Along with the war, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and supply chain disruption exacerbated the economic development challenges. Some of the industrial zones in areas of conflict are now difficult to ...

Writing in Al Jazeera on Monday, Teshome, Ethiopia’s president from 2013 to 2018, who is considered a close ally of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accused Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki of ...

After years of strong animosity towards and direct clashes with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – the party that ...

Although the conflict started in November 2020, it was not until late 2021 that the AU increased its input to prevent the ...

Curbing elite divisions is key to preventing catastrophe, restoring unity. The Amhara and Oromo ethnicities are two of Ethiopia’s 86 ethnic groups, together constituting 67 perc ...

Out of the blue, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, ordered a “war” in this “defiant” region. As in the case with similar incidents in the history of ...

Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-born Israeli, was detained in 2014 after crossing into Gaza on his own.

How did Ethiopia fall into dictatorship and war? The Derg seized power in 1974, overthrowing Emperor Haile Selassie - but their rule led to mass killings, economic collapse, and conflict. Discover how ...

Senior military officials have taken sides in a rancorous dispute between the region’s political leaders, as shifting ...

In a piece published on Al Jazeera on February 17, 2025, Mulatu Teshome, a former president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), made misleading assertions riddled with both ...

Eritrea's Ministry of Information has issued a statement rejecting accusations by Mulatu Teshome, Ethiopia's former president and a close ally of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accusing Eritrea of ...

UAE calls for a humanitarian pause in the Sudan war during Ramadan, aiming to deliver aid to those in need. The United Arab ...