Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia, United States
Blinken considering visit to Addis Ababa

The US Department of State is considering sending Antony Blinken on an official visit to Ethiopia. No date has been set, but that trip could take place in March.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Antonio Guterres, Gianni Infantino, Ahmed Kogri

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastOuattara plies pressure on banks

EthiopiaAntonio Guterres in Tigray

AfricaFIFA's Infantino's gesture to CAF federations

Chad-EgyptChadian spymaster Ahmed Kogri's 24h Cairo stopover

Ethiopia
Abiy sticks his oar into Orthodox church row

Barely a year after a thwarted schism over the war in Tigray, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is confronted with new divisions driven by the linguistic demands of the Oromo community. A public intervention by the prime minister could exacerbate tensions.

Ethiopia
Exploration junior Abyssinian Metals hires Washington lawyers

Australian exploration company Abyssinian Metals hired US law firm Marcus G. Faust PC on 12 January. The company could be looking for an exit strategy for its operations in Ethiopia, where it has faced a number of hurdles.

Ethiopia
Former agriculture minister posted to UAE as ambassador

Former agriculture minister Oumer Hussein Oba has been appointed Ethiopian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, where he is expected to move soon.

Ethiopia
Paris's €28m Ethiopian reconstruction plans

On a visit to Ethiopia today and tomorrow, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is expected to sign off on two AFD financing projects for a total of €28m for the country's reconstruction.

Ethiopia
Paris and Berlin seek to act in unison in the Horn

The French and German foreign ministers are due in Addis in a week's time for talks with the Ethiopian government. Paris and Berlin are doing their best to adopt a common diplomatic stance in the region.

Ethiopia
EU foreign ministers to ponder Ethiopian peace process

When they gather for the coming EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 23 January, the bloc's 27 foreign ministers will discuss the Ethiopian peace deal signed in November. This could lead to the unfreezing of hundreds of millions of euros pledged in aid to Addis Ababa.

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Louis Camara, a miner taking on the oil sector

Ethiopia Brook Taye, Addis's economic eminence grise

Togo Karl Lawson, cyber events guru

South Africa Philani Mthembu, batting for BRICS

Ethiopia
Paris quietly prepares for Ethiopia's reconstruction

It was only in November that the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels reached a fragile ceasefire agreement ending two years of civil war, but donor countries are already preparing to finance the country's reconstruction.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange faces closure

The government has slowly chipped away at the now floundering commodity exchange, originally set up to allow Ethiopian producers to export basic commodities at better prices.

Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

The annual conference of Ethiopian ambassadors will take place in Addis Ababa in mid-December, four months late, as Abiy embarks on a diplomatic campaign following the ceasefire with the TPLF.