Center for Strategic and International Studies

After the Supermajority: Ethiopia’s Trajectory Following the 2026 Election

Ethiopia's Prosperity Party secured a supermajority in the June 2026 elections. What does this mean for the country's ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

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 ...
Al Jazeera English

As Ethiopia votes, its deepening human rights crisis must be addressed

Ethiopia will hold its seventh national election on June 1. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) gave a green light for the vote to proceed despite continuing internal conflicts and human ...
Al Jazeera English

A visual guide to Ethiopia’s ethnic groups and conflict areas

Ethiopia will head to the polls on June 1 for its first nationwide elections since the formal end of the Tigray war, a devastating two-year conflict from 2020 to 2022 that concluded with a peace ...
Chatham House

Ethiopia needs more than an election to calm internal and regional conflict

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 ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

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 ...
The Economist

Abiy Ahmed dreams of remaking Ethiopia in his image

A SHEAF OF wheat can have many meanings. For Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party, which chose one as its campaign logo ahead of polls scheduled for June 1st, it is a symbol of national unity: stalks entwined ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

Crossroads Kids for Kololo Club rallys for Ethiopian school meal program

A student-run club at Crossroads School is inviting the Santa Monica community to its second annual charity concert Saturday at noon at in Santa Monica. Kids for Kololo has raised $11,000 toward its ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting

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 ...
The New York Times

Ethiopia’s Demand for Red Sea Access Drives Fears of New War With Eritrea

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 ...
Mongabay

Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety

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 ...