Ethiopia's record of detaining journalists and attempts to control the media has caused concern as the country prepares for a ...

Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after ...

In an analysis published this week, Foreign Policy magazine cautioned that the risk of a renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is increasing amid shifting political dynamics in Ethiopia's Tigray ...

Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was recently officially inaugurated after 14 years and US$5 billion worth of project work.

Almost three years after Ethiopia's civil war ended, Tigray remains tense and dangerous for journalists, who have been shot ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's political slogan is "medemer" - or "coming together". But some analysts say reforms meant to unify Ethiopia have inflamed simmering ethnic and political divisions ...

Ethiopian security forces patrol a street after the Ethiopian army took control of Hayk town of Amhara city from the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia on December 16, 2021.

Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country's northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa's second most-populous nation is already spilling over into Ethiopia's ...

The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has trained 650+ Ethiopian broadcast and print journalists and editors on a variety of topics, including fair and balanced reporting on the electoral process and the COVID ...

The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), an Ethiopia-based political and insurgent group, announced the graduation of a new cohort of fighters following more than three months of intensive ...

Hopes that one of the Horn of Africa‘s longest running conflicts could soon come to an end foundered when peace talks between the Ethiopian government and ethnic Ogadeni rebels recently broke down.

The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp and ceremony as Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was officially ...