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    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      InterviewPhotography
      Artist Aïda Muluneh: ‘We were at the mercy of foreign photographers’

      Her bright, surreal works and her new photo-festival reclaim African agency over depictions of the continent

      A line of women with white faces, blue turbans and red hands
    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Drug pollution in rivers raises risks of antibiotic resistance

      Study finds lower middle income countries in South Asia and Latin America have highest levels of pollutants

      A family on a river in Bangladesh
    • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
      News in-depthEthiopia
      Ethiopia’s offer of talks signals breakthrough in Tigrayan conflict

      Release of prisoners after string of military victories seen as sign of tentative softening by Addis Ababa

      Amhara militia men walk among a crowd of pilgrims in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia earlier this month
    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Ethiopia risks becoming a new Yugoslavia

      Age-old issues over ethnic identity and autonomy must be settled

      People hold candles and Ethiopian flags during a memorial service for the victims of the Tigray conflict organised by the city administration, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Ethiopia
      Facebook removes post by Ethiopia’s Abiy as tensions escalate

      US Africa envoy flies into Addis Ababa on Thursday for talks as Tigrayan forces near the capital

      Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      Ethiopia
      World-famous Unesco site seized by Tigrayan rebels in Ethiopia 

      Nine-month conflict spreads as 12th-century holy site taken by fighters

      Rock-hewn monolithic church of St George in Lalibela
    • Monday, 21 September, 2020
      World
      Ethiopian opposition leader says terror charges are politically motivated

      Jawar Mohammed claims he was arrested for ‘challenging’ the federal government

    • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
      US foreign policy
      US warns over Chinese ‘spying’ on African disease control centre

      Trump administration says it will stop CDC funding if Beijing builds new headquarters in Ethiopia

      REFILE - CORRECTING STYLE A Congolese health worker administers an ebola vaccine to a man at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
    • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Abiy Ahmed’s peace prize sends a message to Africa

      Ethiopia’s prime minister must work to finish the liberal reforms he has started

      FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed attends a rally during his visit to Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
    • Sunday, 10 March, 2019
      Boeing Co
      Ethiopian Airlines crash: ‘no survivors’ on Boeing 737

      Aircraft bound for Nairobi was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew

      The carrier’s chief executive, Tewolde Gebremariam, visited the accident scene and confirmed there were no survivors
    • Sunday, 24 February, 2019
      Telecoms
      ‘My model is capitalism’: Ethiopia’s prime minister plans telecoms privatisation

      Abiy Ahmed outlines policies in country’s shift towards economic liberalisation

      Ethiopia Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed for the Big Read interview from the Ethiopian government press office
    • Sunday, 1 July, 2018
      Global Economy
      Eritrea replies to Ethiopia’s olive branch with envoys to Addis

      Hope of ending neighbours’ 18 years of ‘no war, no peace’ rest on delegate’s shoulders

      Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (L) walks with Eritrea's Foreign minister Osman Saleh Mohammed (R) as Eritrea's delegation arrives for peace talks with Ethiopia at the international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 26, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / YONAS TADESSEYONAS TADESSE/AFP/Getty Images
    • Sunday, 24 June, 2018
      News in-depthWorld
      Ethiopia’s youthful PM steps up pace of change — but provokes enemies

      Abiy Ahmed has admitted to state torture and headed off forex crisis with $3bn from UAE 

      epa06832540 An injured man is helped by others as security officers gather at the scene of an explosion during a massive rally to support the country’s new reformist prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23 June 2018. Reports say the blast occurred shortly after Abiy addressed thousands of his supporters. Abiy, who addressed the crowd after the blast, says a few people have been killed. EPA/STR
    • Sunday, 24 June, 2018
      World
      One dead and scores injured in blast at Ethiopia rally

      Explosion targets Addis Ababa gathering in support of new prime minister’s reforms

      epa06832560 An injured man is helped by others as security officers gather at the scene of an explosion during a massive rally to support the country’s new reformist prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23 June 2018. Reports say the blast occurred shortly after Abiy addressed thousands of his supporters. Abiy, who addressed the crowd after the blast, says a few people have been killed. EPA/STR
    • Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
      World
      Ethiopia to cede land at heart of bloody conflict with Eritrea

      Premier Abiy Ahmed says Addis will comply with Algiers accord that ended war in 2000

      ERITREAN SOLDIERS WALK THROUGH DISPUTED TOWN OF ZALAMBESA, ASMARA,22MAY00 - Eritrean soldiers walk through the disputed town of Zalambesa on the Eritrean Ethiopian border 22 May. Ethiopia claimed to have captured the town yesterday but Eritrea are still controlling it Eritrea and Ethiopia both reported intense fighting on Wednesday but issued conflicting claims of success in their ferocious border war.
    • Sunday, 3 June, 2018
      Global Economy
      China scales back investment in Ethiopia

      East African economy pressured by rising debt and foreign exchange scarcity

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock (9658584b)
									Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends a joint press conference with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (not in the picture). Sudan and Ethiopia on Thursday reiterated their commitment not to harm Egypt's water interests with the establishment of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
									Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali visit to Sudan, Khartoum - 03 May 2018
    • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
      The FT ViewAfrican politics
      Abiy Ahmed has a chance to lift the lid on freedoms in Ethiopia

      The new prime minister offers fresh hope of democratic reform

      Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed waves to supporters as he delivers a speech during his rally in Ambo, about 120km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 11, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Zacharias AbubekerZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Tillerson tells Africa that China finance imperils their sovereignty

      First senior Trump official to visit continent questions Beijing’s investment drive

      U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson receives a cup of brewed coffee during a traditional coffee ceremony at the U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday, March 8, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
    • Thursday, 1 February, 2018
      African politics
      Ethiopian regime struggles to quell growing unrest

      Ruling coalition’s mass release of political prisoners indicates willingness to reform

      A demonstrator chants slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during celebrations for Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC13C99BEB80
    • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
      The FT ViewChinese politics & policy
      Chinese bugs expose Africa’s weak defences

      A breach at the African Union shows a need to redefine relations

      A general view shows the headquarters of the African Union (AU) building in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC1D016AA660
    • Monday, 3 July, 2017
      The Big ReadJohn Aglionby
      Ethiopia bids to become the last development frontier

      The authoritarian government is building low-cost manufacturing hubs but must also deal with social and political challenges

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2017
      World
      UN human rights chief urges Ethiopia to allow opposition

      Hussein warns autocratic regime of need for ‘more open democratic space’

      Jordan's Prince Zeid bin Raad Zeid al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is pictured during a press briefing at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) conference center in Addis Ababa on May 4, 2017. Raad is on a three day trip to Ethiopia to speak with the Prime Minister, other top officials, as well as civil society groups and political prisoners about the human rights situation in the country. / AFP PHOTO / ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER (Photo credit should read ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Saturday, 4 February, 2017
      World
      Ethiopia’s economic gains tainted by violent repression

      Emergency fails to protect regime from biggest threat to 26-year grip on power

      In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, Ethiopians chat slogans against the government during their march in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Violence flared again Monday in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region, where dozens of people were killed a day earlier in a stampede when police tried to disrupt an anti-government protest amid a massive religious festival. Clashes between security forces and protesters erupted Sunday evening and continued Monday morning in the towns of Bishoftu and Ambo, an Ethiopian government official and witnesses told The Associated Press. (AP Photo)
    • Monday, 16 January, 2017
      Rail
      Djibouti-Ethiopia railway carries hope for pan-African trade

      Addis Ababa line to the sea hailed as first step in tapping vast commercial potential

      Chinese employees of the Addis Ababa / Djibouti train line stand at the Feri train station in Addis Ababa on September 24, 2016. With Chinese conductors at the helm, a fleet of shiny new trains will on October 5, 2016 begin plying a new route from the Ethiopian capital to Djibouti, in a major boost to both economies. The 750 kilometre (460 mile) railway, built by two Chinese companies, will link Addis Ababa to the Red Sea port city of Djibouti in about 10 hours, a far cry from the current excruciating multi-day trip along a congested, pot-holed road. / AFP / Zacharias ABUBEKER (Photo credit should read ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 29 December, 2016
      Global Economy
      Crackdown on protests threatens Ethiopia’s economic boom

      Companies halt expansion amid fears state is not addressing protesters’ grievances

      Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration over what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in the country at Meskel Square in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, August 6, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSLDSE
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