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Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

It's been five years since the French president's last visit to the region, but he is scheduled to return to Djibouti and Addis Ababa from 20 to 22 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.12.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and French president Emmanuel Macron in Addis Ababa on 12 March 2019.

South Sudan, Sudan
Tigrayan peacekeepers left stranded by civil war

Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers from Tigray were deployed in peace missions in Sudan and South Sudan at the turn of this decade. But civil wars, first in their native region and then in Sudan, have prevented their return home, and they have still not received payment for their two-year mission.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.11.2024

Ethiopian former peacekeepers, deployed to the Abyei region, disembark from a United Nations aircraft in Sudan on 15 May 2022 after seeking asylum.

Ethiopia
Foreign mining companies keen to extend their time in Tigray

With their business stalled by two years of conflict in Tigray, mining companies Newmont, Sun Peak and ANS Exploration are seeking to extend their exploration licences, without however resuming their activities. This is fuelling tension in a region whose economy is struggling to recover from a two-year civil war.

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2024

Ethiopia
Tigray gold fuels TPLF infighting

Behind the crisis within the Tigray People's Liberation Front, top party officials are at odds over the northern region's mineral resources. Getachew Reda's provisional administration is trying to regulate the sector, which is still dominated by small-scale and even illegal mining.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 27.09.2024

Getachew Reda on 7 November 2022 in Nairobi and Debretsion Gebremichael on 8 June 2019 in Mekele.

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Ugandan and Ethiopian military commanders met at the beginning of July to discuss military cooperation in the fields of training, intelligence, financing and the defence industry.

Subscribers only Defence 19.07.2024

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethiopian Olympic Committee boss Ashebir Woldegiorgis aims high

With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, the multi-faceted and well-connected businessman is set on not disappointing PM Abiy Ahmed.

Subscribers only Politics 21.06.2024

The Ethiopian Olympic Committee president, Ashebir Woldegiorgis.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Work on the vast scheme in the Oromia region has been at a standstill for almost a year and is now set to be abandoned for good. Africa Intelligence dissects a far from isolated case of project failure as attacks in the region call into question the government's security strategy there.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 06.06.2024

Ethiopia
Swiss investor cleared of 'financing terrorism' during Tigray conflict

All charges against Josua Gehrig, the Swiss owner of a farm in Ethiopia's Tigray region, have been dropped, two years after his arrest. He had attempted to transport a million birr in cash to pay his employees.

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2024

Ethiopia
Abdi Ilay, Abiy's providential ally against Mogadishu

Amid renewed tensions with its neighbour, Addis has rehabilitated the former president of the region bordering Somalia and may now confer on him responsibilities in the federal government.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2024

Ethiopia
Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

The breakdown of an attempt at reconciliation between the insurgent Agew Democratic Movement and the Amhara regional government has led to a split within the armed movement.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 31.01.2024

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy-Bihi memorandum of understanding puts Paris in awkward position

Landlocked Ethiopia is counting on France to speed up the training of its currently fleetless navy. But the prospect of an Ethiopian naval base being established in the secessionist territory of Somaliland risks upsetting the two countries' military cooperation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 29.01.2024

Ethiopia
AU peace and security council forced to cancel Tigray trip

Still recovering from two years of war, the northern region of Ethiopia is now contending with a devastating drought.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.01.2024

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Castel's Ethiopian beer subsidiary in ferment over restructuring

The French group's local subsidiary BGI has lost its dominant position on the Ethiopian beer market to its longstanding rival Heineken, and is under pressure from distributors demanding more money. It is restructuring to try to get back on track, but this is causing consternation and even led to one of its plant managers getting shot.

Subscribers only Business 19.12.2023

A giant billboard for Meta beer, in 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia
Ethiopian government fails to reinstate officers purged during Tigray war

More than a year after a peace deal that ended [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.12.2023

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru: an Abiy protégée with devoted underlings

The charismatic and ambitious boss of the state-owned giant has certainly made her mark since taking office five years ago. She can count on the support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, of whom she is a close friend, and of a group of dedicated, hand-picked executives.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 17.11.2023

Ethio Telecom Chief Executive Officer Frehiwot Tamru in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 18 July 2023.

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy's well-travelled team of financiers prepares for stock exchange launch

To attract investor support for the new Ethiopian Securities Exchange, which he sees as a key reform measure, the Ethiopian prime minister has brought in professionals from the Ethiopian diaspora, who have been trained by the leading international finance groups.

Subscribers only Finance 10.11.2023

Ethiopia
EU backtracks on rights probe support

The EU had been at the forefront of efforts to hold Ethiopia to account for human rights abuses committed during the war in Tigray. But now, thanks to the deliberate inaction of France and Germany, and despite the reservations of some member states, the bloc is prioritising normalising relations with the government of Abiy Ahmed.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 10.10.2023

German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C), and French Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna (3rd R), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 12 January 2023.

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

TPLF

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

South Sudan, Sudan
Tigrayan peacekeepers left stranded by civil war

Ethiopia
Foreign mining companies keen to extend their time in Tigray

Ethiopia
Tigray gold fuels TPLF infighting

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethiopian Olympic Committee boss Ashebir Woldegiorgis aims high

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia
Swiss investor cleared of 'financing terrorism' during Tigray conflict

Ethiopia
Abdi Ilay, Abiy's providential ally against Mogadishu

Ethiopia
Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy-Bihi memorandum of understanding puts Paris in awkward position

Ethiopia
AU peace and security council forced to cancel Tigray trip

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Castel's Ethiopian beer subsidiary in ferment over restructuring

Ethiopia
Ethiopian government fails to reinstate officers purged during Tigray war

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru: an Abiy protégée with devoted underlings

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy's well-travelled team of financiers prepares for stock exchange launch

Ethiopia
EU backtracks on rights probe support

Ethiopia
Abiy's transitional justice model fails to impress in Tigray

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Ethiopia
Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia

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Djibouti, Ethiopia Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

South Sudan, Sudan Tigrayan peacekeepers left stranded by civil war

Ethiopia Foreign mining companies keen to extend their time in Tigray

Ethiopia Tigray gold fuels TPLF infighting

Ethiopia, Uganda Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Inner circles | Ethiopia Ethiopian Olympic Committee boss Ashebir Woldegiorgis aims high

Spotlight | Ethiopia How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia Swiss investor cleared of 'financing terrorism' during Tigray conflict

Ethiopia Abdi Ilay, Abiy's providential ally against Mogadishu

Ethiopia Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Ethiopia, Somalia Abiy-Bihi memorandum of understanding puts Paris in awkward position

Ethiopia AU peace and security council forced to cancel Tigray trip

Spotlight | Ethiopia Castel's Ethiopian beer subsidiary in ferment over restructuring

Ethiopia Ethiopian government fails to reinstate officers purged during Tigray war

Inner circles | Ethiopia Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru: an Abiy protégée with devoted underlings

Inner circles | Ethiopia Abiy's well-travelled team of financiers prepares for stock exchange launch

Ethiopia EU backtracks on rights probe support

Ethiopia Abiy's transitional justice model fails to impress in Tigray

Inner circles | Ethiopia Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Ethiopia Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

South Sudan, Sudan
Tigrayan peacekeepers left stranded by civil war

Ethiopia
Foreign mining companies keen to extend their time in Tigray

Ethiopia
Tigray gold fuels TPLF infighting

Ethiopia, Uganda
Kampala and Addis sketch out military rapprochement

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethiopian Olympic Committee boss Ashebir Woldegiorgis aims high

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia
Swiss investor cleared of 'financing terrorism' during Tigray conflict

Ethiopia
Abdi Ilay, Abiy's providential ally against Mogadishu

Ethiopia
Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy-Bihi memorandum of understanding puts Paris in awkward position

Ethiopia
AU peace and security council forced to cancel Tigray trip

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Castel's Ethiopian beer subsidiary in ferment over restructuring

Ethiopia
Ethiopian government fails to reinstate officers purged during Tigray war

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamiru: an Abiy protégée with devoted underlings

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy's well-travelled team of financiers prepares for stock exchange launch

Ethiopia
EU backtracks on rights probe support

Ethiopia
Abiy's transitional justice model fails to impress in Tigray

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Ethiopia
Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia