Ethiopia Policy Brief

Ethiopia's political system shows deepening structural weaknesses as the 2026 elections approach.

• Civil society crackdown: Draft amendments to the...

Egypt and Ethiopia's proxy war inside Sudan now directly undermines trust needed for Nile water talks, as the river recedes in Sudan.

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A fresh analysis examines AI tools to tackle climate-health crises in Ethiopia's Somali Region, where over 60,000 people are displaced yearly by drought-driven conflicts over pastoral lands.

• Agenda unveiled covers state structure, governance form, political system, representation, and electoral reforms alongside national identity.
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Ethiopia can redefine COP32 as a platform for endorsing pre-built African solutions rather than new pledges.

• Start work now on coalitions to...

• Internal sexual violence in the Tigray Defence Force targeted female soldiers, with commanders demanding sex for assignments while leadership...

Ethiopia's Red Sea access ambitions have driven Egypt, Eritrea, and Somalia toward deeper security coordination, widening tensions past GERD...

Bishop Lisane-Christos now dispatches lower-profile staff to administer Confirmation in Amhara because kidnappers target bishops for high ransom,...

A fact-check shows an image falsely presented as a protest against TPLF in Shire. Such claims can warp public understanding of Tigray's post-war landscape after the 2020-2022 conflict that killed thousands and displaced millions.

J. Abbink's analysis examines the problems of ethno-regional federalism in Ethiopia, noting that land access issues are currently playing a major role in conflict generation.

Sudan's war has created one of the world's largest humanitarian disasters, with 33.7 million people needing aid amid shrinking global attention.

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• Economic mismanagement exposed as MPs challenge double-digit growth claims amid hyperinflation, unemployment, and elite favoritism that has...

Horn of Africa instability risks disrupting global maritime trade through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as much as Houthi attacks, yet receives far less...

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