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Ethiopia

taps still running

Egypt and Ethiopia blame Sudan for latest impasse in GERD talks

The latest round of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks wrapped up on the evening of 10 January after reaching another stalemate. But ... one thing that did become apparent was the changing dynamics between Sudan and Ethiopia.

Festival of Oromo people in Bishoftu

chaos in the rift

Ethiopia: Understanding Oromia’s mayhem after Hachalu’s murder

In Oromia, mayhem followed the 29 June slaying of beloved singer Hachalu Hundessa. And as Oromo protesters rose up in Batu, security forces stood ... down.

nigeria sars

raw power

Bobi Wine, Julius Malema, #EndSARS… have the old guard seen what is coming for them?

The rise of well-organised youth politicians is giving pause for thought to the old guard. From the dance that Bobi Wine is leading President ... Museveni in Uganda, to the trenchant opposition of Julius Malema, a new generation of leaders is being inspired to drive out the old and bring in the new.

Money for mobiles

In Ethiopia, Vodafone secures up to $500m in loans amid pandemic

In early January the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) gave the green light for a loan to support Vodafone in its bid to ... acquire a telecoms licence, though the timetable for the award process remains unclear.

Ethiopia top stories

STARVATION CRIME

Ethiopia: Looming famine in Tigray is the making of ‘starvation crimes’ says report by WPF

Ethiopia Elections

turning point

Ethiopia: As election nears, parties seek unity of varying identities

James Duddridge MP, UK Minister for Africa with Cabinet Secretary Betty C Maina, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, Kenya at Flamingo Horticulture, Nairobi.

London calling

‘We have to stand up, but we can’t preach’, says UK minister for Africa James Duddridge

STARVATION CRIME

Ethiopia: Looming famine in Tigray is the making of ‘starvation crimes’ says report by WPF

Ethiopia Elections

turning point

Ethiopia: As election nears, parties seek unity of varying identities

James Duddridge MP, UK Minister for Africa with Cabinet Secretary Betty C Maina, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, Kenya at Flamingo Horticulture, Nairobi.

London calling

‘We have to stand up, but we can’t preach’, says UK minister for Africa James Duddridge

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Gold nuggets are seen before the refining process at AGR (African Gold Refinery) in Entebbe

boom time

Ethiopia: Gold mining sees record growth despite Covid-19

High gold prices are boosting Ethiopia's mining revenue and attracting more investor interest in a sector that is largely dominated by artisanal ... and smaller players. Coronavirus-linked border closures have pushed miners back into the arms of the formal sector; a welcome boost for Ethiopia's central bank, who has been in search of hard currency.

mind over matter

Abiy Ahmed’s aim to ‘Pentecostalize Ethiopian politics’

Who is Abiy Ahmed, the man who has been Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018? In Addis Ababa, the question is often met with awkward silence. ... Yet the answer is vital to any deeper understanding of the present crisis in Ethiopia, and particularly of a war between the federal government and the Tigrayan authorities, which threatens to lay waste to the country and destabilize the Horn of Africa.

how we got here

Residual anger and power politics boil over into conflict in Ethiopia

For three years, between 2015 and early 2018, there were popular protests across Ethiopia, but particularly in the country’s two largest regions ... – Oromia and Amhara.

The popular discontent was driven by the 27-year-long marginalisation of most ethnic groups, massive corruption that bankrupted the state, and an ethnic federal arrangement that caused racial tensions and ethnic violence.

best of 2020

Ethiopia ends 2020 with a bang

Ethiopia has ended the year on a very awkward and troubling note. From the arrival of the pandemic, the upsurge in protests across Oromio to ... the war in Tigray. One thing is certain: the country is going into 2021 entirely changed.

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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

assistance expected

Did Ethiopia’s attack on Tigray violate international laws?

A legal scholar weighs in on the decision taken by Ethiopian prime minister Ahmed Abiy to send troops into the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, ... to quell what the government sees as an insurgency.

Lighting up Africa

Africa’s BRICs held back by lack of electricity

Lack of access to electricity is holding back the prospects of potentially high-growth African economies. ...

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