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Ethiopia
Population: 107.39m
GDP: $145.03bn
Debt: 31.77% of GDP (2024)

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Former enemies unite to take on Abiy Ahmed

Eritrea and the ruling party in Tigray forge an unlikely alliance against Addis Ababa

Never short of self-belief, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed faces the most serious challenge yet to his balancing of regional and national interests – Eritrean and Tigrayan leaders,...

Abiy bans Tigray party, risking new war

After a devastating two-year war with Addis Ababa, the TPLF faces bureaucratic extinction

When the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) deregistered the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on 14 May, it raised fears of a new war in northern Ethiopia. This...

IMF sees economic light in Addis amid political gloom

The Fund expects high growth and increasing tax revenues as Abiy Ahmed’s pro-market reforms bed in

As Ethiopia’s government grapples with insurgent forces in its Amhara, Oromo and Tigray provinces and heightened tensions with neighbouring Eritrea and Somalia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his...

Economic rebound complicates debt talks

Officials in Addis Ababa say the restructuring is almost agreed – but commercial creditors want better terms as growth picks up

Ethiopian officials are making progress towards restructuring US$8.4 billion external debts owed to official creditors, announcing an ‘agreement in principle’ on 21 March but they are locked into...

Tigray’s political fight sounds alarm

Unresolved border disputes with Asmara and internal divisions in Ethiopia are driving the region to the brink

A schism in the Tigray regional authority has erupted into clashes in several towns and could draw in Eritrea and Ethiopia’s federal government, maybe others, into a devastating...

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Abiy’s economy earns Fund praise

Kristalina Georgieva has lauded the government’s ‘impressive performance’ in its economic reform programme, although the World Bank is less optimistic

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was effusive about Ethiopia’s ‘impressive economic performance’ following a two-day visit to Addis Ababa. This comes amid claims that Prime Minister...

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