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Ethiopia
Population: 107.39m
GDP: $145.03bn
Debt: 31.77% of GDP (2024)

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Tigray’s political fight sounds alarm

Unresolved border disputes with Asmara and internal divisions in Ethiopia are driving the region to the brink

A schism in the Tigray regional authority has erupted into clashes in several towns and could draw in Eritrea and Ethiopia’s federal government, maybe others, into a devastating...

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Abiy’s economy earns Fund praise

Kristalina Georgieva has lauded the government’s ‘impressive performance’ in its economic reform programme, although the World Bank is less optimistic

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was effusive about Ethiopia’s ‘impressive economic performance’ following a two-day visit to Addis Ababa. This comes amid claims that Prime Minister...

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Defence Minister insists Ethiopia not be part of new AU mission

The regional dispute is escalating as Mogadishu says Ethiopian troops are not welcome and have been excluded from the peacekeeping operation

Somalia’s Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur has insisted that Ethiopia will not participate in a new African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission which is set to begin in January...

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Abiy plays down threat of conflict over Red Sea access

The Prime Minister has made efforts to calm tensions amid the escalating dispute with Mogadishu and to avert his state’s potential isolation in the region

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s remarks to the Ethiopian parliament last week that his government was seeking access to the Red Sea ‘through peaceful means’ could mark a critical...

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Middle powers line up behind Addis and Mogadishu

Egypt and Somalia have signed a military pact to scupper Ethiopia’s trade-off with Somaliland for a port in the Gulf of Aden

Nothing better illustrates the radical shift in regional relations than the defence agreement signed by Egypt and the Federal Government of Somalia on 14 August, two days after...

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Home-grown reforms and political muscle seal $3.4bn IMF deal

Government forecasts strong growth but its shifts on devaluation and economic liberalisation will have to show results quickly

Backed by a US$3.4 billion IMF extended credit facility (ECF), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration has a fighting chance to return the national finances to debt sustainability and...

How Tigray is turning on itself

The fight for control of the ruling TPLF is slowing the region’s post-war recovery and playing into the hands of the federal government

Instead of moving towards the much-discussed national reconciliation, Ethiopia is grappling with a new bout of regional factionalism. The two largest regions, Oromia and Amhara, are already plagued...

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