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Business Road and rail 15/04/2021

Abiy's $70 billion transport plan

The Ethiopian government's ten-year transport plan, which will cost an estimated $70bn, comprises some forty projects focused around six major axes. [...]

Business 12/04/2021

ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

After several bidders in the Ethiopian Communications Authority's tender for two operating licences asked for another delay, the closing date for submissions has been postponed until April 26. [...]

Diplomacy 09/04/2021

Pro-Abiy diaspora mobilises in Washington

L'American-Ethiopia Public Affairs Committee est venu s'ajouter à la liste déjà longue des associations et groupements d'intérêts éthiopiens basés aux Etats-Unis. [...]

Business 08/04/2021

UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Founded by two Moroccan bankers, the investment fund 54 Capital is reeling from the halting of Ethiopia's largest pharamceutical plant forced by hostilities in the Tigray region. [...]

Politics Power 05/04/2021

Addis Ababa hangs on to hope of electricity deal with Kenya

Despite an electricity surplus, Kenya remains reluctant to commit to an interconnected transmission line with neighbouring Ethiopia. [...]

Diplomacy 01/04/2021

Ousted General Adem Mohammed reemerges as Turkey ambassador

General Adem Mohammed, former chief of the general staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces, has been appointed ambassador to Turkey and presented his credentials in Ankara on 25 March. [...]

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Spotlight Diplomacy 29/03/2021

Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

Four months in the making, the UAE's February offer to mediate between its Sudanese and Ethiopian allies in their dispute over the fertile al-Fashaqa border region looks like the first step in a major diplomatic foray across eastern Africa. [...]

Birtukan Mideksa, the chair of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, is in charge of organising the country's general election on 5 June.

Politics 29/03/2021

Electoral board under increasing strain from regional tensions

Ahead of June's general election, Ethiopia's electoral board has chosen to eliminate 30 polling stations at the heart of a dispute between the Somali and Afar states. The move has backfired, reviving tensions instead. [...]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Business 16/03/2021

Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

Ethiopia's eagerly awaited privatisation of its telecommunications sector is not just the keystone of its digital development strategy. It is also intended to open the way to numerous digital development projects for which international lending institutions are showing real appetite. [...]

Geeta Pasi, the new US ambassador to Ethiopia.

Diplomacy 08/03/2021

New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

The American diplomat, already familiar with the Horn of Africa, takes office as tension mounts between Washington and Addis Ababa. [...]

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Spotlight Diplomacy Power 24/02/2021

Abiy and Sisi spar over GERD in Washington through opposing lobbyists

Addis Ababa has followed in Cairo's footsteps and hired a US lobbying heavyweight. Worried his Egyptian rival will take the lead in the Grand Renaissance dam debate and concerned about his declining reputation over the Tigray conflict, the Ethiopian prime minister is working institutions, diplomats, and the media. [...]

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam construction.

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The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Although the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is due to come into service in 2021, no agreement has yet been found by Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan regarding their respective rights to the waters of the River Nile. [...]

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Focus Politics Defence 22/02/2021

Abiy purged his military high command to prepare for his war against the TPLF

As soon as he arrived in power in 2018, the Ethiopian prime minister announced that he planned to reform the Ethiopian army high command, which he saw as a Tigrayan leadership stronghold. The reform, which was carried out quietly over two years, enabled Abiy to remove officers too closely linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front. [...]

Business 11/02/2021

Canal+ finalises push into Ethiopian market

As announced in early 2020, the French television group Canal+ is about to break into the Horn of Africa. [...]

Politics Defence 04/02/2021

Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

The Ethiopian government has announced the end of hostilities in Tigray province, but the TPLF, several of whose top leaders are still on the run, has formed pockets of resistance in mountainous areas in the centre of the country. [...]

Politics 02/02/2021

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election. [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen (left) and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Inner circles Politics 29/01/2021

Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

The prime minister has over the last three years restricted political decision-making to an increasingly narrow circle of loyal followers. His office is now the core of Ethiopian power, leaving government ministers out in the cold. [...]

Business 28/01/2021

Central bank turns up heat on TPLF's khat baron backers

The deputy governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the heads of all the country's commercial banks ordering them to close the accounts and freeze the assets of businessmen figuring on its list of suspected TPLF supporters. [...]

Hirut Woldemariam, Ethiopian candidate for the post of African Union Commissioner for Education, supported by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Diplomacy 22/01/2021

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

With the virtual summit of African Union heads of state scheduled for 6 and 7 February, the Ethiopian prime minister is working hard to bag a commissioner post for one of his loyal allies. [...]

Diplomacy 21/01/2021

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

For months the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has offered his support to Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's bid for another term in February but is beginning to lose patience with the Somalian president's failure to return the favour. [...]

Politics 14/01/2021

Abiy surrounds himself with Tigray figures as crisis rages on

While still waging war against the TPLF, the Ethiopian prime minister has gathered round prominent figures of the Tigray people to assert his authority over the region. [...]

Business Defence 14/01/2021

Addis uses Norinco's mobile bridges to root out Tigrayan resistance

To root out the TPLF fighters in areas of Tigray difficult to access, the Ethiopian government has been using heavy logistical equipment, including GQL-111 bridge layer systems built by China's giant Norinco group. [...]

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.

Diplomacy 11/01/2021

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations. [...]

Diplomacy 04/01/2021

Abiy advisor eyes senior UN post

An advisor to occupants of the prime minister's office for over two decades, Arkebe Oqubay is vying for the top job at a UN agency. He is being supported by the Abiy administration, despite being a member of the TPLF. [...]

Diplomacy 22/12/2020

IGAD summit: Abiy issues flat refusal to African Union

It was without much enthusiasm that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali headed to Djibouti on Sunday to attend an IGAD summit. [...]

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Abiy's $70 billion transport plan

ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

Pro-Abiy diaspora mobilises in Washington

UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Addis Ababa hangs on to hope of electricity deal with Kenya

Ousted General Adem Mohammed reemerges as Turkey ambassador

Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

Electoral board under increasing strain from regional tensions

Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

Abiy and Sisi spar over GERD in Washington through opposing lobbyists

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Abiy purged his military high command to prepare for his war against the TPLF

Canal+ finalises push into Ethiopian market

Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

Central bank turns up heat on TPLF's khat baron backers

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

Abiy surrounds himself with Tigray figures as crisis rages on

Addis uses Norinco's mobile bridges to root out Tigrayan resistance

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

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Abiy's $70 billion transport plan

ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

Pro-Abiy diaspora mobilises in Washington

UK-based 54 Capital moves to save its pharmaceutical plant in Tigray

Addis Ababa hangs on to hope of electricity deal with Kenya

Ousted General Adem Mohammed reemerges as Turkey ambassador

Abu Dhabi's al-Fashaqa mediation is Act One of a long game of influence

Electoral board under increasing strain from regional tensions

Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

Abiy and Sisi spar over GERD in Washington through opposing lobbyists

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Abiy purged his military high command to prepare for his war against the TPLF

Canal+ finalises push into Ethiopian market

Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

Central bank turns up heat on TPLF's khat baron backers

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

Abiy surrounds himself with Tigray figures as crisis rages on

Addis uses Norinco's mobile bridges to root out Tigrayan resistance

Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

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