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 ...

The vote comes at a critical moment for the country, which faces fears of renewed conflict in the Tigray region and tensions with Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting ...

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 ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is running unopposed in several constituencies. Opposition parties have warned that the elections are even less open than previous votes. Polls opened in ...

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) ...

Image — A man walks past an election campaign poster depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma on 27 May 2026. Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP via Getty Images. Ethiopia’s election on 1 ...

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 ...

Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi Last weekend, Ethiopia’s ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam in 2025, positioning itself as a regional energy exporter while millions of its citizens still lack access to electricity. Egypt, which lies ...