People attend a demonstration to bring awareness to the mass ethnic cleansing of Amharas in Oromia region of Ethiopia in June 2022.
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The peace agreement was short-lived largely due to the absence of open and genuine commitments by both sides.
Women work in a field in Oromia, Ethiopia. The region is one of the country’s most important food producers.
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Oromia is a cultural, economic and political powerhouse. It significantly shapes Ethiopia’s identity and trajectory.
Demonstrators in Somalia protest news of a Red Sea deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland in January 2024.
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Ethiopia has maintained strong ties with Somaliland since the 1980s when it supported a rebel movement in the breakaway region.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during his 2021 inauguration.
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After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2023.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa − Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
A high priest holds a cross during the celebrations of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel in Addis Ababa in September 2023.
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News coverage of Ethiopia’s ethnic conflicts has overshadowed the growing tensions and polarisation between religious communities.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to announce its annual winner for the peace prize on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has recognized some legendary leaders and peace activists, but it has a mixed track record of recognizing people who actually deserve the prize.
Farmers in Amhara region of Ethiopia.
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The rhetoric that presents the Amhara people as a national enemy has gone on, unchallenged, for far too long.
Djibouti is the main port for all foreign aid going to Ethiopia.
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Lack of sea access has constrained Ethiopia’s ability to cater for its large population.
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Abiy Ahmed’s use of the military to address a critical challenge is likely to fail.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began generating electricity in 2022.
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The Nile Basin states are keen to see what kind of deal Ethiopia reaches with Egypt and Sudan.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2018.
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There is increased demand to join BRICS in the emerging world order, partly as a countervailing power to “the west”.
Sudanese protesters in Khartoum.
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An African-led process would take into account complex regional dynamics – which would lead to a better and more stable peace agreement.
Ethiopians celebrate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize win in 2019.
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Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
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Parties to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have agreed to end hostilities after two years. Here is a selection of previously published articles on its devastating consequences.
A damaged tank on the road north of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, in February 2021.
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The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
Protesters in the UK demonstrate against Ethiopia’s Tigray war in October 2022.
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Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
Dubai-based port operator DP World and the Government of Somaliland, opened a container terminal at Berbera Port in June 2021. Photo by ED RAM/AFP via
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The project promises improved living condition for citizens and fosters ambition for international recognition.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (centre) is hosted in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in June, 2022.
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Ethiopia’s direct engagement with Somalia’s regional governments will likely weaken the prospects of restoring a functioning Somali state.