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Telling the facts about Ethiopia and other African nations is something we care passionately about. We seek to correct the highly distorted narrative on the continent.
Ethiopia: Incitement to violence in human-rights language
Biden’s foreign policy failure to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate violence in Ethiopia is depressingly déjà vu. Let’s…
Get real for Ethiopia
This is an excerpt from the latest extended version of “Getting Ethiopia Dead Wrong” a book by veteran…
Ethiopia’s Banking Sector Set for Transformation Amid New Reforms
Washington, D.C. – October 20, 2024 – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Governor Mamo Mihretu, alongside CEOs from…
Ethiopia: TPLF Hardliners Pushed Out of Regional Capital as Tensions Escalate in Tigray
Deepening rifts between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the interim administration of the Tigray region in…
Egypt’s Power Play: Using Horn of Africa States to Contain Ethiopia
Egypt is escalating its efforts to pressure Ethiopia by leveraging regional proxies. Its renewed commitment to support insurgent…
Another book about African savagery: SELF-PROJECTION
To cries of “white demon”, The Economist’s angelical Tom Gardner was hounded out of war-torn Ethiopia. Or this…
Egypt’s Arrival in Somalia is About Posturing Rather Than Strategy
Ethiopia’s diplomatic efforts and the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have significantly bolstered its negotiating…
Why I am no fan of Fano
This is an excerpt from the latest extended version of “Getting Ethiopia Dead Wrong” a book by veteran…
Somalia: Yet Another AU Peace Mission Amid Chaos and Fallout With Ethiopia
As the August 12, 2024, deadline approaches for the UN Security Council’s authorization of a new peacekeeping mission…
Preface to Getting Ethiopia Dead Wrong
In the extended edition of Getting Ethiopia Dead Wrong, author Rasmus Sonderris exposes how recent media portrayals of…
Free at last
On the evening of Sunday July 28, 2024, the Ethiopian government made a historic Macro-Economic Reform Program Policy Statement.…
Ethiopia’s IMF Deal Avoids the Common Pitfalls of Austerity
Recent concerns that Ethiopia’s new IMF-supported economic reform might trigger a cost-of-living crisis and public protests like Kenya’s…