in the garment industry.
This image was taken at the Hawzien market in Tigray, two years before the war which has put millions in need of emergency food assistance.
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The health and wellbeing effects will go beyond the direct impact of war-related fatalities, and are likely to last for years after peace is fully restored.
Demonstration in Montecitorio Square, Rome, Italy, on November 12, 2020 calling for the end of the government’s military actions in the northern region of Tigray.
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Providers of humanitarian aid haven’t been able to reach civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. There are also reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed.
An Ethiopan soldier mans a position near Zala Anbesa in the northern Tigray region of the country, about 1,6 kilometres from the Eritrean border.
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Conflict between Eritrea and Tigray has long represented a destabilising fault line for Ethiopia as well as for the wider region.
Ethiopian refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray province queue to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province.
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The standoff between Abiy Ahmed and the armed forces in Tigray has already caused thousands to flee their homes.
Thousands of Ethiopian refugees have fled the violence, crossing into neighbouring Sudan.
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As ever, civilians are caught in the middle of warring ethnic groups in this strife-torn region of Ethiopia.
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As political and military actions escalate, there is an immediate need for de-escalation and dialogue to promote peaceful resolution.
Around 25,000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan.
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Food security in Tigray was becoming critical even before the current armed conflict.
A man enters a polling station for Tigray’s regional elections, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deemed illegal.
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Crisis grips Ethiopia as political divisions spill over into armed conflict and potential civil war looms.
Members of the Oromo community in the United States march in protest after the killing of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa in June 2020.
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There needs to be greater clarity on the nature of the crisis for an informed and meaningful intervention.
Demonstrators protesting the political situation in Ethiopia in the wake of the death of musician Hachalu Hundessa.
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Ahmed Abiy has his work cut out to unify a nation divided along tribal lines
Home garden with two bags of soil and young green plants.
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Despite their popularity, there are reasons to doubt whether “home gardens” provide a sustainable and cost-effective way of addressing hidden hunger.
The government must encourage demands for the creation of new states to be an outcome of negotiations.
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In a country where there are more than 80 ethnic groups, the territorial solution isn’t a feasible solution.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (middle) bringing the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and other religious leaders together.
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Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali’s project of reconciliation can be greatly helped by the Orthodox Church.
Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at his swearing-in in Addis Ababa.
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Dr Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Ethiopia. The youthful Oromo leader now faces the herculean task of uniting a divided country.
Outgoing Ethiopian premier Hailemariam Desalegn.
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Now that Ethiopia’s prime minister has made public his intention to resign, can the country’s ruling coalition hold?
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