Covid-19 has produced plenty of political drama these last few months, but Ethiopia has experienced more than most—here’s why. Why It Matters: Ethiopian politics operates in a system of ...

Despite repeated assurances from Ethiopia's political and military elite, the country stands at a critical inflection point. Sporadic conflicts in Oromia and the Amhara regions, and the continued use ...

Taking a much more conciliatory tone than a now retracted statement, the US ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Masinga has called ...

Ethiopia was struggling with significant economic, ethnic and political challenges long before a feud between Abiy and the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front ...

Political protests spread from the capital to other parts of Ethiopia, leaving four people dead and 11 wounded, state-run television reported, as the prime minister vowed to prosecute opposition ...

Addis Ababa, May 31, 2025 (ENA)— Ethiopia is in a changing political trajectory where 'winners take all' is substituted by 'win-win' approach, Ethiopian National Dialogue Commissioner Yonas ...

It is important to shine a light on what is happening and unpack the decades-long project of ethnic politics that has allowed the Amhara to be targeted. Ethiopia has a long history of ethnic harmony.

Some of the biggest ethnic groups in Ethiopia cite history, others demography, or geography to claim a privileged and hegemonic status in the nation’s political and economic life. The Government ...

The TPLF dominated Ethiopian politics for close to three decades before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018. The Tigray conflict began in late 2020. Most of Ethiopia’s 547 lawmakers ...

A party that overshadowed Ethiopian politics for almost three decades is now a spent force after waging a two-year war against the federal government and then signing a peace deal that requires it ...

Ethiopia, a country of rich history and diverse population, has been has perennially been mired in one political crisis after another for the better part of the last several decades, but more so ...