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Ethiopia protesters end blockade of main highway to sea - Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Protesters in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region have ended a blockade of the landlocked country’s main route to the sea that was imposed on Sunday to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, police and...
Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed brings new hope, but faces some familiar, old problems - The Conversation UK
Many countries in Africa have suffered because of the gerontocratic nature of their politics, an issue I have often lamented. Some “elders”, such as Robert Mugabe, lost touch with modern statecraft and the changing conditions of life –...
In a Bold Experiment, Ethiopia’s Abiy Aims to Put Citizenship Over Ethnicity - World Politics Review
Frida Ghitis
One of the most dramatic political pivots of 2018 occurred in Ethiopia, where the sudden rise of 42-year-old Abiy Ahmed as prime minister ushered in a series of head-spinning reforms in a country long ruled by a deeply repressive...
Abiy Ahmed: The Ethiopian Prime Minister who captured Africa's imagination - CNN
Analysis by Farai Sevenzo, CNN
(CNN)At the beginning of 2018, Africa watchers were still reeling from the departure of Robert Mugabe. The Zimbabwe leader’s 37-year tenure had been figuratively bayoneted by his own army in an apparent...
Ethiopia unaware of border restrictions imposed by Eritrea
cgtn.com
The Ethiopian government has denied knowledge of border restrictions imposed by neighboring Eritrea
This as reports emerge that Eritrea has severely restricted movement of people and goods from Ethiopia to Eritrea.
The two Horn of Africa...