Geography is destiny,” says the old aphorism. Karl Marx had a comeback: people make their own history, just not as they please. In the Horn of Africa this ...

In early October 2026, Ethiopia and Eritrea took their quarrel to the UN Security Council by letter. Addis Abeba told council members that Eritrean troops had advanced up to 60 km into Tigray, which ...

By Dessalegn Kassa October 22, 2026 (ENA) Ethiopia is entering a new political and economic chapter, seeking to translate its ...

That memory traveled across the ocean. It found its way into the politics, culture, and faith of communities in the Americas and the Caribbean. Emperor Haile Selassie, called Ras Tafari before he was ...

Abiy Ahmed’s decision to retain Gedion Timothewos as foreign minister for another five-year term is beyond a mere administrative decision, a potentially consequential choice about the institutional ...

Ethiopia’s recurring wars don’t stem from ancient ethnic hatreds, but from a failure to agree on the rules for resolving ...

Somalia needs a foreign policy that gives its people a better chance of living in peace. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud should place cooperation with Ethiopia at the center of that effort while ...

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called for easier cross-border trade and stronger economic cooperation between Kenya ...

Analysis: A war between Ethiopia and Eritrea could draw in regional powers, testing Egypt’s strategy in the Red Sea and Horn ...

Having learned from the devastating costs of the 1998 border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the 2020 northern Ethiopia ...

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Ethiopia's escalating conflict with Eritrea has drawn international alarm, with multiple sources confirming the presence of ...