The realization that the Nile and the Red Sea are strategically vital, and have shaped Ethiopia’s history since time immemorial…
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The peace openings of twenty eighteen brought rare optimism to the Horn of Africa. Eritrea and Ethiopia announced the formal…
A response to Graham Peebles’ essay on “the Amhara genocide”. And to his praise for the Fano militia. By Rasmus…
From silent ports to shadow economies, to ghost towns, a look at how extended isolation and militarism dimmed Eritrea’s hopes…
Ethiopia’s parallel currency market is driven by offshore financial networks tied to illicit traders, gold smugglers and informal remittance brokers.…
In the inaugural episode of The Standard Signal, host Tsedale Lemma and guest Semhal Meles Zenawi dive into what they call…
A booming illicit trade, controlled by warlords and foreign investors, is poisoning the land and its people—fueling a cycle of…
Ethiopia’s Information Network and Security Agency (INSA) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are collaborating to curb…
For decades, Africa’s economy and image were defined by others, its growth measured in external indices, its struggles narrated through…
The maps drawn in 19th-century Europe never stopped at borders; they extended into language, faith, and even time itself. In…