In a Facebook post before the conference Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described it as ‘a new chapter of history which fully decides ours and the next generation's fate and aspirations'...
The change is reflected in the declining influence of figures such as Eskinder Nega whose politics remain rooted in Ethiopianism and the rise of Zemene's more assertive nationalism (AC Vol 64 No 17 The avalanche catches up with Abiy Ahmed)...
When the Tigray regional authorities were locked in a devastating war with Ethiopia's federal government between 2020 and 2022 Getachew Reda was a senior Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) figure who accused Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of presiding over a genocide...
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...
