Persistent fears of renewed large-scale war in northern Ethiopia stem from the failings of the Pretoria peace agreement – radical in ambition, limited in scope. In 2022, Prime...

After a year of sweeping macro-economic reforms – floating the birr, tightening budgets and adopting an interest-rate-based monetary policy – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has secured a...

Alongside the nationalist tub-thumping, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was making a serious point about climate and energy policy when he invited a group of international leaders for...

The 3 September resignation of National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Governor Mamo Mihretu – one of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s closest economic confidants – surprised bankers in Addis...

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,...

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...