Electric vehicles have taken off in Ethiopia. Key to the shift: a world-first ban on importing fossil fuel-powered vehicles. Shashe Asemare handles the large steering wheel with ease, navigating the ...

Ethiopians have begun voting in parliamentary and regional elections, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party projected to win by a landslide, despite significant unrest in much of the country. More ...

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 ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopians vote on Monday in a general election to choose members of parliament, who will in turn select the next prime minister. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) ...

As Ethiopia is heading to the polls, the Tigray region won't be participating in the vote for the second time, with tensions simmering on. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party meanwhile ...

Ethiopia has held six national elections since 1995, most under conditions of strong ruling-party dominance. Pilipe Lissac via Getty Images Ethiopia is preparing for a national election on 1 June amid ...

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...

Addis Ababa, May 14, 2026 —Ethiopia has earned more than 8.7 billion USD from export during the last 10 months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year, according to Trade and Regional Integration ...

Addis Ababa, May 3, 2026 —Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that Ethiopia is on track to generate 10 billion US dollars in export earnings this fiscal year, marking what would be a historic first ...

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...

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, ...