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A police officer looks on outside the prison in Mehal Meda, Ethiopia, on December 06, 2021. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)

Ethiopia Faces Corrosive War Consequence

Ethiopia is sprinting toward calamity. Last week, as the rebel forces of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their allies advanced toward the capital of Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy…

Chris Coons
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at the inauguration of the newly remodeled Meskel Square on June 13, 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Getty)

Islamizing the Nile River Conflict

The Ethiopian government is purposefully involving religious rhetoric into justifying its technical dispute over the Nile River with Egypt and Sudan. The reasons why Abiy Ahmed government decided to…

Dalia Ziada
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki (L) and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) disembark from an airplane upon arrival at Juba International Airport in Juba on March 4, 2019. (Getty)

Ethiopia’s Perilous Propaganda War

Late last month, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed finally admitted the worst-kept secret in Africa: that soldiers from neighboring Eritrea are fighting alongside Ethiopia’s military in the Tigray…

Nic Cheeseman

Abiy Ahmed’s Crisis of Legitimacy

In early November, Ethiopian Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmedbegan a military offensive against the Tigrayan People’sLiberation Front, an estranged regional government that once dominated Ethiopia’s ruling…

Nic Cheeseman

Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopia’s Peacemaking Prime Minister

Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia's Prime Minister in April2018, the firstOromoto lead his country. The Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, had never been in prominent positions of power in the…

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