The highly personalized nature of the Eritrea regime has allowed Isaias Afwerki to remain in power for decades, but there’s neither a plan nor an institutional mechanism to stabilize the country when he passes away.

The prime minister’s popularity ratings have soared amid widespread suffering during the Ethiopian civil war.

A mid-October offensive launched by the Ethiopian government has not only failed to make headway, but Tigray troops and their allies are now pushing toward the capital of Addis Ababa.

Whether or not the offensive succeeds, the Tigray conflict has produced long-lasting scars that will not heal easily.

Ethiopia to vote in a landmark election, commodity prices come back down to Earth, and Iran’s election produces few surprises.

Ethiopia’s climate-sensitive economy, growing population, and inter-ethnic conflict make it a geopolitical time bomb primed to explode.

Long-term Ethiopia watchers can’t help but be concerned by the military conflict unfolding in northern Tigray.

Ethiopia’s new prime minister is popular enough to spawn his own ‘mania.’ But beneath the economic success story of the past year lurks the potential for new conflicts.

Ethiopia faces a variety of long-term environmental and societal challenges. Building a Navy won’t help solve any of them.

Kenya has much to gain from actively working to de-escalate the growing crisis in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.