Ethiopia Policy Brief

• Swift victory declared: PM Abiy announced military operations complete and full control of Mekelle, with federal forces securing key sites.
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Ethiopia is weaving BRICS diplomacy, investment drives and Red Sea ambitions into one coordinated strategy for economic and geopolitical gain.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stressed combining capital, technology and markets to create greater value as BRICS leaders adopted the Delhi...

تستخدم حكومة أبي أحمد قمة بريكس لتعزيز التعاون السياسي مع إيران والدبلوماسي الاقتصادي مع ماليزيا.

• مع إيران: وصف الرئيس الإيراني العلاقات بأنها أخوية...

Can the expanded BRICS deliver collective action amid deepening divisions over Ukraine, the Middle East, and US-China rivalry?

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The US is monitoring Ethiopia’s macro-economic reforms for potential AGOA reinstatement, which could revive its manufacturing sector and industrial...

• Just 16.6% of emergency patients in East Gojjam Zone reach hospitals by ambulance, with the rest relying on taxis, cars, or walking amid deadly...

Transport corridors in the Horn function as geopolitical tools rather than integration engines, producing a competitive multi-corridor system.

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Ethiopian Americans are urging U.S. lawmakers to treat the Arsi Zone crisis as a priority requiring concrete action rather than dismissal as a local...

• Foundational crisis: Around 90% of Ethiopian children cannot read at grade level by age 10, creating lifelong income barriers especially for rural...

Ethiopia's domestic drone output at SkyWin and AeroAbay factories now equips the government with thousands of units for operations against rebels.
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Ethiopia's Finance Minister and Ethiopian Airlines CEO met AIIB President Zou Jiayi to discuss potential financing for Bishoftu International Airport...

Ethiopia reaffirmed its commitment to human rights, democratic governance and transitional justice at the UN Human Rights Council while insisting...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed framed domestic defense manufacturing as a pillar of Ethiopia’s self-reliance and national resilience on the Day of...

Education Minister Berhanu Nega portrays the Medemer government as uniquely self-conscious in directing Ethiopia away from poverty, ethnic conflicts...

Can the Addis Ababa Call to Action convert Early Warnings for All into accountable, financed systems across Africa?

• Financing gaps persist despite...

Abiy Ahmed's project reframes Ethiopian statehood around internal civilizational continuity rather than imported models, seeking to fuse national...

• Trade emphasis: Officials stressed expanding commercial ties and investment between Addis Ababa and Washington.
• Security exchange: U.S. urged...

• Fano forces assert they compelled the Ethiopian army's 65th division to retreat from Bugna district in North Wollo, killing 26 soldiers and...

Without civil documentation, displacement becomes prolonged exclusion for conflict-affected families like Faadumo's, who fled ethnic violence in Dawa...