Ethiopia heads to the polls on Monday in an election that the ruling party is predicted to win by a landslide due to a ...

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...

The IMF says Ethiopia’s economy will grow faster in 2026 than that of any other non-oil producer. Those are all good reasons to pay Mr Abiy attention. Yet there is another, more alarming one: the ...

Declarations of military superiority have been a recurring theme on social media in Ethiopia and Eritrea as relations between ...

Sudan’s army has recaptured a town in southeastern Blue Nile state, a state that has become a focal point in the civil war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that’s been raging for more ...

Addis Ababa, April 21, 2026 (ENA) —Members of the U.S Army War delegation have expressed their appreciation for Ethiopia’s regional role and commended the longstanding relations between the two ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Since October 2023, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has repeatedly insisted that landlocked Ethiopia must have direct sea access, with Eritrea’s port of Assab frequently cited as a potential target.

Ethiopia is set to keep supporting its currency after spending $1.35 billion buying birr this year, an amount that equates to roughly a quarter of its known central bank reserves. The National Bank of ...

The United States has much to lose from Ethiopia’s backing of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan—and the Trump administration should use its leverage to curtail it. Ethiopia has become the newest ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has made no secret of his desire to restore his country’s access to the sea, which it lost in 1993 when Eritrea broke away after a 30-year war, ...

Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi Last weekend, Ethiopia’s ...