ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – FEBRUARY 15: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘SOMALI PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—) Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) as part of the 38th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, …

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right), accompanied by Somali Region President Mustafe Muhammed (center) and his deputy Ibrahim Osman, visiting the Corridor Development Project site in Jijiga, February 2025 (Photo: Somali Regional State Communications) By Mohamud A. Ahmed Addis Abeba – In the grand theater of Ethiopian politics, where narratives shift like desert sands and allegiances are as …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – FEBRUARY 15: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘SOMALI PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—) Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) as part of the 38th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, …

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and his deputy Temesgen Tiruneh (Photo: EPA) By Mohamud A. Ahmed Addis Abeba – As I stepped beyond the bustling core of Jigjiga into its sprawling outskirts, the horizon unfolded like a canvas of possibility and peril—mirroring the vast ambiguities besieging Ethiopia. Clutched in my hand was Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar’s poignant …

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right), accompanied by Somali Region President Mustafe Muhammed (center) and his deputy Ibrahim Osman, visiting the Corridor Development Project site in Jijiga, February 2025 (Photo: Somali Regional State Communications) By Mohamud A. Ahmed Addis Abeba – In the grand theater of Ethiopian politics, where narratives shift like desert sands and allegiances are as …

TPLF Chairman, Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) (Photo: TPLF/Facebook) Addis Abeba– The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call for Tigray’s people to “nominate” candidates for the interim presidency, calling it a “unilateral decision” that “violates the Pretoria Agreement.” The federal government has “persistently sought to unilaterally impose new terms on the …

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and his deputy Temesgen Tiruneh (Photo: EPA) By Mohamud A. Ahmed Addis Abeba – As I stepped beyond the bustling core of Jigjiga into its sprawling outskirts, the horizon unfolded like a canvas of possibility and peril—mirroring the vast ambiguities besieging Ethiopia. Clutched in my hand was Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar’s poignant …

Outgoing Tigray President Getachew Reda giving his last presser in Addis Abeba on 12 March. Addis Abeba -Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially confirmed the departure of Getachew Reda from his position as the interim president of Tigray regional state. In a statement released this morning, PM Abiy called on the people of Tigray “to …

TPLF Chairman, Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) (Photo: TPLF/Facebook) Addis Abeba– The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call for Tigray’s people to “nominate” candidates for the interim presidency, calling it a “unilateral decision” that “violates the Pretoria Agreement.” In a statement issued on 26 March, the TPLF accused the federal government …

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and former President of Somaliland Muse Bihe Abdi during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Addis Abeba on 1 January, 2024 (Photo: Ethiopia PM Office/Facebook) By Gulaid Yusuf Idaan Addis Abeba – This article provides a comprehensive rebuttal to Hassan Yusuf’s opinion piece, “Ethiopia’s Maritime Dilemma: Why MoU with Somaliland Risks …