Ethiopia: From China’s Star Pupil To Africa’s Free Agent

In a decade Ethiopia's economy has transformed from openly constructing a Chinese "party state" in emulation to sweeping ...
POWER Magazine

GERD: How Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Vision Became Africa’s Largest Hydropower Plant

The 5.15-GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become Africa’s largest hydropower project, doubling Ethiopia’s power ...
ecofinagency

Ethiopia Extends Addis Ababa's Riverside Renewal with 10.5km River Project

Ethiopia has inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project, extending Addis Ababa’s urban renewal program with a 10.5-kilometre climate-resilient river corridor designed to ...
Ecofin Agency

Ethiopia Broadens Volunteer Campaigns to Support Rural Housing and Green Development

Ethiopia has launched its annual rainy-season volunteer campaign with a housing project in South West Shewa Zone Volunteer labour is increasingly being used to support rural development and ...
Center for Strategic and International Studies

After the Supermajority: Ethiopia’s Trajectory Following the 2026 Election

Ethiopia's Prosperity Party secured a supermajority in the June 2026 elections. What does this mean for the country's ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
The Conversation

Ethiopia’s elections will not be politically competitive: two reasons why

Ethiopia has held six national elections since 1995, most under conditions of strong ruling-party dominance. Pilipe Lissac via Getty Images Ethiopia is preparing for a national election on 1 June amid ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...
Reuters

Dangote raises planned investment in Ethiopia fertiliser project to over $4 billion

NAIROBI, May 18 (Reuters) - Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's group of companies has increased planned investment in a fertiliser plant ‌in Ethiopia to more than $4 billion from $2.5 billion ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...
Global Voices Online

Ethiopia’s urban renewal projects and turn toward aesthetic propaganda

This is the second time Addis Ababa’s cityscape has gone viral in recent months. In January, a visit by renowned US influencer Darren Watkins Jr., known online as IshowSpeed, garnered 10 million views ...
Mining Weekly

Tulu Kapi gold project, Ethiopia – update

London-listed Kefi Gold and Copper (formerly KEFI Minerals) will own 80% of the exploration and holding company for the government of Ethiopia, KME, which, in turn, will own 56% of Tulu Kapi Gold ...