Ethiopia – Page 2 – The Diplomatic Envoy

2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is facing a critical moment as ethnic tensions boil. Abiy was elected in 2018 and is seen by many outsiders as a reformer seeking to lead Ethiopia away from the current system of ethnic federalism towards a more unified, secular federalist form of government. Under the constitution, Ethiopia is divided into nine ethnically-based regions that are each granted a significant amount of autonomy from the central government.

February 2020 International News Africa 2020

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Brian Hilyard

Pests in the Horn of Africa

To say that farmers are having a bad time in East Africa would be an understatement. Giant swarms of locusts are eating up acres of crops as they move through the region.

November 2019 International News 2019 Africa Middle East

November 26, 2019 Delaney Cha

Migrants Dreaming of New Futures Find Nightmarish Lives Inside Yemen Trafficking Rings

The migrants hailing from Ethiopia and Yemen face abduction and abuse inside such trafficking rings, where traffickers kidnap women and children for prostitution and force men to sell body parts or organs to make money.

World International News U.S.Africa Conflict and Security

July 31, 2019September 2, 2019 Harshana Ghoorhoo

How America is Helping Africa Develop: The African Union-United States Partnership

While the importance of a U.S. presence in Africa cannot be overlooked, other countries have deepened their interest in Africa and have allocated considerable resources to the continent’s development.

April 2019 International News Africa

April 4, 2019 Tom McGee

Students Attend Study Abroad Trip in Ethiopia

During the 2019 Spring break, fifteen diplomacy students and I had the opportunity to study abroad in Ethiopia. The trip’s parallel academic course, African Union Conflict Resolution Mechanisms, was open to both undergraduate and graduate students alike. Dr. Assefaw Bariagaber, Professor of African Studies and the Post-Conflict State Reconstruction and Sustainability Certificate Program, led the trip alongside Susan Malcolm, General-Secretary of the School of Diplomacy.

April 2017 International News Africa

April 6, 2017April 12, 2017 Gabrielle Goldworm

28 Children Dead, 43 Kidnapped By South Sudanese Gunmen in Ethiopia

The conflict-fraught Gambela province in Ethiopia has once again come under attack by South Sudanese gunmen, who killed 28 people and captured 28 children over the course of two days.

International News Africa

October 17, 2016October 17, 2016

Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency Amid Protests

55 people killed at a local of the Oromo, one of the largest minority groups involved in protests against the government.

February 2016 Africa

March 10, 2016March 17, 2016

Environmental Implications of the Ethiopian Drought

The effects of the El Niño event have absolutely devastated the Horn of Africa, particularly Ethiopia. The country has experienced its worst drought in over 50 years.