The first formal pact between the Amhara regional state and one Fano faction signals a tentative opening towards dialogue, ...

The Red Sea has long been one of the world’s most consequential waterways—a narrow, warm corridor linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and ...

Summit where the Convention to End Violence Against Women and Girls was adopted in February 2025, Ethiopia has not ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, commonly known as IOG, has been the president of Djibouti since 1999. He succeeded the country’s first ...

While Egypt is not a direct party to the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the Red Sea port of Assab, the source of its strategic fears, especially of Ethiopian access to the sea and its ...

The struggle over sea access in East Africa is usually presented as a quarrel over tariffs, port fees and corridors. In fact, ...

War fears rise as Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access heightens tensions with Eritrea Ethiopia’s renewed push for access to ...

And even as Trump talked peace in Washington, US forces intensified the administration’s attacks on alleged drug trafficking ...

Vodacom secures majority 55% stake in Safaricom for R36bnKenyan government sells 15% to raise capital, retains 20%Safaricom ...

The self-styled “President of Peace” touts ending conflicts around the world. Renewed fighting in Cambodia is just the latest example of how many actually remain unresolved.