Tag: Ethiopia

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia has built a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and started holding back the water flow to fill the reservoir behind it...

Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan – UNSC discusses Ethiopia dam amid strained ties with Egypt, Sudan (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council tackled a bitter regional dispute on Thursday over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of...

Saudi Arabia/Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia – Saudi Arabia supports Egypt, Sudan ‘water rights’ in dam dispute (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind Egypt and Sudan in their bitter dispute with Ethiopia over a massive hydropower dam built by the...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia PM defends handling of Tigray conflict after rebel gains (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has defended the decision to fight rebels in the Tigray region and said he wants to foster a period...

Ethiopia – TPLF lays out conditions for truce talks with Ethiopian gov’t (Al Jazeera)

The rebel leadership of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has demanded a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and the fighters of the neighbouring Ethiopian state of...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia denies blocking aid to Tigray, WFP resumes operations (Al Jazeera)

The Ethiopian government has denied blocking humanitarian aid to its northern Tigray region and said it was doing all it could to rebuild infrastructure...

Ethiopia – The Plough and the Kalashnikov: Ethiopia After Tigray (Greg Mills, RUSI)

Ethiopia’s prime minister is fighting for his political survival, and for the survival of his project to pacify the country. The omens are not...

Ethiopia – Could fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray trigger a wider conflict? (Al Jazeera)

The eight-month fight for Ethiopia’s Tigray region saw a sudden turn this week. Rebel forces took back the regional capital Mekelle, saying they will keep...

Ethiopia – Balancing Water Demands and Increasing Climate Resilience: Establishing a Baseline Water Risk Assessment Model in Ethiopia (Zablon Adane, Tinebeb Yohannes and Eliza...

Water is essential to sustainable economic growth and climate change adaptation. Ethiopia’s growth and development are vulnerable to water security risks. Despite being known...

Ethiopia – Tigray forces regain ground, say ceasefire declaration a ‘joke’ (Al Jazeera)

Tigrayan fighters have reportedly taken control of more territory in the embattled northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a day after regaining the regional capital, Mekelle, from...

Ethiopia – Tigray rebels vow to drive out ‘enemies’ after retaking Mekelle (Al Jazeera)

Regional forces battling government troops in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray pledged to drive out “enemies” from the region, suggesting fighting will continue despite a unilateral...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia declares ceasefire as rebels retake Tigray capital (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral ceasefire in its northern Tigray region after rebel fighters retook Mekelle, the regional capital, following nearly eight months of...

Sudan/Ethiopia – Containing the Volatile Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute (Crisis Group)

In mid-December, Sudanese troops moved into al-Fashaga, an agricultural area on the frontier with Ethiopia, expelling Ethiopian farmers and building fortifications. Fighting threatens to...

Ethiopia – Imperfect elections do not fortify Ethiopia’s transition (Ahmed Soliman, Chatham House)

Ethiopia’s current government is hoping gaining a new electoral mandate will give them the authority needed to pursue their reform agenda, which includes drafting...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s Rocky Transitional Election (Crisis Group)

Ethiopia is set to hold delayed elections on 21 June, a milestone that – before the ongoing war in the Tigray region – many...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia, human rights, and the internet (Witney Schneidman, Brookings)

No African issue has absorbed as much time in the early months of the Biden administration as has the ongoing—and avoidable—tragedy in Ethiopia’s Tigray...