Ethiopian state media recite Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's observation that ‘It is better to negotiate for 20 years than fight for two years...
Abu Dhabi has pressured Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to provide the RSF with a safe haven in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region from which to intensify drone and missile attacks on Sudan's Blue Nile region (AC Vol 67 No 8 A new axis emerges)...
Lengthy queues formed before the polling stations opened at six in the morning on 1 June in national elections that are expected to produce an overwhelming majority for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party...
Copyright © Africa Confidential 2026 As the United States repositions itself in the Horn of Africa an emboldened Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is stepping up its struggle with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (AC Vol 67 No 6 How Abiy's march north could ignite the Horn)...
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in February he raised questions about Ethiopia's rumoured involvement in Sudan's war and the alleged presence of a training camp for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary on Ethiopian soil...
With the mandate of Tigray's interim administration expiring Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has opted to retain the existing leadership rather than push Tigrayan allies into authority...
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Vol 67 No 8 |
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- DJIBOUTI
Now Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has cited the more than billion US dollars a year in fees that his government pays to use Djibouti port as motivating his drive for access to the sea...
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Might Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed use the distraction of the Gulf War to launch military action in northern Ethiopia...
At the AU summit the overwhelming concern behind closed doors was that the UAE and Israel might goad Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed into an ill-judged bid to seize Assab port on Eritrea's Red Sea coastline...
Copyright © Africa Confidential 2026 With Ethiopia heading to the polls in June Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his ruling Prosperity Party radiate optimism on the economy...
