The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked ...

More than a year into a bloody civil war in Ethiopia that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced upwards of 2 million people, experts fear the worst is yet ahead. With the ...

Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

As my inaugural posting on the African continent, when my family and I first touched down in Addis Ababa in 2021, there was a steep learning curve ahead—one ...

The year-long civil war in Ethiopia has created a humanitarian catastrophe that will worsen if the war continues. Since hostilities between the breakaway Tigray providence in northern Ethiopia led by ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the threat of war is back ...

Throughout the world the ideology of division and intolerance has permeated mainstream politics and poisoned societies; tribal nationalism, hate and prejudice are widespread, animosity and suspicion ...

The Pretoria Agreement, negotiated between 23 October and 2 November 2022, is one of the most consequential diplomatic ...

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2020. (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha) Ethiopia is in serious ...

Bonnie hands me a calabash filled with lukewarm liquid brewed from sunbaked coffee leaves. Two weeks into my travels, I sip, and gird my bowels. I am a guest in her home, which is about 4 feet high ...

The United Nations is warning of famine in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. A mother and a newborn weighing just 1.7 pounds died from hunger at a health center last week. The government is accused of ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to bury his government’s enemies “with our blood” last week, in an inflammatory speech marking the one-year anniversary of the war in the country’s northern ...