Ethiopia’s parallel currency market is driven by offshore financial networks tied to illicit traders, gold smugglers and informal remittance brokers.…
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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…
Before the intrusion of European colonialism, Ethiopia exercised free and unimpeded access to the Red Sea through a network of…
Throughout modern history there has been a recognizable pattern in how certain states are weakened from within. The tactic relies…
By Rasmus Sonderriis, Ethiopia correspondent for media in Chile and Denmark since 2004 and author of “Getting Ethiopia Dead Wrong”. It…
GERD is more than a hydropower project; it’s a geopolitical pivot. This analysis explores how the dam is shattering a…