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Ethiopia: Legendary Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam quits after 37 years

The longserving CEO of Africa's largest airline Ethiopia Airlines has stepped down, citing ill health. Starting at the firm in 1985, he become ... CEO in 2011. He leaves behind a strong legacy, the envy of other African airlines who struggle to match Ethiopian's operational efficiency.

Somalia, hit by the worst drought in a decade

man-made disaster

Somalia: Famine looms, as politicians fight for control

With the world’s attention focused on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a vast humanitarian crisis is quietly unfolding in the Horn of Africa. ... This year's drought, the driest in four decades, has decimated livestock populations and poses a risk to some 13 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Northern Kenya.

Too soon?

Ethiopian Airlines: Three years after the Boeing 737 Max crash, is it time to turn the page?

Aircraft of this model have returned to African skies, including those flown by Ethiopian Airlines. However, the families who lost loved ones ... on 10 March 2019 when the ET 302 crashed may not view this return favourably.

international principles

Ethiopia: Isaias Afewerki and Abiy Ahmed through the prism of the Ukraine conflict

Russia’s premeditated aggression against Ukraine has justifiably provoked global outrage. Russia’s relentless assault on Ukraine violates ... the cardinal organising principle of the international system: state sovereignty. In launching brutal, multi-pronged assaults on Ukraine, Russia has also violated one of the core tenets of the United Nations (UN) charter: the prohibition on the use of force for something other than legitimate self-defense (Article 2(4)) or in service of collective security (Article 51).

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Ethiopia: Inside the Oromia massacre – ‘There were corpses everywhere’

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

open sesame

Ethiopia’s banks pushed to bulk up before market opens

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed (twitter: @PMEthiopia)

amidst crises

Ethiopia: Abiy says new committee will handle peace negotiations with TPLF

grim warning

Ethiopia: Inside the Oromia massacre – ‘There were corpses everywhere’

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

open sesame

Ethiopia’s banks pushed to bulk up before market opens

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed (twitter: @PMEthiopia)

amidst crises

Ethiopia: Abiy says new committee will handle peace negotiations with TPLF

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A general view shows the cityscape of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa

large potential

Will Ethiopia’s new sovereign wealth fund bring back investors?

Ethiopia has launched a new sovereign wealth fund in a bid to attract billions in foreign direct investment and boost its cash strapped economy. ... Will investors come back to what was once one of the world's fastest growing economy?

Rebel, rebel

Ethiopia: 10 things to know about TPLF’s Debretsion Gebremichael

As head of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Debretsion Gebremichael threatened to topple Ethiopia’s government last year as his ... group’s fighters advanced towards Addis Ababa. In December he announced the TPLF would withdraw to Tigray to “give peace a chance”, but fighting continues in the neighbouring state of Afar. Here are 10 things to know about the head of the TPLF.

An Afar militiaman in Chifra

proxy war

Ethiopia: Afar region the new front in the civil war as Tigray violence subsides

Fatuma Taha was at home with her four children when the artillery shell crashed through the roof of her home in Berhale, a town near the border ... that separates Ethiopia's Afar and Tigray regions. As she fled, she passed the bodies of several people killed by the barrage lying in the road.

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GERD: First turbine begins to generate electricity

GERD unveiling

Ethiopia: The Nile Dam launches power generation

After more than 10 years of work and controversy with Egypt and Sudan, Ethiopia officially began generating electricity from its Grand Ethiopian ... Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile on 20 February.

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justice & accountability

Can Ethiopia’s government be held accountable for crimes in the civil war after complaint filed at the AU?

On 8 February, a group of lawyers submitted a landmark complaint to the African Union Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, accusing Ethiopia's ... government of serious human rights violations against civilians in Tigray.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki receives a key from Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa

horn politics

Taking stock of the Horn of Africa: dynamics and strategic stakes

The Horn of Africa region is a puzzling region which, despite its enormous economic potential and diversity, is under the mercy of chaotic political ... developments that threatens the stability of the region thereby exposing the shaky underbelly of the region.

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