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Ethiopia: Former jail to become museum - Al Jazeera
Ethiopia: Former jail to become museum
New president closed it several months ago as part of reforms.
The administration of Ethiopia‘s southeastern Somali regional state has announced plans to...
Can Abiy Ahmed Continue to Remodel Ethiopia? - CHATHAM HOUSE
The prime minister has made great strides at reforming the authoritarian state in his first year. But how will he confront the hurdles ahead?
Ahmed Soliman
Research Fellow, Horn of Africa, Africa Programme
It has been a whirlwind year for...
Ethiopia: A Country on the Brinks (By Dawit Woldegiorgis)
Ethiopia: A Country on the Brinks
By Dawit Woldegiorgis Scholar at Boston University, African Studies Center
‘Absolutely Oversold’
As instability and violence spreads across much of Ethiopia, with most recent incidents getting close...
Ethiopia’s transition to democracy has hit a rough patch. It needs support from abroad (By FELIX HORNE)
Los Angeles Times
By FELIX HORNE
The ascent of Dr. Abiy Ahmed to the post of prime minster in Ethiopia a year ago was a rare positive story in a year filled with grim news globally. Within months of taking office, his administration released...
The Conversation: Rwanda's genocide, 25 years on
Julius Maina
Regional Editor East Africa
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Between 800,000 and one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by marauding gangs over 100 days. In 2003 the United Nations, which...