Abiy, 41, a former lieutenant-colonel in the army and head of Ethiopia ‘s science and technology ministry, has a reputation as an effective orator and reformer.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is returning to the capital Addis Ababa from the battlefront after pro-government forces claimed major advances in recent days against Tigrayan forces.

The announcement last week that Abiy, a former lieutenant-colonel in the military, would head to the battlefield came after the TPLF claimed to control Shewa Robit, a town just 220 kilometres (135 ...

Abiy, 43, broke through two decades of frozen conflict between his vast country, Africa’s second-most populous, and Eritrea, its small and isolated neighbour. When he became prime minister of ...

But after just four months in office, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is steering the ship in a new direction. Issued on: 30/07/2018 - 14:47 Modified: 30/07/2018 - 15:45 By: Hermann BOKO ...

ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle.

One person has been killed and 132 wounded in a grenade attack during a rally in support of newly-elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's health minister said on Saturday.

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Ahmed Soliman, a research fellow at Chatham House and an expert on the Horn of Africa, said Abiy’s reform plan also increased expectations among constituencies with conflicting agendas, further ...

Abiy seems well aware of the danger he faces, and from time to time makes public reference to attempts on his own life, including a grenade attack at a rally just two months after he took his post.

ALGERIA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been crowned the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for "his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation" with his neighbor, Eritrea, ...

Abiy seems well aware of the danger he faces, and from time to time makes public reference to attempts on his own life, including a grenade attack at a rally just two months after he took his post.