On January 1, 2024, Ethiopia signed an agreement with Somaliland – a breakaway region of Somalia – to use the territory’s port of Berbera. A post shared on Facebook on the same day claimed the deal gave Ethiopia ownership of the port. However, this is misleading: although the agreement guarantees landlocked Ethiopia leased access to Read more
River of the Dammed: Ethiopian builders work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border on March 31, 2015. ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Ethiopia’s continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt. Here’s how to stop that from happening. In October, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Read more