Ethiopia: From China’s Star Pupil To Africa’s Free Agent

In a decade Ethiopia's economy has transformed from openly constructing a Chinese "party state" in emulation to sweeping ...
POWER Magazine

GERD: How Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Vision Became Africa’s Largest Hydropower Plant

The 5.15-GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become Africa’s largest hydropower project, doubling Ethiopia’s power ...

Ethiopia reaches preliminary deal with bondholders on $1 billion debt overhaul

Ethiopia has struck a preliminary deal with key bondholders to restructure its defaulted $1 billion international bond, the ...
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Ethiopia Extends Addis Ababa's Riverside Renewal with 10.5km River Project

Ethiopia has inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project, extending Addis Ababa’s urban renewal program with a 10.5-kilometre climate-resilient river corridor designed to ...
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50 top coffee shops in St. Louis

The beauty of this South City roaster and coffeehouse is its capacity to appeal to both the coffee adventurer and the coffee traditionalist. From the “flash-brewed” iced coffee to the crowd-pleasing ...
Wilson Center

Ethio-Eritrean Rapprochement: Where is the Fruit After Two Years?

After Abiy Ahmed was sworn-in as Ethiopia's prime minister (PM) in April 2018, his government engaged in normalization talks with Eritrea. In July 2018, the two countries signed a historic agreement ...
Wilson Center

Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile

A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile ten years ago. Even ...