Ethiopia
Donor conference on reconstruction in the works

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

Horn of Africa, Switzerland
Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Switzerland, which already had an extensive diplomatic network in Africa, has now been expanded further after the federal department of foreign affairs appointed Sylvain Astier as the country's special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal
African battle for coveted UNESCO post

Divisions have arisen over who should become the next assistant director-general of the Priority Africa and External Relations Department at the UN institution, with the prospect a possible face-off between Ethiopia and Gabon.

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.